[2][3] The company was co-founded in 2016 by Bryan Salesky and Peter Rander, veterans of the Google and Uber automated driving programs.

[4] Argo AI was an independent company that built software, hardware, maps, and cloud-support infrastructure to power self-driving vehicles.

As of July 2020, the company employed over 1000 employees with offices[13] in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Palo Alto, Cranbury, NJ[14] and Munich, Germany.

[4] In 2007, Salesky and Chris Urmson[4] led Carnegie Mellon’s software development team for the third DARPA driverless car competition dubbed the Urban Challenge.

[15] In February 2017, Ford Motor Company announced that it was to invest $1 billion in Argo AI over the next five years, to develop a virtual driver system for the automaker's autonomous vehicle coming in 2021.

In executing the agreement, the Munich-based AID team was integrated into Argo AI to form the company’s European engineering center.

[27] In October 2022, After failing to secure further investment from Amazon,[28] Ford announced that the company would be disbanded after posting an $827 million net-loss for the third quarter.

[34] In 2019, Argo introduced its third-generation test vehicle, based on the Ford Fusion Hybrid, which incorporates higher-resolution cameras with wider dynamic ranges, increased computer processing power, and heating and cooling systems improvements.

[23] Argo planned to deliver autonomous driving technology for shared fleets rather than personal ownership with applications including ride-hailing and goods delivery services.

[38] Argo began testing out of its Palo Alto engineering center after receiving its permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles in January 2019.

[39] The expansion to additional urban test sites allowed the company to study the unique driving behavior and road culture of each city.