The cluster provides Continental employees at locations around the world access to the computing power and storage necessary for highly complex and data-intensive developments, including those related to AI.

Under the agreement, Local Motors will supply Beep with its Olli 2.0 autonomous, electric, 3D-printed shuttles for future customer deployments.

Ford says Mobileye will provide its EyeQ family of system-on-a-chip devices and processing software to support SAE Level 1 and Level 2 ADAS in the Dearborn, MI-based automaker’s vehicles globally within the Ford Co-Pilot360 Technology package.

AImotive and C3S expect results of the collaboration to accelerate commercialization of a wide range of services for both specialized and mass-market applications.

Las Vegas-based Zoox will remain a stand-alone business and continue its vision to develop “a world-class autonomous ride-hailing experience,” Amazon says.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed and the exact technological extent of the operating system is undefined, but the extent of the technology’s reach is perhaps boundless as engineers from each organization continue to brainstorm applications.