Applied Intuition, the $15 billion startup that supplies the software infrastructure behind self-driving cars, autonomous trucks, mining equipment and military drones, wants to do the same thing for the world of autonomous machines. “Imagine you have a teenage son who wants to create an autonomous lawnmower, or a room-cleaning robot. You would need a team of probably 5 to 8 engineers today,” said Qasar Younis, CEO and co-founder of Applied Intuition. ADThe plan marks a new direction for Applied Intuition, which made a name for itself signing up major companies like Porsche, Isuzu and Komatsu, which are willing to pay top dollar for help designing state-of-the-art software. The platform is built atop data collection, software development, safety guardrails and tooling amassed by Applied Intuition for nearly a decade.