Horizon Robotics Timeline

Events

2026-09-09 - Commercial Order - Horizon Robotics wins Journey 6P design slot for JD Logistics L4 delivery vehicle - The vehicle is designed for Level 4 unmanned logistics operations and uses Journey 6P as its intelligent-driving compute platform. Horizon chairman Yu Kai said the collaboration could support deployment of about one million unmanned logistics vehicles over… - source: nbd.com.cn
2026-09-03 - Production Milestone - Horizon Robotics passes 15 million Journey SoCs shipped - Journey-series chips are used in vehicles owned by approximately 8 million customers across more than 40 automobile brands. Horizon has secured nominations for 500 production vehicle models, including nearly 130 models with mid- to high-level… - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
2026-07-30 - Production Milestone - Volkswagen begins Journey 6M vehicle deliveries in China - The two vehicles launched and entered customer delivery on 23 May 2026. Journey 6M powers the delivered vision-only configuration as standard equipment. A Journey 6H lidar configuration remained planned for later in 2026 and is excluded from the completed… - source: horizon.auto
2026-07-27 - Production Milestone - Horizon surpasses 200,000 Journey sets delivered across FAW models - The milestone counts delivered Journey hardware-and-software sets across more than 20 FAW vehicle models, providing a production-volume measure rather than a future nomination or order target. The announcement separates this delivered Journey base from… - source: horizon.auto
2026-07-23 - Market Signal - Horizon Robotics prices $450M zero-coupon convertible bonds - The offering is expected to generate about $445.5 million in net proceeds, with about $398.9 million allocated to CARIAD-related payments and loan settlement. The amended arrangement gives CARIAD a 9.9% holding after early conversion while Horizon redeems… - source: 4g.stockstar.com
2026-07-23 - Partnership - Horizon and Volkswagen deepen AI cooperation for L3/L4 driving - Under a white-box authorization model, CARIZON will use Horizon’s AI foundation model with its C7H system-on-chip and GAIA world-model data platform to build Volkswagen China’s unified AI-driving solution. The stack is intended to support L3/L4 development… - source: horizon.auto
2026-07-21 - Regulatory - HSD 600 domain controller earns ASIL D certification - UL Solutions certified the controller at the highest automotive functional-safety integrity level. HSD 600 is the central hardware platform for Horizon SuperDrive and uses Journey 6P compute. The controller supports highway navigation, urban assisted… - source: horizon.auto
2026-06-22 - Regulatory - HSD development platform earns dual ASIL D certification - TROS Core and Communication Core were each certified at ASIL D. The platform provides distributed middleware for full-scenario assisted-driving applications. Communication Core uses zero-copy shared-memory communication while TROS Core supplies the… - source: horizon.auto
2026-05-18 - Regulatory - Journey 6 toolchain receives ISO 26262 certification - The runtime software achieved ASIL B certification. The AI-model development tools achieved ASIL D qualification. The toolchain covers model quantization, compilation, deployment and vehicle-side execution. - source: horizon.auto
2026-04-25 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and Astemo sign Journey 6 ADAS co-development agreement - The agreement uses Horizon's Journey 6 chips as the compute base for L2 to L2++ all-scenario intelligent-driving products. The partners identified an 8M front-view all-in-one system, an L2 integrated driving/parking system and an urban-navigation/CNOA… - source: horizon.auto
2026-04-22 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and PATEO sign Starry cockpit-driving fusion agreement - The agreement uses Horizon Starry as the core platform for cockpit-driving fusion, combining shared compute, unified systems and connected data. The companies will jointly pursue R&D and mass-production rollout, with PATEO described as an early core Starry… - source: horizon.auto
2026-04-22 - Product Launch - Horizon Robotics launches Starry chip family and KaKaClaw vehicle OS - The release expands Horizon from driving compute into cockpit-and-driving integration. HSD V1.6 was announced alongside the new compute and operating-system stack. The milestone concerns automotive AI infrastructure, not a complete robot product. - source: en.horizon.auto
2026-03-10 - Partnership - Horizon and PhiGent pass three million production nominations - PhiGent's PhiGo Entry, built on Horizon Journey 6B, passed three million production nominations across multiple vehicle platforms and major OEM programs. Horizon said the solution was approaching large-scale delivery and was entering mass-production… - source: horizon.auto
2026-03-03 - Capability - Horizon demonstrates HSD assisted driving on iCAR V27 - At the 3 March 2026 technology event, iCAR and Horizon presented the V27 as the first production model in this hard-body SUV category to showcase Horizon SuperDrive’s assisted-driving capability. The V27 uses a single Journey 6P chip rated at 560 TOPS… - source: horizon.auto
2026-02-10 - Partnership - Horizon and CATL unit partner on intelligent vehicle platforms - The 9 February 2026 agreement pairs CATL Intelligent Technology’s Panshi intelligent-chassis products and technology with Horizon’s full-scenario assisted-driving products and solutions. The partners plan to coordinate vehicle hardware and driving-compute… - source: horizon.auto
2025-12-19 - Production Milestone - Single-Journey-6M urban driving systems enter production phase - The first partner group included Bosch, DJI Automotive, QCraft, Denso, CoreTura and neueHCT. The neueHCT Astra program had received an automaker nomination for 2026 production. Journey 6M provides 128 TOPS and supports multimodal sensor fusion from one chip. - source: horizon.auto
2025-12-12 - Partnership - Horizon and BAIC deepen joint development of urban NOA system - At Horizon Together 2025, BAIC and Horizon announced a joint R&D mechanism to upgrade BAIC’s Yuanjing AI vehicle-computing architecture and coordinate future intelligent-driving products. The programme uses two Horizon Journey 6M chips to develop a… - source: horizon.auto
2025-12-10 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and KargoBot partner on L4 autonomous freight - KargoBot contributes freight-operation data and autonomous-driving models from commercial trunk-logistics services. Horizon supplies its Journey 6P computing platform and development toolchain for the partners’ L4 heavy-truck stack. - source: horizon.auto
2025-12-09 - Partnership - DeepRoute.ai and Horizon partner on Journey 6P assisted driving - On 9 December 2025, DeepRoute.ai and Horizon signed a cooperation agreement to develop advanced assisted-driving solutions around Horizon’s Journey 6P processor. The programme combines DeepRoute.ai’s driving software with Horizon’s production-oriented… - source: horizon.auto
2025-12-09 - Partnership - Excelland AI and Horizon develop Journey 6P L4 logistics platform - Excelland AI and Horizon signed a strategic cooperation agreement to build an L4 autonomous logistics-vehicle platform based on Horizon Journey 6P. The programme targets mass-production deployment for unmanned logistics workflows and joint development of the… - source: horizon.auto
2025-12-08 - Partnership - Horizon and FAW Bestune expand urban ADAS programme - The cooperation announced at Horizon’s December 8, 2025 technology ecosystem conference combines Horizon’s HSD urban-assistance solution with the Journey 6P automotive computing platform. It builds on earlier production cooperation using Journey 2 and… - source: horizon.auto
2025-11-24 - Production Milestone - Horizon HSD reaches its first production-model group - Exeed ET5, Fengyun T9L and iCAR V27 were among the named HSD vehicles. HSD had nominations from ten automaker brands covering more than 20 vehicle models. Journey 6P provides 560 TOPS for the HSD urban assisted-driving stack. - source: horizon.auto
2025-11-19 - Product Launch - Deepal L06 launches with Horizon Journey 6 and AD Max - The vehicle pairs Journey 6 processing with LiDAR and the DEEPAL AD Max system for highway, urban and parking assistance. Its production software uses an end-to-end architecture with reinforcement learning and more than 30 active-safety functions. - source: horizon.auto
2025-11-10 - Partnership - Zaihe Truck and Horizon sign strategic partnership for intelligent heavy trucks - The agreement links Zaihe’s new-energy heavy-truck vehicle development with Horizon’s in-vehicle intelligent-computing platform and driving software. The companies are pursuing full-stack coordination across perception, decision-making and execution to… - source: horizon.auto
2025-11-05 - Partnership - ZF introduces coPILOT urban-driving system powered by Horizon Journey 6P - The system uses ZF ProAI hardware with Journey 6P and supports highway, urban, parking and space-to-space driving functions. The system secured a nomination from a Chinese vehicle brand, with series production planned for 2026. - source: horizon.auto
2025-10-31 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and Unity China sign assisted-driving HMI partnership - Horizon Robotics and Unity China signed a strategic cooperation to combine Horizon SuperDrive’s human-machine interface with Unity’s real-time 3D rendering engine for assisted-driving systems. The planned HMI is intended to render the vehicle’s perceived… - source: horizon.auto
2025-10-27 - Partnership - ZF and Horizon Robotics announce Level 3 driver-assistance collaboration for China - ZF and Horizon Robotics announced plans to jointly launch a driver-assistance system for the Chinese market up to SAE Level 3. The ZF ProAI compute platform uses Horizon Robotics' Journey 6P processing hardware for full-scenario assisted driving. The… - source: press.zf.com
2025-10-24 - Production Milestone - Horizon HSD enters production-validation phase - Exeed ET5 and Deepal L06 were the two named production vehicles at the validation event. The system used Journey 6P compute for full-scenario urban assisted driving. The milestone marked production validation rather than a claim that customer deliveries had… - source: horizon.auto
2025-09-12 - Partnership - Horizon and HelloRide partner on robotaxi commercialization - The planned system combines autonomous-driving software, automotive-grade domain controllers and supporting hardware for end-to-end integration and production validation. HelloRide intends to use the stack as the core system for its robotaxi fleet, including… - source: horizon.auto
2025-09-01 - Production Milestone - Journey chip shipments exceed ten million units - The milestone was measured through August 2025. Journey programs covered more than 40 automaker brands and over 400 vehicle models. The Journey 6 family spans 10 to 560 TOPS across different assisted-driving tiers. - source: horizon.auto
2025-08-26 - Product Launch - Horizon upgrades SuperDrive to a one-stage end-to-end architecture - The stack maps sensor inputs directly to planned trajectories without separate lateral and longitudinal pipelines. HSD runs on the 560-TOPS Journey 6P computing platform. Horizon said the updated system was approaching production on Chery Exeed’s Exlantix E05. - source: horizon.auto
2025-04-25 - Regulatory - Horizon receives ISO 8800 road-vehicle AI certification - The certification was issued by exida for Horizon’s AI safety process system. The process integrates ISO/PAS 8800 with ISO 26262, ISO 21448 and ISO 21434. The certificate ceremony took place at the Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition. - source: horizon.auto
2025-03-24 - Production Milestone - Journey 6 automotive compute enters production deployment - Journey 6 uses Horizon’s Nash BPU architecture. The family covers entry active-safety through urban assisted-driving workloads. The milestone marked the transition from the 2024 launch to customer production programs. - source: horizon.auto
2024-10-24 - Market Signal - Horizon Robotics begins Hong Kong trading - The listing was one of Hong Kong’s largest technology IPOs of 2024. Horizon Robotics supplies autonomous driving compute and software to automotive customers. - source: clearygottlieb.com
2024-10-24 - Funding - Horizon Robotics completes Hong Kong IPO with HK$5.873B net proceeds - The company received about HK$5.217 billion of net proceeds at listing and a further HK$656 million after partial exercise of the over-allotment option. Class B shares began trading on the HKEX Main Board under stock code 9660 on 24 October 2024. Seventy… - source: www1.hkexnews.hk
2023-11-22 - Partnership - STRADVISION and Horizon Robotics partner on production ADAS - SVNet had completed adaptation and optimization for Horizon’s Journey 3 processor before the strategic cooperation was announced. The companies target cost-efficient road- and parking-perception systems for Tier 1 suppliers and vehicle manufacturers using… - source: horizon.auto
2023-07-04 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and NavInfo sign intelligent-driving partnership - Horizon Robotics and NavInfo signed a strategic partnership around intelligent-driving system development using Horizon’s Journey series chips and development tools. The companies planned to combine Horizon’s visual-perception and computing capabilities with… - source: horizon.auto
2023-07-03 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics, Aptiv and Wind River sign vehicle software partnership - Horizon Robotics, Aptiv and Wind River announced a strategic collaboration combining Horizon Journey vehicle-compute chips with Wind River software for integrated solutions aimed at Chinese automakers. Wind River’s supported portfolio includes VxWorks, Helix… - source: horizon.auto
2023-05-19 - Partnership - JOYNEXT and Horizon Robotics partner on advanced driving systems - Horizon contributes automotive-grade chips, vehicle computing platforms, reference algorithms, development tools, visual perception and human-machine-interaction technology. JOYNEXT brings its vehicle-domain, connectivity, cockpit and automotive-grade… - source: horizon.auto
2023-04-18 - Product Launch - Horizon launches next-generation BPU compute architecture - The architecture was introduced at the 2023 Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition. It was positioned for high-level assisted-driving compute and production deployment. The architecture formed the technical base for Horizon’s subsequent… - source: horizon.auto
2023-04-12 - Partnership - Dazhuo Intelligent and Horizon Robotics partner on ADAS - The agreement covers ADAS and automotive domain-controller products built around Horizon’s Journey-series chips. The jointly developed solutions were intended for mass production across multiple vehicle models under Chery brands, giving the programme a… - source: horizon.auto
2022-04-21 - Partnership - BYD selects Horizon Journey 5 for production vehicles - BYD was the first automaker to publicly announce a Journey 5 series-production design-in. The programme targeted start of production in mid-2023 and expansion to additional vehicle models. Journey 5 combines automotive computing with Horizon’s BPU… - source: horizon.auto
2021-08-04 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and Hesai align on autonomous-vehicle commercialization - The technical configuration includes lidar and compute collaboration. The work is scoped to autonomous-vehicle commercialization. The announcement identifies a named and bounded programme or configuration. - source: hesaitech.com
2021-06-11 - Funding - Horizon Robotics adds $600 million at final Series C close - Series C final close: USD 600,000,000. The cited source confirms the completed financing. Horizon Robotics completed a final $600 million Series C tranche, taking total Series C proceeds to $1.5 billion for its automotive AI chips and autonomous-driving… - source: semiengineering.com
2021-02-09 - Funding - Horizon Robotics completes $350 million C3 financing - Series C3: USD 350,000,000. The cited source confirms the completed financing. Horizon Robotics completed a $350 million C3 financing backed by automotive-sector investors including BYD, Changjiang Automobile Electronic and Dongfeng Asset Management. - source: cnevpost.com
2020-12-21 - Funding - Horizon Robotics secures $150 million first Series C close - Series C first close: USD 150,000,000. 5Y Capital, Hillhouse Capital and Capital Today led or co-led the financing. Horizon Robotics secured $150 million in the first close of a planned Series C financing for automotive AI chips and autonomous-driving… - source: techcrunch.com
2019-04-16 - Partnership - Hesai and Horizon Robotics announced strategic cooperation combining lidar and autonomous-driving processing - Hesai Technology was invited to exhibit its latest products – the Pandar64 (64 – channel mechanical LiDAR) and PandarGT 3.0 (third – generation solid – state LiDAR). The strategic cooperation between these two advanced technology companies is a positive for… - source: hesaitech.com
2019-02-26 - Funding - Horizon Robotics raises $600M Series B at a $3B valuation - Horizon Robotics announced approximately $600 million in Series B financing. SK China, SK Hynix, and automotive groups led or co-led the round. The company stated a $3 billion valuation after the Series B. - source: prnewswire.com
2017-12-20 - Funding - Horizon Robotics raises over $100 million Series A+ - Series A+: more than USD 100,000,000. Intel Capital led or co-led the financing. Horizon Robotics raised more than $100 million in Series A+ financing from Intel Capital, Hillhouse Capital and other investors as it launched its Journey and Sunrise AI… - source: global.chinadaily.com.cn

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