Venti Technologies Co-Founder Daniela Rus Wins Bavaria’s Top Technology and Engineering Honor
MIT AI autonomy pioneer receives 2026 High-Tech Award of the Bavarian Minister-President
Venti Technologies, a leader in autonomous vehicle (AV) operations for industrial yards and logistics hubs, today announced that company Founder MIT Professor Daniela Rus, Ph.D., has won Germany’s most highly endowed award for technology and engineering, the 2026 High-Tech Award of the Bavarian Minister-President.
Rus, who co-founded Venti in 2018, is Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The joint award from the Bavarian State Government and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities was presented on July 23 at the Munich Residence by Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder. Rus, he said in a news release, is “shaping the next generation of intelligent and connected robots. From the operating table to the highway, to the depths of the sea, her innovations help make life longer and better.”
