Software supplier Applied Intuition has entered a partnership with the German auto manufacturer Porsche to co-develop automotive software while maintaining software ownership and reducing dependencies on black-box suppliers.
The aim of the collaboration is to reduce complexity and increase implementation speed of software integration. Porsche will use Applied Intuition’s expertise to develop, deploy and update vehicle software to provide “unique user experiences”, it said.
“Software and AI development is very different from traditional hardware-driven automotive development,” said Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition. “Integrating and updating different software and AI components can be especially challenging, and that is where our expertise comes in as an AI-first software company.”
In new vehicles, it is becoming essential to regularly integrate and update software components purchased from different vendors. Porsche will use software best practices and continuous integration/ deployment (CI/CD) processes to deploy and manage software for future vehicles through an off-board platform. Tools that will support this end-to-end software validation include, software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and vehicle testing.
“Applied Intuition has been an important software partner for us and will help us to better understand software in every part of the vehicle. Testing may then be done software-based and earlier in the development process. With that, we can iterate faster and focus on building the best possible consumer experiences,” said Michael Steiner, member of the executive board of research and development of Porsche. “This cooperation will strengthen Porsche’s software know-how, complementing and supporting activities within the Volkswagen Group.”