Opportunity
Current self-driving systems neglect the largest market: existing cars
Driving wastes your valuable time. Tasks such as washing dishes and doing laundry are mundane, repetitive, and have been automated thanks to advances in technology. Driving is next.
Right now self-driving availability is restricted to specific brands of new and expensive cars. Leading self-driving companies have defined autonomous capabilities under their terms, with billions of dollars poured into development that only benefits a few. We aim to democratize access to self-driving technology, bringing advanced driver assistance to the masses.
Product
SideCar — a self-driving retrofit for existing vehicles
SideCar is a device attached to the inside of the windshield, right behind the rearview mirror. Our technology uses the existing LKAS (lane-keeping assist) and ACC (adaptive cruise control) systems in the car to tap into gas, steering, and brakes. It takes about 15 minutes to install.
With an affordable price point of $999 and an untapped market of consumers, we believe SideCar will be the device that changes the game.
Traction
Collaborations with major players and products that work!
The immediate market for Epilog technology is driver assistance and retrofitting ~50 million cars on the road today (source).
We have created a production-ready model in partnership with one of the world’s largest contract manufacturers Jabil Optics and in collaboration with several large OEM automotive manufacturers. With nine patents granted and one pending, we are looking to bring our proprietary, affordable tech to even more industries.
* Nvidia, Jabil, and Sony are key Epilog suppliers and preferred partners but do not directly endorse Epilog’s current offering
Vision and strategy
Production-ready product, great price, and billions of market space
Our strategy targets multiple revenue streams:
- Hardware Sales: SideCar is an accessible entry point into the world of self-driving features, offering immediate value to consumers.
- Partnerships with Manufacturers: To extend our reach, we plan to collaborate with car manufacturers to integrate SideCar technology directly into new vehicles.
- SideCar Insurance: Epilog intends to offer specialized car insurance for vehicles equipped with SideCar. It's a value-added service that encourages the adoption of our technology while offering consumers financial benefits.
Leadership
A strong leadership team with vast experience in tech
Michael Mojaver - Co-founder, CEO & Director
Michael is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in funding and operating technology companies in the US and abroad. Michael was formerly a particle physicist and studied/worked at UC San Diego, Cornell University, Fermilab, and CERN (Switzerland). Michael started other companies prior to Epilog; the last one went public (NIO, now trading as GIG:OSLO). Current main areas of interest include artificial intelligence, optics, and computer vision.
Lance Mojaver - Co-founder, CTO & Director
Lance has more than ten years of experience in real-time video software, creating video cameras from initial hardware design to user-facing products. Lance is passionate about developing cutting-edge vision solutions for robotic and consumer use cases.
Marc Munford - VP Business Development
Marc leads Epilog's Consumer OEM Market Channel Development. Marc comes to Epilog from an extensive career in Silicon Valley startups. Previously, Marc was co-founder of NetDrive - the first Internet personal storage service (before it was called Cloud). Marc has built and run sales and business development for early-stage companies such as Visto/Good Technology, Funambol, German Software, Treasure Data, and Wollongong/Attachmate. Marc learned to evangelize breakthrough technology as a software engineer early in his career working for Steve Jobs at NeXT. Marc's younger days in football also bring Epilog connections to major sports franchise leagues.
Rony Greenberg - Director
Business leader with a consistent and proven track record of delivering dramatically increased revenues, gross margin and profits. Experienced at efficiently orchestrating and navigating complex organizations with cross-functional teams located worldwide. A highly skilled negotiator and polished communicator with superior client relationship development and the ability to close revenue-generating partnership contracts. Motivational leader who builds and pilots teams to create strategy and achieve results that exceed organizational objectives. Rony has been previously involved in many Silicon Valley startups.
Kelly Stopher - CFO
With over 30 years experience in accounting and finance, Mr. Stopher’s career includes management and executive positions as Chief Financial Officer for Lee Read Jewelers, Inc. (Boise, ID), Chief Financial Officer for Weldon Barber (Spokane, WA), Account Executive for Aston Group (Vancouver, BC), Business Relationship Manager for Wells Fargo (Spokane, WA), CFO/Director for Jayhawk Energy, Inc. (Coeur d’Alene, ID) and CFO for Zenlabs Holdings, Inc. (Vancouver, BC). Mr. Stopher is Managing Partner at Palouse Advisory Partners LLC, a firm specializing in accounting and financial consulting for pre-IPO and publicly traded companies.