Driverless Car AI Software Company Helm.ai Raises $13 Million

Helm.ai recently announced it raised $13 million in seed funding, according to TechCrunch. The funding was provided by A.Capital Ventures, Amplo, Binnacle Partners, Sound Ventures, Fontinalis Partners, and SV Angel. And over a dozen angel investors also participated, including Berggruen Holdings founder Nicolas Berggruen, Quora co-founders Charlie Cheever and Adam D'Angelo, NBA player Kevin Durant, Gen. David Petraeus, Matician co-founder and CEO Navneet Dalal, Quiet Capital managing partner Lee Linden, and Robinhood co-founder Vlad Tenev. The company was founded by Vlad Voroninski and Tudor Achim with a goal of removing the bottlenecks involved in developing autonomous vehicle technology. Along with the funding announcement, Helm.ai also came out of stealth mode.