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TOMTOM AND VISTEON PARTNER TO LAUNCH IN-CAR AI: PRIVACY-FIRST, ONBOARD CONVERSATIONAL NAVIGATION

Las Vegas – TomTom (TOM2), the location technology specialist, today announced the successful integration of its Automotive Navigation Application with the cognitoAI™ platform from Visteon, a global automotive technology leader in cockpit electronics. This collaboration delivers an onboard AI voice experience deeply integrated with an automotive navigation solution, highlighting a shared commitment to bringing a high-performance, secure, reliable, and intuitive driver experience to market.

Agentic AI Meets Onboard Processing

Visteon’s cognitoAI™ platform is built on a hybrid architecture and is powered by Visteon's custom fine-tuned multimodal Vision Language Model (VLM), that seamlessly switches between offline and online modes, to ensure continuous and reliable operation in all driving conditions. On-device voice processing enables unparalleled speed and enhanced driver data privacy. By achieving a deep integration with TomTom’s Automotive Navigation Application, drivers can interact with the navigation using natural, conversational language, instead of being limited to rigid commands, to perform complex requests for location search, waypoint manipulation, and providing detailed route information.

TomTom Automotive Navigation Application: Fast-Track to a Premium, Customizable Cockpit

TomTom’s Automotive Navigation Application provides the robust, flexible foundation that enabled Visteon to achieve this breakthrough on automotive-grade hardware. Engineered for fast time-to-market, the Automotive Navigation Application’s proven and validated quality allowed Visteon’s team to create a deep integration between voice and navigation. The result is a premium navigation experience that remains up-to-date with evolving driver expectations.

"Working with TomTom, we’ve achieved a significant milestone: proving that the most advanced conversational experience can run entirely on vehicle hardware," said Sivakumar Yeddanapudi, Global Vice President – Digital Cockpit and Connected Services, Visteon. "The maturity and flexibility of the TomTom Automotive Navigation Application was instrumental in enabling us to rapidly deliver a high-performance, branded experience that meets the rigorous standards of the automotive industry while exceeding driver expectations."

"Our collaboration with Visteon is setting a new benchmark for in-vehicle navigation, proving that cutting-edge AI can be delivered in a secure, on-device architecture," said Manuela Locarno Ajayi, SVP for Product Engineering, TomTom. "By combining TomTom’s industry-leading maps and navigation with Visteon’s onboard AI foundation - including integrated voice AI and a tuned video language model, we are delivering a truly natural, conversational, and intuitive experience that drivers love using."

The partnership leverages Visteon’s expertise in automotive AI and in-car computing alongside TomTom’s decades of mapping and location intelligence technology, establishing a new industry standard for privacy-first, onboard AI navigation.

TOMTOM ENHANCES MAPS AND NAVIGATION WITH MICROSOFT AZURE INTEGRATION

Las Vegas – TomTom (TOM2), the location technology specialist, today announced its continued collaboration with Microsoft to enhance its maps and navigation products. TomTom is enhancing its automotive navigation solutions, including the TomTom Automotive Navigation Application and TomTom AI Agent, through integration of Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry Models, Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Kubernetes Service.

As vehicles transform into digital experiences, drivers expect seamless interactions and intelligent navigation. By integrating TomTom’s mapping and traffic intelligence into a customizable platform, automakers can deliver highly branded navigation experiences that are ready for production in weeks, not months.

TomTom AI Agent integrates Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models to offer drivers natural voice control, enabling intuitive search and navigation through speech. The TomTom AI Agent’s proactive system listens, reacts, and guides drivers, anticipating their needs and enhancing safety on the road.

Through this integration, automakers benefit from a pre-integrated solution built for scale that reduces time-to-market and eliminates the need for ongoing development, as updates are delivered seamlessly via the cloud. The architecture also gives automakers greater brand control and solution modularity, enabling them to innovate while providing drivers with a premium voice and navigation experience.

"Our collaboration with TomTom reflects our commitment to delivering intelligent navigation systems that put safety, efficiency, and the driver experience first," said Dayan Rodriguez, Corporate Vice President, Manufacturing and Mobility, Microsoft. "Together, we’re helping automakers create seamless, branded experiences that meet the expectations of today’s digital drivers and shape the future of mobility."

"As the future of driving becomes increasingly software-defined, TomTom and Microsoft are at the forefront, engineering confidence in every journey," said Manuela Locarno Ajayi, SVP for Product Engineering, TomTom. "Together, we harness the power of Azure OpenAI to deliver intelligent, seamless solutions that not only enhance the journey but also prioritize driver safety and satisfaction. This collaboration allows us to innovate faster and offer OEMs a fully customizable platform that meets the demands of today’s digital vehicles."

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