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The autonomous vehicle sector is attracting major investment from around the world. Companies are developing self-driving technology for everything from public transport to freight.
Companies like Waymo have attracted significant capital, raising over $11 billion for self-driving car services. Others, such as Sweden's Einride, are focusing on specific uses like autonomous and electric shipping.
Below is our list of 89 Autonomous Vehicles startups worth keeping an eye on.
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Get the Sheet for $50May Mobility designs and deploys autonomous vehicle technology for use in public transportation. Their fleets of self-driving shuttles provide communities with safe, accessible, and reliable transit options.
Zoox builds fully autonomous, all-electric vehicles from the ground up specifically for ride-hailing services in cities. Their approach to mobility-as-a-service reimagines transportation to be safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for passengers.
Einride builds a freight technology platform for shippers, providing digital, electric, and autonomous transportation. Their system coordinates a fleet of connected electric trucks, some fully autonomous, to make shipping more sustainable and efficient.
Wayve develops embodied AI software for self-driving vehicles that learns directly from real-world driving data. This learning-based model is designed to scale across new cities and vehicle types, a significant shift from traditional autonomous driving systems.
Waymo builds the technology behind fully autonomous vehicles, aiming to make it safer for people and things to get around. Their ride-hailing service, Waymo One, allows the public to experience completely driverless transportation.
FERNRIDE builds a ground autonomy platform that makes yard and port trucks both autonomous and electric. The system allows vehicles to drive themselves but also enables remote human operators to take control, solving for complex situations and the current driver shortage.
Forterra builds autonomous systems that give ground vehicles self-driving capabilities for defense and industrial use. The company's technology is often retrofitted onto existing fleets, allowing them to operate in complex and unstructured environments.
Tier IV created Autoware, the world's first open-source software for autonomous driving. They provide this full-stack solution to help commercialize intelligent vehicles for applications in logistics and public transport.
Avride is building a fleet of autonomous vehicles for ride-hailing and robotic delivery services. By developing the technology and operating the fleet themselves, they aim to create a safer and more efficient transportation system.
Waabi is pioneering an AI-first approach to self-driving technology, starting with the commercial trucking industry. Their system uses a high-fidelity simulator to train its autonomous driver, aiming to accelerate the safe and scalable deployment of self-driving trucks.
Our top picks are just a small sample of the activity happening in this space. Founders have collectively raised billions to tackle challenges in self-driving software and electric mobility.
You'll find a mix of companies, from young teams just getting started to more established players scaling up. Here’s a look at the rest of the startups shaping the autonomous vehicle world.
| Startup | Main Industry | Year Founded | Amount Raised | Last Funding Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI | 2016 | $520M | Series C | |
| AI | 2014 | £181.6M | Series C | |
| AI | 2017 | $75.7M | Series B | |
| Mobility | 2017 | $88.1M | Series B | |
| Mobility | 2018 | $224.7M | Series D | |
| AI | 2016 | $165M | Grant | |
| Mobility | 1937 | $35M | Grant | |
| AI | 2019 | $97.7M | Series A | |
| Mobility | 2021 | $52.2M | Series A | |
| Mobility | 2012 | $248.8M | Series E | |
| Mobility | 2022 | $5.1M | Pre-Seed | |
| AI | 2022 | $42M | Series A | |
| AI | 2015 | $1.3B | Series F | |
| AI | 2015 | $149.5M | Series D | |
| Mobility | 2020 | $91.3M | Series B | |
| Mobility | 2014 | $65M | Private Equity | |
| AI | 2016 | $2.3B | Series E | |
| Mobility | 2018 | CN¥16.7B | Series C | |
| AI | 2017 | $1.5B | Series F | |
| AI | 2017 | $152.9M | Corporate Round | |
| AI | 2016 | $112M | Series C | |
| Mobility | 2017 | $133.5M | Series C | |
| AI | 2017 | $253M | Series D | |
| AI | 2014 | $170.7M | Corporate Round | |
| AI | 2015 | $173.9M | — | |
| AI | 2014 | $44.3M | Venture Round | |
| Mobility | 2012 | $35.4M | Grant | |
| AI | 2019 | ₩1456B | Corporate Round | |
| AI | 2020 | $35M | Series A | |
| Mobility | 2019 | CN¥5B | Series A | |
| Mobility | 1994 | $200M | Private Equity | |
| AI | 2020 | $265.6M | Grant | |
| Mobility | 2018 | CHF266.2M | Debt Financing | |
| Mobility | 2010 | $1.4M | Grant | |
| Mobility | 2015 | $5.3B | Series D | |
| Mobility | 2015 | $163.1M | Series D | |
| Mobility | 2016 | $72.5M | Grant | |
| Mobility | 2018 | $50.2M | Debt Financing | |
| AI | 2019 | $450M | Series C | |
| AI | 2015 | $29.2M | Venture Round | |
| Mobility | 2017 | $105M | Venture Round | |
| Mobility | 1983 | CN¥460.3M | Undisclosed | |
| Mobility | 2025 | $242M | Seed | |
| Mobility | 2019 | CN¥10.9B | Corporate Round | |
| Mobility | 2018 | €280M | Corporate Round | |
| Mobility | 2019 | £2.4M | — | |
| Mobility | 1998 | €169M | Venture Round | |
| AI | 2022 | $200k | Pre-Seed | |
| Media | 2016 | £24M | Series B | |
| Mobility | 2016 | $1.2B | Series C | |
| Media | 2019 | A$23.8M | Grant | |
| AI | 2018 | $50.1M | Series C | |
| Mobility | 2021 | £1.3M | Seed | |
| AI | 2017 | $17.1M | Series A | |
| Mobility | 2016 | — | — | |
| AI | 2019 | $6.2M | Seed | |
| Mobility | 2019 | $6.2M | Seed | |
| Mobility | 2014 | $14.2M | Venture Round | |
| AI | 2015 | CN¥320M | Series D | |
| Mobility | 2008 | $33.5M | Series C | |
| Mobility | 2014 | CN¥380M | Venture Round | |
| Mobility | 2010 | $25M | Series B | |
| AI | 2020 | $800k | Series A | |
| AI | 2015 | CN¥210M | Series D | |
| AI | 2019 | $8.8M | Series A | |
| AI | 2021 | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | |
| AI | 2015 | $30.5M | Venture Round | |
| Mobility | 2018 | €2.3M | Venture Round | |
| Manufacturing | 2020 | £2M | Grant | |
| AI | 2017 | $2.8M | Seed | |
| Mobility | 2018 | $4.2M | Venture Round | |
| Mobility | 2019 | $2.3M | Seed | |
| Mobility | 2018 | €2.7M | Seed | |
| Mobility | 2019 | CN¥100M | Series A | |
| Mobility | 2017 | CN¥700M | Series B | |
| Mobility | 2018 | €550k | Grant | |
| Media | 2020 | MYR20k | Pre-Seed | |
| InsurTech | 2013 | €290k | Series A | |
| Mobility | 2016 | — | Series A |
