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Amazon and Microsoft to move into self-driving cars through cloud computing

on Apr 2, 2016 | 0 comments

By Seb Joseph

Amazon and Microsoft are reportedly in talks to bring their cloud-computing expertise to digital mapper Here, a business with ambitions to develop self-driving cars.

BMW, Audi and Daimler bought Here from Nokia for €2.8bn last year. Now, sources have told Reuters that both Amazon and Microsoft are keen on partnering with the digital mapping business, with the former also said to want to take a stake in the firm.

The article goes on to report that Amazon “would take a stake as part of a broader deal to lock them in as a provider of cloud computing services,” while Microsoft is keen Read full story ›

Source: The Drum