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Your monthly dose of autonomy: January 2026
Welcome to the Segments.ai monthly roundup. Last month, the autonomous vehicle landscape saw historic capital infusions and strategic pivots. Waymo secured a massive $16 billion funding round to fuel global expansion, while Waabi announced a major partnership with Uber to deploy thousands of robotaxis. Federal legislation on autonomous vehicles advanced in Congress, and [...]
Your monthly dose of autonomy: December 2025
Welcome to the Segments.ai monthly roundup. December was a month of friction and progress as we closed out 2025. We saw the friction of city-wide blackouts testing robotaxi resilience, matched against the progress of new commercial drone routes and massive manufacturing commitments. It is a fitting end to a year defined by the challenging [...]
Your monthly dose of autonomy: November 2025
Welcome to the Segments.ai monthly roundup. This November, the autonomous sector continued to scale. We observed significant expansion of operating territories for major AV players, alongside new infrastructure commitments in the drone-delivery space. Here are the key updates that you should know. Autonomous Vehicles Waymo has announced its largest geographic push to date, [...]
Your monthly dose of autonomy: October 2025
Welcome to the Segments.ai monthly roundup, where we bring you the most impactful developments from the world of autonomous technology. October has been a month of aggressive expansion and major capital injections. We're seeing companies move from testing to large-scale commercial strategy, with major players (and funding) placing big bets on robotaxis, delivery, and [...]
Introducing warnings: catch issues before they matter
We’ve added a new Warning System to Segments.ai that helps teams catch common annotation mistakes early, before they ship, get reviewed, or slow down your pipeline. Warnings are customizable, easy to trigger, and tightly integrated into the labeling and review flow. Why we built this Reviewing annotations at scale is hard. Simple mistakes, like [...]
Your monthly dose of autonomy: September 2025
Welcome to the Segments.ai monthly roundup, where we cut through the noise to bring you the most impactful developments from the world of autonomous technology. September has been a month of significant milestones, from major public listings to groundbreaking regulatory advances. The industry is moving faster than ever, with a clear focus on [...]
Outrider selects Segments.ai for multi-sensor data annotation to accelerate autonomous yard operations
Outrider, the leader in autonomous yard operations for freight movement, has partnered with Segments.ai to advance its perception models for self-driving trucks through precise, multi-sensor data annotation. Outrider develops software and technology to automate electric yard trucks that can hitch tractors and trailers and maneuver between dock doors and parking spots. In October [...]
Team Spotlight – David Fournier
In this team spotlight, we get to know David Fournier as he shares his journey across startups and insights into his current role as a software developer at a data annotation platform. Q: Your professional journey consists of multiple start- and scaleups like Datacamp. How was that journey? David: Although I got my [...]
New 3D segmentation features, Gaussian splat labeling, and more
Today, we’re introducing some powerful new features that will make your life easier when segmenting large point clouds and point cloud sequences. We’re also excited to announce that we now support Gaussian splats in our 3D labeling interfaces. Let’s dive in! Merged point cloud mode for 3D segmentation Point cloud segmentation labeling can [...]
Better 3D sequence labeling, deep linking, and more
We’ve been hard at work in the first weeks of the new year to deliver you another round of exciting product updates. Let’s dive right in. Better 3D sequence labeling When labeling 3D sequences, having to switch frames frequently can slow you down. Our batch mode feature already helps you label moving objects faster [...]
Team Spotlight – Jeroen Claessens
In this team spotlight, we get to know Jeroen Claessens as he shares his journey into computer science and data labeling tooling. Q: "On land, at sea, and in the air", would that be a good catchphrase for your career? I never thought of it that way, but that indeed applies to [...]
Leverage 3D annotations to drastically speed up 2D labeling, and more
In our last newsletter we announced our new multi-sensor labeling interface. This month, we're excited to introduce a new feature that will save you lots of time labeling multi-sensor data: 3D-to-2D bounding box projections! Leverage 3D annotations to speed up 2D labeling Let’s say your car or robot has a lidar sensor [...]
Team Spotlight – Mark Hafner
In our first team spotlight, we introduce Mark Hafner, the new Senior Account Executive at Segments.ai. His decision to join Segments.ai? A fascination with the ever-expanding fields of robotics and autonomous vehicles and the belief that these industries will further flourish. Q: When you told your fiancée that you would start at Segments.ai, [...]
