Kognic
Kognic is a purpose-built annotation platform for autonomous driving, providing multi-sensor annotation tools and specialist workforce services for OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. Founded in 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the platform supports camera, LiDAR, and radar data across perception, planning, and end-to-end model training. Kognic has delivered over 100 million annotations across 120+ projects, serving customers…
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Kognic is a purpose-built annotation platform for autonomous driving, providing multi-sensor annotation tools and specialist workforce services for OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. Founded in 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the platform supports camera, LiDAR, and radar data across perception, planning, and end-to-end model training. Kognic has delivered over 100 million annotations across 120+ projects, serving customers including Qualcomm, BMW, Zenseact, Continental, and Bosch. The platform combines human expertise with LLM-assisted automation and features Language Grounding for next-generation vision-language-action models. The company has raised approximately $40.3M in Series A funding. Kognic differentiates itself as purpose-built for autonomous driving with native 3D/LiDAR annotation, over 90 AV-specific quality checkers, and ISO 27001 and TISAX certifications. It offers managed service, platform license, or hybrid deployment models, with customers achieving up to 47% cost savings through pre-label workflows.
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Autonomous Vehicles > Testing > Training Data
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