Automotive AI data recorded where the car is:
the cabin and the road.

YPAI scopes in-cabin voice, perception data, and evaluation under one delivery. Native-speaker speech. Camera, LiDAR and sensor-fusion annotation. Acceptance criteria written before production.

Norwegian legal entity · EEA residency by default · DPA per engagement

Programme · motorway · mixed sensors voice + perception
lidar · 3D
150 +

Languages available through the YPAI contributor and specialist network

LiDAR

3D point-cloud and sensor-fusion annotation for ADAS and autonomy programmes

Native

Speaker recruitment and recording in the required language markets

EEA

Processing and residency options scoped per engagement, with a DPA

Selected automotive programmes and engagements

Evaluation, collection and annotation work across OEM and Tier-1 programmes. Relationship and scope vary by engagement.

MGHondaKiaBYDXPengOmodaNIOHyundaiChangan

The benchmark is a quiet room. The model meets the road.

YPAI scopes the people, vehicles, sensors and conditions that decide whether automotive AI works outside the lab.

Rainy motorway seen from inside a moving car cabin
Engine load, weather, cabin acoustics and overlapping speech shape the signal. Accents, code-switching and local entities shape the language. Consent, protocol and QA records determine whether voice or perception data can ship.
Driver seen from the rear seat through a rain-covered windscreen.

One automotive engagement, several data pathways.

Start with in-cabin voice, perception annotation, or evaluation. The same delivery can carry supporting modalities when the brief requires it.

Voice and perception pathways

  • In-cabin voice and speech

    Wake-word, intent, multilingual commands and cabin-noise data. Native speakers in the required markets.

  • Voice, perception and evaluation in one delivery

    Scope the programme around the actual cabin, sensor suite and acceptance criteria, then attach the evidence trail the buyer needs to review.

  • ADAS and autonomy annotation

    Image, video and 3D labelling for driving scenarios, objects and behaviours, against the project taxonomy.

Sensor and delivery pathways

  • LiDAR and sensor fusion

    Point-cloud, cuboid and time-synchronised multi-sensor annotation when the brief extends into the perception stack.

  • Evaluation and controlled delivery

    Review, gap collection and accepted batches. Implementation support stays scoped to the data and evaluation work.

Market, sensor suite, rights and acceptance requirements turn this scope into a programme specification.

One automotive data project, three practical starting points

Three ways to enter the same controlled delivery.

Build a new voice or perception corpus

For a new market, cabin profile, sensor suite or vehicle experience.

Turn scenarios, speaker or sensor requirements, and output specs into a capture and annotation plan, then deliver an accepted corpus with the agreed metadata and labels.

Evaluate and remediate an existing system or dataset

For a system or dataset with known failure conditions.

Use model outputs and failure cases to isolate gaps by market, cabin condition or operating domain, then define the right evaluation, review, re-annotation or targeted collection.

Run controlled production through accepted delivery

For a defined production brief, ready to execute.

Turn the specification, rights model and acceptance criteria into qualification, calibration, production, QA, review, rework and accepted batches.

Mobilisation follows the specification.

The delivery plan takes shape around the actual work.

Qualification and calibration

Align participant or asset profiles, technical setup, review criteria and capture protocol before production begins.

First accepted wave

Prove the specification against submitted material, then use the accepted batch to set the working forecast.

Rolling delivery

Capture, review, rework and replacement coverage move together against the programme brief.

The forecast uses the unit that matters to the programme: accepted speaker-hours, recordings, frames, sessions or assets.

Night motorway with long-exposure headlight trails.

AI DATA & EVALUATION

Training data you can stand behind.

Managed collection, annotation, validation and evaluation.

A managed data operation, accountable for every accepted batch.

Scope an automotive programme
Two people travelling in the front of a car, viewed from the rear seat.

The road
changes
the data.

Road, weather, cabin acoustics and sensor conditions change what must be collected and how it is judged.

Collection Capture the operating condition. Drivers, passengers, road surface, weather and sensor suite.
Annotation Make voice and perception usable. Intent, objects, tracks and agreed taxonomies.
Validation Test the real range. Noise, cabin character, lighting and domain variation.
Evaluation Judge the system in context. Does the experience still hold when driving?

One record runs the whole project.

For work YPAI manages, our collection platform connects:

One shared record YPAI-managed work

Reviewers and operations teams see the same task status and version history.

Qualification
  • eligibility
  • qualification
  • quotas
Planning
  • scheduling
  • invitations
  • consent and rights
  • protocol versions
Collection
  • collection
  • uploads
Verification
  • checksums
  • technical QC
Native review
  • native human review
  • specialist review
Rework · replacement · rejection

Failed material returns for recapture, rework, replacement or rejection according to the project rules.

Acceptance
  • dataset assembly
Delivery
  • versioned batches
  • manifests
  • secure delivery

Accepted material moves into versioned batches, manifests and secure delivery.

Role-based dashboard and client-portal access can be provided for YPAI-managed work.

Progress and quota views support

Coverage decisions

QA, issue and rework views support

Remediation decisions

Accepted-volume and manifest views support

Delivery readiness

Operating model

The operating model can use YPAI-managed infrastructure, customer systems or a hybrid. API access and custom integrations are available on a project-specific basis. You can keep your own tools; native-speaker review stays with YPAI.

QUESTIONS

Questions automotive programme teams ask

Which data can one automotive engagement cover?

In-cabin voice, perception annotation and evaluation, in one delivery: wake-word, intent, multilingual command and cabin-noise data; image, video and 3D labelling for driving scenarios; and point-cloud, cuboid and time-synchronised multi-sensor annotation when the brief extends into the perception stack.

Where does a programme start?

At one of three points: build a new voice or perception corpus for a new market, cabin profile or sensor suite; evaluate and remediate an existing system or dataset with known failure conditions; or run controlled production against a defined brief.

Who records the in-cabin speech?

Native speakers recruited and recorded in the required language markets, under the drivers, passengers, road surface, weather and sensor suite the brief names.

How is volume measured and forecast?

In the unit that matters to the programme: accepted speaker-hours, recordings, frames, sessions or assets. Qualification and calibration come first, and the accepted batch sets the working forecast.

Where is the data processed?

YPAI is a Norwegian company. Data stays in the EEA by default, a GDPR Article 28 DPA comes with every engagement, and processing and residency options are scoped per engagement.

Can we keep our own tools?

Yes. The operating model can use YPAI-managed infrastructure, your systems or a hybrid, with API access and custom integrations. Native-speaker review stays with YPAI.

AUTOMOTIVE INTAKE

Scope an automotive AI project.

Bring the programme type, primary use case, and any regulatory or homologation deadline. A named project lead replies within one EU business day with a feasibility read.

  • In-cabin voice + ADAS perception under one master DPA
  • EEA residency by default, Norwegian Aksjeselskap
  • GDPR Article 28 DPA included with every engagement
  • OEM, Tier-1, aftermarket and fleet programmes
Modalities in scope (optional)

GDPR Article 28 · EU AI Act Article 10 · EEA jurisdiction