William Sachiti

Learn how a small team built self-driving technology to compete with Tesla, Google and some of the largest companies in the world.

A serial entrepreneur with 13 years experience in building and selling tech startups. William has exited his last three companies: the latest, MyCityVenue, was acquired by Secret Escapes in 2015 after which he went to study artificial intelligence and robotics.

While at university, William was credited with creating the world's first Artificially intelligent robot librarian. As an inventor-entrepreneur, he devised several patents on driverless vehicle technology, including drone delivery systems such as SkyHighway. After nearly two years at Aberystwyth University and then finishing off his training with NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Institute, William built a team of engineers and scientists to found the Academy of Robotics.

William is considered one of the leaders of the UK autonomous car space with regular appearances on TV, press, and government panels as an industry expert.