Nijanthan Berinpanathan, co-founder of DeepScenario, is an ETH Zurich graduate who discovered his passion for automated driving during his Bachelor's thesis. He implemented computer vision algorithms on a modified passenger vehicle, marking his first experience in this topic. Nijanthan continued his journey in the field and gained hands-on industry experience, delving into areas like motion planning at Bosch in Germany and sensor fusion at Volkswagen in Silicon Valley. Before founding DeepScenario, he worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company, focusing on automotive topics.

The Pop in Your Job – What drives you? Why do you love your job?
I am passionate about autonomous driving because this transformative technology has the power to revolutionize transportation, improving safety, efficiency, and accessibility for everyone. The opportunity to be part of such a game-changing innovation drives me.

DeepScenario builds the essential link between the physical and the virtual world to enable training and testing of autonomous systems at scale. The company offers an AI-powered toolchain for ADAS/AD development, with a focus on scenario reconstruction, scenario mining, and reactive traffic agents for simulation. At the core of this solution is a world-class 3D computer vision software that turns videos from dashcams, traffic cameras, or drones into dynamic virtual worlds. In combination with DeepScenario's AI tools, which are tailored to the customer's specific application, it maximizes the value of the extracted data. Trusted by industry leaders like Torc Robotics, Mercedes, and Bosch, the company accelerates delivery of automotive software while significantly reducing costs.