Alpha Drive

Alpha Drive operates a cloud-based developer platform that supplies data and tooling for the testing and validation of AI algorithms, positioned as quality assurance for AI systems. Its current focus is the automotive industry, where it supports the open-source CARLA simulator and sponsors the CARLA Autonomous Driving Leaderboard, which tracks and benchmarks research in autonomous driving. The company states the platform is capable of supporting any simulator used for AI training, testing and validation.

The product offers streaming simulation, in which a developer's AI runs locally on their own machine while interacting with a cloud-hosted simulator, and fully cloud-based simulation, in which a Docker-packaged agent is pushed to the cloud and executed headless alongside the simulator. Features include a command-line interface for setup, parallel test execution, visual or headless runs, real-time simulator output, advanced cloud log management, and shareable results. An enterprise tier adds on-premise cloud support, custom scenario and environment services for CARLA, and integration of Alpha Drive tooling with a customer's own simulator. A public help center documents streaming, remote simulation, environments and benchmarks.

Business model

Alpha Drive sells access to its simulation and agent-evaluation platform on a subscription plus usage basis, with self-serve tiers for individual developers and a custom enterprise tier for organizations requiring on-premise deployment, custom scenarios and simulator integration.

Tiered subscription with hourly compute charges: a Streaming tier at $0 per month plus $1.80 per hour, a Cloud Based tier at $9 per month plus $3.80 per hour, and an Enterprise tier priced on request.