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Turing Inc., the Tokyo-based startup building generative AI-powered self-driving systems, is reportedly bringing AMD into its hardware stack. The move would mark a notable shift for a company that has, until now, built its compute infrastructure almost entirely around Nvidia.
What we know about Turing
Founded in 2021 and led by CEO Issei Yamamoto, Turing has been on an aggressive fundraising tear. The company closed its first Series A round on November 17, 2025, pulling in approximately ¥15.27 billion, or roughly $98.6 million.
That round was split between ¥9.77 billion in equity, co-led by JIC Venture Growth Investments and Global Brain, and ¥5.5 billion in debt.
Then in March 2026, GMO Internet Group dropped another ¥3.2 billion into Turing as part of a strategic partnership. That deal was explicitly tied to a GPU cloud computing arrangement using Nvidia’s H200 and B300 chips, targeting a theoretical performance of around 0.37 EFLOPS.
The company’s flagship initiative, dubbed “Tokyo 30,” aims to achieve 30 minutes of fully autonomous driving through Tokyo’s notoriously complex streets. The target date was the end of 2025, with broader commercialization ambitions stretching to 2030.
More recently, in June 2026, Turing kicked off joint research projects with Subaru and DENSO, two heavyweights in the Japanese automotive supply chain. That work falls under Japan’s METI/NEDO GENIAC initiative, a government-backed program focused on integrating end-to-end autonomous systems directly into production vehicles.
The AMD angle
Turing’s entire public track record has been built on Nvidia hardware. Every major partnership announcement, every compute benchmark, every cloud infrastructure deal has centered on Nvidia’s GPU lineup. There are no verified reports linking Turing to AMD, and any claims regarding AMD’s involvement should be approached with caution.
What this means for investors watching the AI-GPU intersection
Investors should watch for follow-up details on the scope of AMD’s involvement: whether this is a full infrastructure partnership similar to the GMO-Nvidia arrangement, or something more limited in scope.
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