Global Connected Vehicle Platform Leader Brings Deep Car-to-Cloud Expertise to Alliance to Standardize Foundations and Accelerate OEM Innovation
NOVI, Mich, Oct 29, 2026 – Aeris, the leader in global connected vehicle services and secure connectivity for automotive OEMs, today announced at COVESE All-Member meeting it has joined the Connected Vehicle Systems Alliance (COVESA), an open, member-driven technology alliance focused on accelerating the full potential of connected and software-defined vehicles (SDV). By joining COVESA, Aeris reinforces its commitment to advancing SDV architectures through standardizing foundational open-source data models and vehicle interfaces.
Automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) face an industry-wide software development crisis driven by escalating costs and fragmented development frameworks. Through its core membership in COVESA, Aeris champions and leverages standardization initiatives such as the Vehicle Signal Specification (VSS) to streamline data exchange, reduce structural complexity, and enable OEMs to scale next-generation connected vehicle services faster at a lower total cost of ownership.
“The automotive sector has reached a defining inflection point where software complexity requires more efficient solutions than pointing software engineering resources at proprietary infrastructure,” said Raj Kanaya, Vice President and General Manager, Automotive, at Aeris. “Joining COVESA allows us to unify fragmented core enablement layers across the ecosystem so automakers can eliminate redundant research and development overhead and focus their talent on high-margin, transformative driver experiences.”
By adopting and supporting unified data standards at COVESA, Aeris addresses the industry-wide research and development resource squeeze that forces software teams to dedicate significant capital to foundational infrastructure. Standardizing core enablement technology frees OEMs to reallocate engineering budgets from back-end data plumbing toward differentiated, brand-defining software and intelligent features.
“While we already leverage COVESA projects like VSS to accelerate our customer integration and product development lifecycle, Aeris’ support for COVESA also stems from a deep appreciation of the outcomes that the organization has delivered to automakers and their partners over the past decade plus,” said Alex Oyler, Director of Product Marketing at Aeris. “As a direct result of the immense value we derive from COVESA’s activities, our participation as a core member represents our commitment to its mission and ecosystem.”
Aeris brings years of expertise connecting more than 45 million vehicles globally to the company’s connected vehicle SaaS environment which leverages COVESA standards as key building blocks to support portability and extensibility. Rather than acting as a passive participant, Aeris intends to actively contribute to cross-industry standards that promote operational efficiency and edge intelligence across the entire connected vehicle ecosystem.
“As connected vehicle architectures grow increasingly complex, solving foundational data and connectivity challenges through open standards is critical to the entire industry’s bottom line,” said Steve Crumb, Executive Director of COVESA. “Aeris brings technical depth, enterprise scale, and real-world experience to our working groups. Their leadership in advancing standards like Vehicle Signal Specification will help our members eliminate architectural friction, streamline development cycles, and accelerate commercial delivery across the market.”
About Aeris
Aeris is the secure connectivity platform for Physical AI and intelligent IoT devices. It caters to connected cars, drones, autonomous mobility, robotics, utilities, energy, fleet management, logistics, medical devices, and manufacturing. In automotive, Aeris is one of the most widely deployed connected vehicle partners to automakers globally, unifying connectivity orchestration, connected vehicle services, software delivery, and fleet intelligence into an integrated cloud-native platform that helps OEMs consolidate fragmented operations, accelerate digital experiences, and reduce total cost of ownership. Beyond automotive, Aeris serves over 7,000 enterprise customers and connects more than 115 million devices worldwide, including 45 million connected vehicles, supported by an ecosystem of 30+ mobile network operators. Enterprises rely on Aeris for the borderless connectivity, embedded security, observability, and proven scale that mission critical Physical AI programs demand. To learn how Aeris can supercharge your Physical AI programs, visit aeris.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
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Susanna Song, Head of Global Communications, Aeris
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Guyer Group on behalf of Aeris
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