Zoox (company)

Zoox, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
Founders
  • Tim Kentley-Klay
  • Jesse Levinson
HeadquartersFoster City, California
Key people
Aicha Evans (CEO)
ProductsSelf-driving cars
Number of employees
c. 2,200 (2023)[1]
ParentAmazon.com, Inc.
Websitezoox.com

Zoox, Inc. is a subsidiary of Amazon developing autonomous vehicles that provide mobility as a service. It is headquartered in Foster City, California and has offices of operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Washington. Zoox sits in the Amazon Devices & Services organization alongside other Amazon units like Amazon Lab126, Amazon Alexa, and Kuiper Systems.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Roy, Abhirup; Sriram, Akash (2023-06-27). "Zoox headcount grows as Amazon's self-driving unit expands testing in Vegas". Reuters.
  2. ^ "Amazon to acquire autonomous driving startup Zoox". TechCrunch. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  3. ^ Patel, Nilay (2021-10-12). "How Amazon runs Alexa, with Dave Limp". The Verge. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  4. ^ Kim, Eugene (2020-10-28). "Amazon might be aiming its newly acquired Zoox self-driving division toward a full-on rivalry with Uber and Lyft". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-12-21.