As one of the Bay Area's leading designers and manufacturers of aftermarket car audio solutions, GROM Audio is proud to be one of the newest sponsors of AutoTech's Developer Challenge. As the goal of the AutoTech Council, this event continues to foster innovation within the auto industry, helping facilitate faster change to benefit the automotive industry as a whole. Through this interactive competition the Developer Challenge seeks to support the auto development community by finding new endeavors through gathering the skills of third party developers from around Silicon Valley.
As one of those third party
developers, GROM Audio will partake in the challenge, while showcasing its team
of talented developers and engineers. Set to take place, October 10th
& 11th (Friday/Saturday), from 8:00AM-1:00PM, the Developer Challenge will be
a competition format which will give contestants the opportunity to engage with
potential partners, customers and car-tech enthusiasts. This preselected group
of developers, are leaders within the connected-car application field—and have
the potential to create the next great auto industry innovation.
Gearing
up for its first showing at the Developer Challenge,
GROM Audio will showcase its own latest concept, the V-Line, while
also participating in the hackathon. GROM's V-Line aftermarket
infotainment solution, provides drivers with outdated in-car
technology with the latest in car-connectivity. In an effort to
supply current drivers with solutions to their in-car infotainment
wants and needs, GROM Audio strives to provide affordable solutions
instead of costly overhauls.
The
event will kick-off (Friday) with the October AutoTech Council
meeting, which will begin with a discussion of the industry's current
unmet needs. After receiving feedback on consumers latest needs,
developers will begin the 2-day challenge. AutoTech Council members
will judge, award and distribute prizes upon the end of the
hackathon.