William Sachiti

Sachiti is the founder and CEO of Academy of Robotics, an autonomous technology company which is primarily known for developing street-legal self-driving vehicles[2][3] and solutions for road maintenance.

The Dragons did not invest in the business (with Dragon Peter Jones describing Sachiti's pitch as "infuriating and complete rubbish", and "the biggest load of bull I've ever heard in the Den"),[6] but the business continued trading and secured a partnership with Keep Britain Tidy [7] and trials with local councils in Manchester [8] and London.

[9] In 2011 Sachiti (along with co-founder Ronald Ndoro) went on to develop a digital concierge service known as mycityvenue, which operated for a short time before being acquired by SecretEscapes in 2014.

The trio were awarded £10,000 in prize money by the university’s entrepreneurship program for developing a theoretical solution to the last-mile delivery problem called Car-go (later renamed to Kar-go).

The Kar-go vehicle was developed further in collaboration with Pilgrim Motorsports, before finally being revealed in July 2019 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The green, futuristic-looking Kar-go autonomous delivery vehicle driving on the roads through RAF Brize Norton air base during trials in 2021. RAF personnel are walking alongside it and cars are parked beside the road
The Kar-go autonomous delivery vehicle driving through RAF Brize Norton air base during trials in 2021