Japanese carmaker Honda has been working with developers as a vital funding support to their initiatives. This time around has been working on building strategic alliance with software entrepreneurs to create more apps on the lines of Honda Developer Studio. Honda has reportedly set up a Studio in Silicon Valley that invites developers and gives them an opportunity to work with Honda engineers to develop a road ready safe app.
Speaking more on the occasion Nick Sugimoto, senior program director of the Honda Silicon Valley Lab, said, “There’s a lot of money in town, so Honda money doesn’t make so much difference. But our expertise and domain knowledge and our culture of entrepreneurship also helps those outside innovators to build their businesses faster. So we have changed our model to a strategic-partner model.”
The Honda Developer Studio comes with a view to help participants refine and define their app ideas. The initiative also accelerates the learning for newcomers in the auto industry as it encourages them to consider “automotive-grade” engineering principles that focuses on driver safety as well as privacy.
