Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing for Wednesday, February 18th. Today on Forbes, these billionaires

plan to bring self-driving tech to everything that moves. On a sunny winter day in Silicon

Valley, Casar Eunice slips on his shoes in the entryway to Applied Intuition's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.

The CEO's strict ban on outside footwear in the building means employees and guests must wear slippers,

a habit Eunice picked up from a short stint at auto parts maker Bosch in Japan.

Feet now clad in black boots, he heads to the company's garage,

a tech warehouse in which you'll find many of Applied's latest experiments in car software.

Inside, a dozen or so young engineers, who joined from companies like Honda, General Motors,

and Daimler, line up next to various vehicles.

Eunice points to Jeep's 2021 Grand Wagonier, which is kitted out with its infotainment system,

seating controls, and vehicle diagnostics. Further down, there's a robotic Izuzu box truck,

currently being tested on Japanese highways.

Nearby sits a small JCPelisgid loader that can navigate construction sites on its own,

and an autonomous Ford Raptor pickup put together for the U.S. Army to haul gear without a soldier

at the wheel.

Despite their differences, all these vehicles share software, Applied Intuition's operating system, which Eunice says can be used in any type

of vehicle to connect and manage all its individual electronics, and, increasingly, to drive itself.

Founded in 2017, applied sells the system mainly to traditional automakers like Stalantis,

the successor company to Fiat and Chrysler, which inked a major deal in October.

The pitch?

Its tech will help them challenge next-gen players like Tesla, Google, and Rivian, along with an emerging

army of Chinese competitors that are turning cars into computers on wheels.

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