Samet Kütük is a Board Member at The Autoware Foundation—home to Autoware, the world’s leading open source project for autonomous driving—and also chairs the Marketing Steering Committee. Samet has worked in the autonomous vehicle technology space for the last 10 years as a startup founder and domain expert who is very well connected to the entire autonomous vehicle industry, including academia, industry, and government. He oversees the day-to-day execution of the Autoware Foundation. He manages a wide variety of activities, including partnerships, alliances, regional chapters, technical and growth strategy, marketing, and community building. He is also the co-founder and board member at Leo Drive, an Istanbul-based startup that has been working in the AV domain since 2015.

The Autoware Foundation is a non-profit organization supporting open-source projects enabling self-driving mobility. The Autoware Foundation creates synergies between corporate development and academic research, providing autonomous driving technology for everyone.