Dr. James Peng is the co-founder and CEO of Pony.ai (NASDAQ: PONY), a leading global autonomous driving technology company. He is passionate about bringing great people together to solve the challenges of the future of mobility. Under Dr. Peng’s leadership, Pony.ai has become a global leader in the large-scale commercialization of autonomous mobility.

Pony.ai’s leading position in the autonomous vehicle industry has been recognized: Pony.ai was ranked #10 on the CNBC Disruptor 50 2022 list of the 50 most innovative and disruptive companies; in June 2023, Pony.ai was recognized by XPRIZE and Bessemer Venture Partners on their inaugural list of the world’s top 100 private deep tech companies, ranking #12 globally. In February 2024, Dr. Peng was named to Silicon Valley Business Journal’s “2024 Silicon Valley Power 100” list.

Prior to co-founding Pony.ai, Dr. Peng worked at Baidu and Google for 11 years. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University, a master's degree from The State University of New York at Buffalo and a B.S. from Tsinghua University.