{"slug": "mercedes-benz-aims-to-close-ai-gap-with-china-rivals-through-wayve-deal", "title": "Mercedes-Benz aims to close AI gap with China rivals through Wayve deal", "summary": "Mercedes-Benz will integrate Wayve's autonomous driving system into at least one model to be deployed within the next two years, as the German carmaker aims to close an AI gap with Chinese rivals, the Financial Times reported. The deal makes the UK autonomous-driving start-up a supplier to Mercedes-Benz for a production vehicle due in that window.", "body_md": "# Mercedes-Benz aims to close AI gap with China rivals through Wayve deal\n\nSource: \n\n[Financial Times Technology](https://www.ft.com/technology)\nGerman carmaker will integrate start-up’s autonomous driving system into at least one model to be deployed in next two years\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mercedes-benz-aims-to-close-ai-gap-with-china-rivals-through-wayve-deal", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/mercedes-benz-aims-to-close-ai-gap-with-china-rivals-through-9xx2", "published_at": "2026-09-22 13:00:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-22 14:25:14.556408+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["autonomous-vehicles", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Mercedes-Benz", "Wayve", "Financial Times"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mercedes-benz-aims-to-close-ai-gap-with-china-rivals-through-wayve-deal", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mercedes-benz-aims-to-close-ai-gap-with-china-rivals-through-wayve-deal.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mercedes-benz-aims-to-close-ai-gap-with-china-rivals-through-wayve-deal.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mercedes-benz-aims-to-close-ai-gap-with-china-rivals-through-wayve-deal.jsonld"}}