Apex.AI

Apex.AI is an international software company that develops safety-certified, developer-friendly and scalable software for mobility systems. The company’s stated aim is to accelerate the shift to software-defined vehicles and mobility by providing a production-grade software platform on which automotive and other safety-critical applications can be built.

The company was founded in 2017 by Jan Becker and Dejan Pangercic and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Munich, Stuttgart, Gothenburg, Tokyo and Pangyo. Apex.AI has raised more than $75 million USD from venture, financial and strategic investors including AGCO, Airbus Ventures, Canaan, Continental AG, Daimler Truck, HELLA Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures, LG Electronics, Lightspeed, Orillion, Toyota Ventures, Volvo Group Venture Capital and ZF.

Apex.AI’s products are based on proven open-source software such as ROS and Eclipse iceoryx. The company forks software that has already been developed and proven in use by large developer communities, then adds what is missing for commercial deployment: functional safety, dependable performance and support for use in commercial and safety-critical products. To achieve this, Apex.AI has developed a proprietary process for reworking open-source software at speed so that it conforms to the requirements of the applicable functional safety standard.

The company launched its award-winning first product, Apex.Grace (formerly known as Apex.OS), in 2020 and took it through certification in record time for launch in 2021. Apex.Grace serves as a real-time, safety-certified software framework for building applications in vehicles and other embedded systems, and Apex.AI positions it around enabling software-defined vehicles.

Apex.AI describes itself as working at the intersection of embedded software, robotics algorithms, modern software engineering and functional safety. Its team combines expertise in scalable software engineering, functional safety know-how, experience bringing software to market and more than twenty years of experience building autonomous systems.

The company’s hiring spans roles in software engineering, middleware, application engineering, DevOps, tooling and IT administration, with openings across locations including Palo Alto, Munich and Tokyo. Documented interview stages include a talent acquisition introduction call, a hiring manager interview, and a final series of interviews with staff across the organization, typically around three hours depending on the role.

Apex.AI presents itself as a global employer where intelligent, bold and passionate people from around the world work together, and where diverse perspectives and original thinking are valued. The company frames its culture around values such as customer success, evolution, collaboration and openness, excellence, resourcefulness, and transparency and integrity.