Yandex is collaborating with companies from China on the issue of Yandex Auto integration

Yandex (MOEX: YNDX) considers the Yandex Auto multimedia platform as one of the promising platforms for its developments in the field of artificial intelligence, said in interview “Kommersant” director of the search and advertising technology business group of the company Dmitry Masyuk. According to him, the company is discussing the implementation of Yandex Auto, including in cars from Chinese manufacturers.

“Yandex Auto is available in cars of Russian automakers, but we are working to ensure that it appears on foreign cars, there are several projects with large Chinese automakers,” Mr. Masyuk told Kommersant, without naming specific companies.

The multimedia automotive platform from Yandex was introduced in 2017; it combines the company’s services and navigation with an end-to-end interface. In the first years of its existence, the platform was available for Renault, Nissan, Chery, Toyota cars, and also as a kit for after-sales installation. In March 2024, Yandex announcedthat the Chinese automaker Chery has licensed the company’s mapping technologies for use in multimedia systems.

About other projects of the company in the automotive industry – in the material “Kommersant” “Yandex is approaching China”.

Yuri Litvinenko