42dot, the autonomous driving unit of Hyundai Motor Group, is strengthening its software-defined vehicle (SDV) capabilities by recruiting three leader-level engineers from global technology companies.
The company said on Oct. 2 that it hired Angelo Corsaro as a principal research fellow at its Silicon Valley office last month. Corsaro is an expert in distributed computing, real-time systems and robotics middleware. He also has expertise in the "cloud-to-thing continuum," which links cloud infrastructure to devices and physical objects.
Corsaro created the open-source communication protocol Zenoh and has led the Eclipse Zenoh project at the Eclipse Foundation, a global nonprofit open-source organization, driving the adoption of Zenoh technology and the growth of its open-source ecosystem. He also co-founded ZettaScale Technology, where he served as chief executive officer and chief technology officer.
At 42dot, Corsaro will work to improve next-generation data connectivity and scalability across SDV, cloud and intelligent mobility platforms.
Kim Jae-young, who leads the Gleo AI model group, joined 42dot on Sept. 28. Kim has spent 15 years researching voice-based conversational AI and signal processing at global technology companies including Google DeepMind, Amazon, Samsung Electronics and Intel.
At 42dot, Kim will develop speech-to-text (STT) and text-to-speech (TTS) technology optimized for in-vehicle noise and multi-speaker environments, and will also oversee the development of a low-latency audio processing architecture.
Chao Fang, a former senior engineer in Nvidia's autonomous driving division, also recently joined 42dot's Silicon Valley office. Fang will lead research on vision-language-action (VLA) models, which combine visual perception, language-based reasoning and action generation into a single model.
"We have high expectations now that top-tier experts whose innovation capabilities and mass-production experience have been proven on the global stage are joining us," 42dot said. "By combining their expertise in each field with 42dot's AI and software capabilities, we will lead global technology standards in SDV, autonomous driving and intelligent mobility."
