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• The car’s internal software fuses the data from all the sensors and applies state-of-the-art AI methods to get a passenger from point A to B safely, conveniently, and most efficiently. Yandex’s self-driving teamstartedworkingon this technology in2016. Building on the company’s expertise inmachine learning, navigation, mapping, and cloud technologies, it presented a first prototype May, 2017. Since then, it rapidly advanced to driving on public roads. In 2018 Yandex became the first company in Europe to offer a fully autonomous ride-hailing service by launching the service in the tech-focused cities of Innopolis and Skolkovo. In 2019 Yandex was the only company that demoed autonomous driving with no one behind the steering wheel to the visitors of CES in Las-Vegas. Thecompany constantlyexpands the rangeof testing conditions toguarantee robust and scalable technology applicable worldwide. In 2019 Israel joined Russia and the US as the third country where Yandex conducts its public- road tests on a regular basis. Yandex SDCcontinues toestablish itself as aglobal IT company attracting top talent around theglobe. To this end, it openedanR&Dcenter inTel-Avivwith thegoal tohire someof thebrightestminds of the start-upnation. The team looks forward to more innovation and collaboration with the local talent. Company alsoopeneda Tel Avivbranchof theYandexSchool ofDataAnalysis tooffer aone-year career advancement program inmachine learning. Self- driving car is featured as a learning tool at Y-Data School as an amazing example of the company’s achievements in AI and IT. Visit our booth at the entrance to EcoMotion to learn more about the technology, business, and career opportunities. Or drop us a letter:

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