Driving AI Innovation: The Future of Connected Vehicles with Arnon Shafrir

Are automotive giants sitting on a goldmine of data they can’t fully use?

In this captivating episode of the XTech Podcast, host Debbie Forster sits down with Arnon Shafrir, VP of Automotive Data Intelligence and AI at Upstream, to tear down the biggest misconceptions in modern vehicle technology.

Arnon reveals why automakers don’t actually have a “data problem”: they have a stitching problem. Discover how live digital twins, edge computing, and agentic AI are revolutionizing quality control, turning raw vehicle telemetry into game-changing insights before failures even happen. From solving complex engineering mysteries to applying cybersecurity models in reverse, Arnon breaks down how physical AI is reshaping the roads of tomorrow.

This conversation offers an insider’s look at the software-defined vehicle revolution.

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