Delivering safe, intelligent, human-centered mobility for all.

MOBILITY

Creating innovative mobility products, technology and services.

We envision a future where world-class technology expands global access to mobility and enhances the capabilities of drivers and their experiences. We achieve this with a unique global culture. As society, technology, and customer needs evolve, we continuously pursue ways that unlock the possibilities and opportunities for people to thrive in a mobility society.

LEADERSHIP

Meet Our Leaders

  • BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                       
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  • Hajime Kumabe
    Representative Director
  • Kenta Kon
    Director
  • John Absmeier
    Director
  • Takanori Azuma
    Director
  • Koji Kobayashi
    Audit & Supervisory
  • Holly Walters
    Director
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  • CORPORATE ADVISER
                         
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  • Yumi Otsuka
         

Company Overview

Name

Woven by Toyota, Inc.

Headquarter

Nihonbashi Muromachi Mitsui Tower, 3-2-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 103-0022

Representative Director and CEO

Hajime Kumabe

Major Business

New technology and business development of mobility, driven by software

- Vehicle Software Tools and platform, Arene OS

- Automated Driving (AD)  and Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS)

- Test course for mobility Woven City

Established

April 2023 (The preceding company, Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, Inc., was established in March 2018)

Number of Employees

2,212  (as of January, 2024)

Location

Headquartered in Tokyo (Japan) 

US offices in Palo Alto, CA │Seattle, WA │ Ann Arbor, MI │ Brooklyn, NY 

UK office in London

Shareholder Composition (Common shares)

100% owned by Toyota Motor Corporation

HOW WE’LL GET THERE

Our roadmap to an accessible future.

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BY TOYOTA
Integration with Toyota provides greater opportunities for scale and distribution of our mobility solutions.
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CULTURE AND PEOPLE
Our unique culture is based on bringing the Toyota Philosophy to life through the best and brightest mobility industry pioneers, software developers and engineers.
INNOVATIVE TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES
We are building the “full stack” needed for software-first mobility worldwide.

Seamless Collaboration

Investing in what’s next.

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Woven Capital
Woven Capital broadens the group’s global reach, accelerates its growth and expands our network of expertise by investing in exceptionally innovative growth-stage ventures.

OUR HISTORY

Moving forward.

2018
Image of Woven by Toyota office interior
March 2018

TRI-AD established to accelerate the development and deployment of automated vehicle technology through research and production

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Image of Woven City with a mountain in the background.
January 2020

Toyota reveals plans to build a prototype “city” of the future

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January 2021

Woven Planet established to expand and improve TRI-AD’s mandate

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Woven by Toyota executives taking part in Japanese ceremony
February 2021

The groundbreaking ceremony of Woven City

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A Lexus and Toyota vehicle are side-by-side and stationary
April 2021

Toyota launches Lexus LS and Mirai equipped with "Advanced Drive" that enables drivers and cars to drive together in Japan

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Sensors mounted on vehicles
July 2021

Woven Planet strengthens automated driving system capabilities with addition of Lyft’s Level 5 Division

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August 2021

After long-standing partnership, CARMERA joins Woven Planet’s Automated Mapping Platform team to enable high-precision localization support to automated vehicles

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Renovo Auto test vehicle
September 2021

Renovo Motors joins team to bolster software-driven vehicle efforts

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Toyota test vehicle
May 2022

Toyota Research Institute's Automated Driving team, the unit responsible for researching and developing automated driving software, joins Woven Planet

June 2022

Toyota and Woven Planet develop a portable hydrogen cartridge prototype for Woven City

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Executives and priests sitting down during ceremony.
October 2022

A community gathering symbolizing support for the safety of the construction and city held at the start of the construction of the Woven City Phase 1

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April 2023

Woven by Toyota established to accelerate Toyota's vision for mobility

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Collaboration

"We keep one foot firmly in the now while stepping in the future at the same time."

Stuart Parson, Senior UX Researcher, Core Advanced UX

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