Ukrainians sold their technology to Audi, earned 14 million euros - the history of Apostera
Audi e-tron Q4 came out with a unique technology - head-up navigation on the windshield. Besides Audi, only two other brands have similar technology - Mercedes and VW (VW and Skoda). The system in Audi helps drivers navigate the road in a completely new way and is technologically superior to the solutions in Mercedes and VW. Few people know that this system was developed in Ukraine. It all started at Luxoft Andrey Golubinsky, Viktor Sdobnikov and Olga Mirkina met at Luxoft, one of the largest outsourcing companies in Ukraine. All of them were involved in projects for car manufacturers. Today, software for the automotive industry is also made by other Ukrainian outsourcers, in particular GlobalLogic, EPAM, TietoEVRY (Infopulse). But the first embedded and in-vehicle infotainment systems began in Odessa Luxoft in 2006. “The first software for the foreign automotive industry in Ukraine was developed by Ukrainian engineers at Luxoft in 2006,” says Victor. "For example, in Odessa,