Turing
About
About Turing
Turing's autonomous-driving programme trains neural models to produce steering, acceleration and braking decisions from camera input. Its research combines this end-to-end driving approach with multimodal models that interpret visual scenes and language, plus generative world models intended to represent how road situations evolve. Test-driving data supports training and evaluation of the resulting systems.
The company also releases research infrastructure for this work. Its CoVLA dataset links driving video with language descriptions and vehicle actions, supporting vision-language-action research. Heron addresses multimodal understanding, while Terra is its world-model programme. These projects connect perception, scene interpretation and action learning within Turing's development of fully autonomous vehicles; the commercial objective remains a driverless system under development.
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Funding
- 2026-07-06 - Series A extension / final close - $80.6M - Turing completes Series A at ¥27.89B after ¥12.62B equity/debt extension
Turing completed its Series A at ¥27.89B after adding ¥12.62B in new equity and debt financing. - source: tur.ing
- 2025-11-17 - Series A first close - Turing raises JPY9.77B Series A equity at JPY61.5B reported valuation
Turing completed its Series A first close with JPY9.77 billion of equity and a separate JPY5.5 billion syndicated loan; JIC reported a JPY61.5 billion valuation for the equity deal. - source: tur.ing
Investors
- AMD Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- ANRI - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Chibagin Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Dai Nippon Printing - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Denso - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- ENEOS Holdings - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Future Creation Capital (Mizuho Leasing) - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Global Brain - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- GMO Internet Group - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- JGC Mirai Innovation Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- JIC Venture Growth Investments - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Mercuria Investment - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Mitsubishi Corporation - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-07-06
- Mitsubishi HC Capital - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2025-11-17
- Mitsubishi UFJ Bank - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-07-06
- Mitsubishi UFJ Capital - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2025-11-17
- Mitsui Fudosan Innovation Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Mizuho Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Sony Financial Ventures - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2025-11-17
- Spiral Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Supermicro - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- Tokyu Fudosan Holdings - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Wing Capital Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Yanmar Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Z Venture Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
- Zenrin Future Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-17
Team
- Issei Yamamoto - CEO and Co-Founder - Yamamoto leads Turing as it develops end-to-end autonomous-driving systems and fully autonomous EV technology.
- Shunsuke Aoki - Director and Co-Founder - Aoki remains involved in Turing's management as the company develops camera-based end-to-end autonomous driving technology.
- Yu Yamaguchi - Chief Technology Officer - Yamaguchi oversees Turing's autonomous-driving AI R&D and generative-AI development, including LLM work.
- Masato Morishima - Chief Financial Officer - Morishima leads finance for Turing as it scales autonomous-driving development and fundraising activity.
- Yugo Tokuchi - Chief Business Officer - Tokuchi leads Turing's vehicle development, business planning, and strategic alliances.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-07-06 - Funding - Turing completes Series A at ¥27.89B after ¥12.62B equity/debt extension
The newly announced closing added ¥12.62B, made up of ¥6.82B in equity and a ¥5.8B loan agreement with Mitsubishi UFJ Bank. The ¥27.89B figure is the cumulative Series A total, not the amount newly raised in the July closing. Named participants in the extension include AMD Ventures, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank and Supermicro.
Source - 2025-11-17 - Funding - Turing raises JPY9.77B Series A equity at JPY61.5B reported valuation
JIC Venture Growth Investments and Global Brain co-led the JPY9.77 billion preferred-share financing. Japan Investment Corporation reports a JPY61.5 billion valuation for the rounded JPY9.8 billion equity deal, without identifying a pre- or post-money basis. The JPY5.5 billion syndicated loan is separate from the equity amount; JPY15.27 billion is the first-close package total.
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