Nexar, a leader in AI-powered mobility solutions and one of the largest distributed vision networks on U.S. roads, and Vay, a leading provider of automotive-grade remote driving technology, announced an early adoption design partnership. The partnership is aimed at integrating Nexar’s BADAS (Beyond ADAS), a foundation model that redefines how the industry approaches vehicle safety and autonomy, directly into Vay’s remotely driven fleet. This integration will follow its initial implementation into their engineering fleet and will add a new, proactive layer of AI-powered safety to one of the most advanced mobility services in operation today.
“Remote driving puts humans and machines into a shared control loop, and safety has to work at that same level,” said Zach Greenberger, CEO of Nexar. “BADAS was built to understand how real people actually drive-not how simulations behave. Partnering with Vay lets us prove, in a demanding real-life environment, that predictive intelligence can meaningfully reduce risk and support safer mobility at scale.”
Vay operates the world’s first remotely driven car rental service, where vehicles are delivered and parked by professionally trained human Remote Drivers located at Vay’s Remote Driving Center-without a safety driver inside the car.
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From the outset, Vay has designed its technology to meet the highest safety and security standards, with the objective of making remote driving safer than conventional driving. Remote Drivers operate in a controlled, professional environment free from distractions, and their driving behavior is continuously monitored, and structured break schedules are implemented. Together, these measures address the primary reasons for fatal road accidents, including distraction from mobile devices and other sources, fatigue, driving under the influence, and excessive speed.
By embedding BADAS into Vay’s remote driving operations, Vay is taking a step forward in its safety approach: the two companies are demonstrating how predictive AI-trained on billions of miles of real-world driving-can help anticipate risk before an incident occurs, supporting safer decisions by human operators in complex, live traffic environments.
“Safety is the foundation of everything we do at Vay,” said Thomas von der Ohe, CEO and Co-Founder of Vay. “As we scale our service, we need safety systems that are proactive, not just reactive. Integrating Nexar’s BADAS model into our system equips our Remote Drivers with advanced, augmented capabilities, enabling them to better anticipate risk.”
SOURCE: Vay
