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The company's Woven Planet wing, meant to harness startup culture in order to develop new technologies, may be dead on arrival

Toyota needed software expertise, but making a startup mentality mesh with an 86-year-old giant proved challenging. Now it’s trying a new way.

Toyota knew it needed new expertise. But creating a startup mentality to mesh with an 86-year-old giant didn’t work.

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James Kuffner, the chief executive of Toyota Motors autonomous driving technology subsidiary Woven by Toyota, is resigning from the post, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar...

James Kuffner, the American computer expert who has lead Toyota’s Woven software subsidiary since 2018, will resign as CEO and hand the wheel to an automated driving veteran as the automaker readies the launch of a key operating system for cars.

Toyota Motor Corp. is overhauling the management of its automotive-technology division as the unit shifts from being a research arm to become more involved in the production of next-generation vehicles. James Kuffner, 52, will leave his post as chief executive officer of Woven by Toyota, the carmaker said in a…

James Kuffner will be appointed a senior fellow at a new unit that Toyota Motor will establish in October.

Japan’s fastest-growing intelligent robotics company, Mujin, secures capital to pave the way for a new era of robotic automation.

Japan’s fastest-growing intelligent robotics company, Mujin, secures capital to pave the way for a new era of robotic automation