TALLINN, ESTONIA - March 16, 2026 - Bolt, the leading European mobility platform, today announced it will work with NVIDIA to build the AI foundation for scaling autonomous vehicles in Europe.
This initiative will combine Bolt’s extensive ride-hailing and carsharing fleet data with NVIDIA Omniverse libraries, NVIDIA Cosmos world foundation models, NVIDIA Alpamayo AV foundation models, and NVIDIA AI infrastructure to accelerate safe AV development for European roads. The resulting AV platform will be deployed on the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion computer and sensor architecture to deliver a robotaxi service that meets Europe’s highest safety and performance standards.
Bolt operates across more than 50 countries and 850+ cities, serving over 200 million customers. Every day, its ride-hailing, car-sharing, micromobility and delivery operations generate real-world driving data across some of the most complex urban environments in the world. That operational footprint provides a practical foundation for building AV systems that work reliably across a range of European countries where transport infrastructure and regulations can differ considerably.
Pioneering Sovereign Technology for the EU:
● Learning from Reality: Bolt’s strategy uses its extensive fleet data to build a "learning engine" grounded in real-world driving. Bolt will curate and search this data with NVIDIA Cosmos, reconstruct high-fidelity scenes from driving logs with NVIDIA Omniverse NuRec, and use Cosmos again to generate and augment data at scale. Alpamayo will be used to accelerate policy learning and behavioral adaptation across diverse European traffic norms, helping ensure the resulting AI models reflect the complexity and diversity of European city streets.
● Data Sovereignty and GDPR: All processing of Bolt Fleet data will utilize privacy-preserving mechanisms to ensure strict compliance with GDPR and EU cybersecurity standards.
● Next-Generation NVIDIA Autonomous Platform: Bolt will integrate the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion platform, designed for robotaxi-ready deployments. The system will leverage dual NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor processors and a multi-sensor architecture combining lidar, camera, and radar for robust perception and redundancy. Running the safety-certified NVIDIA DriveOS, this system provides the high-performance compute required for real-time processing and level 4-ready autonomous capabilities. The platform is designed to work seamlessly with Alpamayo foundation models, Cosmos and Omniverse NuRec across training, simulation and in-vehicle deployment.
● Open Source and Ecosystem Growth: To foster innovation across the Union, the initiative will provide open source access to critical tooling, interfaces, evaluation frameworks, benchmarks and reference implementations. This approach is designed to empower European SMEs and universities, reducing dependence on non-EU ecosystems.
"Real-world data is the most valuable asset in the race for safe autonomy," said Jevgeni Kabanov, President & Head of Autonomous Driving at Bolt. "By marrying Bolt’s operational scale with the NVIDIA Hyperion Platform, Alpamayo foundation models, AI infrastructure, and open models & libraries, we are creating a European-led AV offering that ensures our continent remains at the forefront of mobility innovation while maintaining full control over our data and technology."
“Autonomous vehicles require a full-stack approach that unifies AI models, high-performance compute, and a robust sensor architecture,” said Philippe Van Den Berge , EMEA Vice President of Automotive at NVIDIA. “By combining Bolt’s real-world operational data with the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion platform, AI infrastructure, and open models & libraries across Omniverse, Cosmos, and Alpamayo, we’re enabling a scalable foundation for safe, high-performance autonomous mobility services designed for the complexity and diversity of European roads.”
This collaboration establishes a lifecycle for AI development - from data provision to common base models - enabling a new generation of mobility applications that are safe, auditable, and uniquely European.
