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About Tier IV

TIER IV, Inc. is a Japanese autonomous driving technology company whose stated vision is the democratisation of autonomous driving: opening the technologies that contribute to safe autonomy so that many organisations and individuals can build on them in an open ecosystem. The company is the creator of Autoware, the open-source software for autonomous driving first released in August 2015, and a co-founder of the Autoware Foundation. Around that open core, TIER IV develops and sells reference platforms for autonomous driving systems, spanning software, computing hardware and cloud-based development and operations tooling, and it supports customers from development through to operation of autonomous services such as last-mile driverless mobility and logistics.

Its official company profile lists its core business as autonomous driving system and platform development, and it relocated its headquarters to Shinagawa, Tokyo, in January 2025. The company presents itself as a reference builder for the industry, creating the standards and platforms that others use to make autonomous driving part of everyday scenery at prices anyone can use. For directory partners, TIER IV is the principal commercial home of Autoware and a platform supplier for vehicle makers, service operators and developers building autonomous mobility and logistics services.

Products & services

• Autoware open-source autonomous driving software (created by TIER IV; governed with the Autoware Foundation)
• Autonomous driving system and platform development (core business per the official profile)
• Reference platforms spanning software, computing hardware and cloud DevOps tooling for autonomy
• Support for autonomous mobility and logistics services, including last-mile driverless operations

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