At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Automotive companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Automotive Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Fyusion
Fyusion develops products powered by 3D computer vision and machine learning.
Founder(s): Pantelis Kalogiros, Radu B. Rusu, Stefan Holzer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Android, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Automotive, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software, iOS, Machine Learning, Software, Virtual Reality
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Tekion
Tekion is a cloud-built platform with advanced machine learning and AI capabilities for a personalized and seamless consumer experience.
Founder(s): Guru Sankararaman, Jay Vijayan
Location: Pleasanton, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Big Data, Machine Learning, Management Information Systems
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Reviver
Reviver digitally connects cars anywhere, anytime through the Rplate app.
Founder(s): Mike Jordan, Neville Boston
Location: Foster City, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Consumer Software, Retail
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Kitty Hawk
Kitty Hawk is an aerospace company that manufactures eVTOL vehicles that makes airtaxis affordable, ubiquitous, and eco-conscious.
Founder(s): Damon Vander Lind
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Automotive, Logistics
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Karus
The AI Engine for Auto Finance
Founder(s): Aaron Travis, James Harrison, Paul Kostoff
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Credit, Enterprise Software, Financial Services, FinTech, Lending
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Metawave
Metawave is a wireless technology company that builds intelligent and high-performance automotive radars by leveraging metamaterials and AI.
Founder(s): Bernard Casse, Maha Achour, Sandy Godsey
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Communications Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Wireless
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HyreCar
HyreCar is a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace that allows anyone to rent their idle cars to Uber and Lyft drivers safely and reliably.
Founder(s): Abhishek Arora, Anshu Bansal
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Marketplace, Peer to Peer, Rental, Ride Sharing, Small and Medium Businesses
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WHILL
WHILL designs and creates personal mobility products for indoor and outdoor applications.
Founder(s): Junpei Naito, Muneaki Fukuoka, Naoto Sakakibara, Satoshi Sugie
Location: San Carlos, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Hardware, Internet of Things, Medical Device, Mobile, Robotics
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Drive.ai
Drive.ai creates AI software for autonomous vehicles.
Founder(s): Brody Huval, Carol Reiley, Fred Rosenzweig, Jeffrey Kiske, Joel Pazhayampallil, Sameep Tandon, Tao Wang
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Logistics, Machine Learning, Robotics, Software
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Aero Glass
Aero Glass is an augmented reality platform for all transportation domains.
Founder(s): Akos Maróy, Cameron Clarke, Jeffrey Johnson
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Augmented Reality, Automotive, Navigation, Transportation, Virtual Reality
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Phantom AI
Phantom AI is a software-based vehicle stack that allows Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs to customize and configure for unparalleled flexibility.
Founder(s): Chan Kyu Lee, Hyunggi Cho
Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Machine Learning, Software
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SmartThings
SmartThings, a smartphone app, allows its users to monitor and control their domestic affairs even when they are out of their home.
Founder(s): Alex Hawkinson, Andrew Brooks, James Stolp, Jeff Hagins, Jesse O’Neill-Oine, Scott Vlaminck
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Internet, Internet of Things, Mobile, Open Source, Small and Medium Businesses, Smart Home
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Wrightspeed
Wrightspeed provides electric drivetrains as retrofit kits to the heavy-duty truck market.
Founder(s): Ian Wright
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electronics, Manufacturing
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Karma Automotive
Karma Automotive designs, engineers, assembles and markets luxury electric vehicles, all from its Southern California base of operations.
Founder(s): Bernhard Koehler
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Developer Platform, Manufacturing
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AutoGravity
AutoGravity is revolutionizing the digital car-buying experience!
Founder(s): Aleks Bogoeski, Andy Hinrichs, Nicholas Stellman, Serge Vartanov
Location: El Segundo, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Finance, Mobile
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Bestmile
Bestmile is a fleet orchestration platform for mobility providers to deploy, manage and optimize AV and human-driven vehicle fleets.
Founder(s): Anne Mellano, Raphael Gindrat
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Mobile, SaaS, Transportation
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Greenlots
Greenlots delivers innovative software, services, and expertise that empowers utilities, cities, communities, and automakers.
Founder(s): Ron Mahabir
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Software
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Spartan Radar
Spartan Radar is a provider of biomimetic automotive radar solutions.
Founder(s): Blake Gasca, Nathan Mintz, Theagenis Abatzoglou, Tyler Rather, Wenwei Zhou
Location: Los Alamitos, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Industrial Automation
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Peloton Technology
Peloton is a connected and automated vehicle technology company improving safety and efficiency in the trucking industry.
Founder(s): Chris Gerdes, Dave Lyons, Josh Switkes, Steve Boyd
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Fleet Management, Robotics, Transportation
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myKaarma
myKaarma is a cloud based automotive customer interaction management company.
Founder(s): Ujj Nath
Location: Long Beach, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Cloud Data Services, Information Technology, Software
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Automile
Automile offers frictionless tracking and management of fleets and assets.
Founder(s): Felix Rosén, Hervé Soursou, Jacob Pontén, Jens Nylander
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, B2B, Developer APIs, SaaS, Software
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Automatic
Automatic is a Smart Driving Assistant that can save you money on gas, remember where you parked, and even call for help in a crash.
Founder(s): Jerry Jariyasunant, Ram Jayaraman, Thejo Kote
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Industrial Engineering, Internet
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Informed.IQ
Informed is a developer of a consumer auto financing platform designed to collect and analyze loan documents.
Founder(s): Justin Wickett
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Banking, Consumer Lending, Financial Services, Information Technology, Logistics, Software, Venture Capital
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Ike
Ike is a self driving truck startup, focused on building automation technology to help improve the trucking industry.
Founder(s): Alden Woodrow, Jur van den Berg, Nancy Sun
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation
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Just Auto Insurance
Just Auto Insurance is an insurance and technology start-up company that provides data driven, pre-paid, and pay-per-mile car insurance.
Founder(s): Greg Ferkel, Murray Macdonald, Robert Smithson
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Auto Insurance, Automotive, FinTech, Insurance, InsurTech
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Phiar Technologies
Phiar’s Ultra-lightweight Spatial AI Engine enables vehicles to perceive its surroundings, and powers our first use case in AR Navigation.
Founder(s): Chen-Ping Yu, James Briscoe, Xinyu Li
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Automotive, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Navigation, Software
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Car IQ
The better way for fleets to pay
Founder(s): Sterling Pratz
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Financial Services, FinTech
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Shop-Ware
Shop-Ware offers an enterprise-grade SaaS platform to help the automotive aftermarket thrive and grow.
Founder(s): Carolyn Coquillette
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Consumer Software, E-Commerce, Fleet Management, Local, SaaS, Software
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Vast
Vast offers decision-making tools that help and support customers in purchasing homes, cars, and vacations.
Founder(s): Kevin Laws, Naval Ravikant
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Classifieds, Real Estate
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RoboTire
RoboTire automates vehicle maintenance by combining robots and computer vision.
Founder(s): Victor Darolfi
Location: San Carlos, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Industrial Automation, Machine Learning, Robotics, Software
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RepairPal
RepairPal helps car owners find peace-of-mind with free, custom repair estimates, cars overviews, and recommendations to local, fair shops.
Founder(s): Aaron Tavistock, David Esser, David Sturtz
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Consumer
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StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)
StartX is an educational non-profit that helps Stanford’s top entrepreneurs.
Founder(s): Cameron Teitelman, Christopher Morace, Dan Ha, Jonathan Golden, Karen Katz, Matt Man, Richard Rabbat, Steve Petersen
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Big Data, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Computer Vision, Consumer Software, E-Commerce, Education, Enterprise Software, Finance, Financial Services, Hardware, Internet, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Medical Device, Non Profit, Venture Capital
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Scoot
Scoot Networks is an electric moped company that offers electric mobility-as-a-service vehicles.
Founder(s): Dan Riegel, Matt Ewing, Michael Keating
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Fleet Management, Last Mile Transportation, Logistics, Public Transportation, Transportation
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Alta Motors
Alta Motors designs and manufactures electric vehicle technology.
Founder(s): David Drennan, Derek Dorresteyn, Jeff Sand, Marc Fenigstein
Location: Brisbane, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Manufacturing
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Compound Eye
Compound Eye develops 3D vision systems for autonomous machines.
Founder(s): Jason Devitt
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Geospatial, Machine Learning, Mapping Services, Robotics
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DeepScale
DeepScale is a technology company that develops perceptual systems for semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles
Founder(s): Forrest Iandola, Kurt Keutzer
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Enterprise Software
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GuRu
Enables safe, effective and customizable transmission of power over-the-air using proprietary mmWave and Smart RF Lensing technology
Founder(s): Ali Hajimiri, Behrooz Abiri, Florian Bohn
Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Gaming, Infrastructure, Medical Device, Mobile, Smart Building, Smart Home, Transportation, Wearables
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Point One Navigation
Point One Navigation is building a centimeter accurate localization service for the future of transportation.
Founder(s): Aaron Nathan, Bryan Galusha
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Industrial Automation, Robotics
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Flywheel
Flywheel is a mobile app that allows users to hail a cab, track a ride, and make payments.
Founder(s): Tal Flanchraych
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Mobile, Public Transportation, Software, Transportation
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Xtime
Xtime is a provider of hosted customer relationship management (CRM) for automotive service departments in North America.
Founder(s): Adam Galper, Neal East
Location: Redwood Shores, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, CRM, SaaS, Scheduling, Software
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Populus
Populus is a technology startup that entails micromobility services and ride hailing for cities to manage the future of mobility.
Founder(s): Fletcher Foti, Regina Clewlow
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Internet, Transportation
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Black Sesame Technologies
Black Sesame Technologies is an AI digital imaging technology firm that creates solutions for real-world AI challenges.
Founder(s): Johnson Shan, Wilson Liu
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Machine Learning
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Zendrive
Zendrive leverages mobile sensor data to provide actionable insights that improve safety for passengers and drivers worldwide.
Founder(s): Jonathan Matus, Pankaj Risbood
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Internet, Mobile
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Astera Labs
Astera Labs is a semiconductor company that provides connectivity solutions for intelligent systems.
Founder(s): Casey Morrison, Gajendra Akkasalamakki, Jitendra Mohan
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Intelligent Systems, Semiconductor
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Ample
Ample utilizes autonomous robotics and smart-battery technology to solve the energy delivery challenge for electric transportation.
Founder(s): John de Souza, Khaled Hassounah
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Energy, Infrastructure, Robotics, Transportation
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Nauto
Nauto is an AI-technology company on a mission to make driving safer and smarter
Founder(s): Frederick Soo, Stefan Heck
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Information Services, Machine Learning, Mobile
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Ghost
Ghost is developing the revolutionary technology that finally makes self-driving safe.
Founder(s): John Hayes, Volkmar Uhlig
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software, Transportation
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Waymo
Waymo improves transportation by developing self-driving technology developed in Google’s labs.
Founder(s): Anthony Levandowski, Sebastian Thrun
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Sensor, Software, Transportation
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Phantom Auto
Phantom Auto is a software company that offers teleoperation safety solutions and remote operations for logistics vehicles.
Founder(s): Elliot Katz, Ohad Dvir, Shai Magzimof
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Logistics, Robotics, Software
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Tempo Automation
Tempo Automation is transforming the way companies innovate and bring new electronic products to market.
Founder(s): Jeff McAlvay, Jesse Koenig, Katherine Scott, Shashank Samala
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Electronics, Industrial Manufacturing, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Medical Device, Military, Semiconductor
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Ridecell
Ridecell provides car-sharing, ride-sharing, short-term leases, and autonomous vehicle fleet services for car rental companies.
Founder(s): Aarjav Trivedi, ArunKumar Elangovan, Steve Dickerson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Car Sharing, Fleet Management, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Relimetrics
Relimetrics develops full stack computer vision and machine learning software for QA and process control in Industry 4.0 applications.
Founder(s): Ender Tasdelen, Jon Grice, Kemal Levi
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Computer Vision, Electronics, Machine Learning, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Software
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Maxwell Technologies
Maxwell Technologies manufacturing and marketing energy storage and power delivery solutions for automotive.
Founder(s): Alan Kolb, Bruce Hayworth, Raymond C. O’Rourke, Terrence C. Gooding
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
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Driveway
Driveway is a cloud-based technology that helps ordinary drivers become safe drivers and helps insurers find and reward them.
Founder(s): Igor Katsman, Jake Diner
Location: Aliso Viejo, California, United States
Industries: Android, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Insurance, InsurTech, Machine Learning, Mobile, Software
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Mesmer
Mesmer is a Robotics Process Automation for Software Development (RPAD) company.
Founder(s): Ahmed Datoo, Waheed Qureshi
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Robotics, Software
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BlueSpace.ai
BlueSpace.ai is an urban mobility company that develops an autonomous vehicle technology.
Founder(s): Christine Moon, Joel Pazhayampallil
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation
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Hyperion Motors
Hyperion Motors develops a hydrogen technology for the next generation of transportation.
Founder(s): Angelo Kafantaris, Lawrence Lubbers
Location: Orange, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Industrial, Industrial Engineering
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Better Place
Better Place develops and sells battery-charging and battery-switching services for electric cars.
Founder(s): Quin Garcia, Shai Agassi
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Clean Energy, Electric Vehicle, Energy, Environmental Engineering
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Lightship
All-electric RV manufacturer designing and producing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer for the electric age.
Founder(s): Benjamin Parker, Toby Kraus
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Recreational Vehicles, Travel
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Armada Aeronautics
Aerial is a developer of modern aircraft to improve the future of air transportation.
Founder(s): Constantine Kisly, Jim Dukhovny, Oleg Petrov, Pavel Markin
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Automotive, Hardware, Logistics, Transportation
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Scotty Labs
Scotty Labs is reinventing the driving experience
Founder(s): Helen Foo, Tobenna Arodiogbu, Usman Ghani
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Logistics
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AutoWeb
AutoWeb is a digital marketing company for the automotive industry.
Founder(s): Jose Vargas, Julio Gonzalez Arrivillaga, Matias de Tezanos, Pete Ellis
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Automotive, Enterprise Software, Marketing
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Drivemode
Drivemode enables smarter, safer, connected driving in any vehicle.
Founder(s): Hokuto (HK) Ueda, Jeff Standard, Yo Koga
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Big Data, Internet, Internet of Things, Mobile
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Skytran
Skytran develops passive magnetic levitation and propulsion technology for implementing personal transportation systems.
Founder(s): Clark Foster, John Cole, John Lee Wamble, Robert Baertsch
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Computer, Transportation
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Joyent
Joyent is a cloud infrastructure service provider that enables its customers to operate modern cloud native applications.
Founder(s): David Young, Dean Allen, Jason Hoffman
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Automotive, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Infrastructure, Open Source, Private Cloud, Software, Web Hosting
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Drivetime
Drivetime provides an online platform designed to help users play games while they drive.
Founder(s): Cory Johnson, Justin Cooper, Niko Vuori
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Audio, Automotive, Casual Games, Consumer Software, Gaming, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Software, Video Games
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Proterra
Proterra develops battery-electric buses that help eliminate fossil fuel dependency and reduce costs.
Founder(s): Dale Hill, Ryan Popple
Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Battery, Energy Storage, Manufacturing
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Veros Credit
Veros Credit provides auto financing solutions, specializes in the acquisition and servicing of motor vehicle retail installment contracts.
Founder(s): Cyrus K. Bozorgi
Location: Santa Ana, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Financial Services
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Ampaire
Ampaire is making flying accessible to more people by building electric aircraft that are greener, quieter, and less costly to operate.
Founder(s): Cory Combs, Kevin Noertker, Ryan Bilton
Location: Hawthorne, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Automotive, Energy, Transportation
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Gatik
Gatik is developing technology for autonomous light & medium duty trucks for B2B short-haul logistics.
Founder(s): Apeksha Kumavat, Arjun Narang, Gautam Narang
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles
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The Wheel Group
The Wheel Group is a manufacturer and distributor specializing in aftermarket automotive wheels, bumpers and accessories.
Founder(s): Philip Young
Location: Ontario, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Manufacturing
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Savari
Savari builds advanced wireless sensor hardware and software technologies for automotive manufacturers, the aftermarket and smart cities.
Founder(s): Ravi Puvvala
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Communications Infrastructure, Hardware, Smart Cities, Software
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Navdy
Navdy creates augmented driving device for cars.
Founder(s): Doug Simpson, Karl Guttag
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Mobile, Navigation
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Hyperspec-ai
We are expand navigable roadways for autonomous vehicles from 3% to 95%, today, by equipping each car with our onboard vision hardware.
Founder(s): Sravan Puttagunta
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive
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Furcifer Inc.
Developer of next-generation electrochromic films with a broad range of applications that include architecture, automotive and display.
Founder(s): Jian Wang, Yan Zhou
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Manufacturing, Real Estate
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Volta Charging
Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Founder(s): Christopher Wendel, Michael Menendez, Scott Mercer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Marketing
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Grid Raster
Grid Raster is a provider of cloud-based XR platforms that powers high-performance and scalable AR/VR/MR experiences on mobile devices.
Founder(s): Bhaskar Banerjee, Dijam Panigrahi, Rishi Ranjan, Venkat Ramana Dass
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Automotive, Cloud Computing, Computer, Information Technology, Software
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SF Motors
SF Motors develops autonomous electric vehicle technologies.
Founder(s): John Zhang
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Battery, Electric Vehicle
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Renovo Auto
Renovo builds AWare the software platform for autonomous vehicles
Founder(s): Christopher Heiser, Jason Stinson
Location: Campbell, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software
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Commsignia
Commsignia specializes in the research and development, manufacturing and distribution of cooperative intelligent transportation systems.
Founder(s): Andras Takacs, Laszlo Virag
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Software, Wireless
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Naehas
Naehas is a provider of content management platform.
Founder(s): Rab Govil
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Automotive, CRM, Email, Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Mobile, SaaS
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Capstone Turbine Corp
Capstone Turbine Corporation® is the world’s leading producer of low-emission microturbine systems.
Founder(s): James C. Noe, Robin Mackay
Location: Chatsworth, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electronics, Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Solar
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TrueCar
TrueCar is an information and technology platform that enables its users to communicate with TrueCar certified dealers.
Founder(s): Bernie Brenner, Jim Nguyen, Oded Noy, Scott Painter, Tom Taira
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Mobile Apps, Public Transportation
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EV Connect
EV Connect provides enterprise-class, electric vehicle charging software, and solutions.
Founder(s): David Hughes, Jordan Ramer
Location: El Segundo, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Renewable Energy, Software
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Aperia Technologies
Aperia Technologies provides automatic tire inflation devices that help improve the safety and efficiency of commercial vehicles.
Founder(s): Brandon Richardson, Joshua Carter
Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering
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comma.ai
comma is solving self driving cars while delivering shippable intermediaries: openpilot and the comma two.
Founder(s): George Hotz
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Education, Electronics, Open Source, Robotics
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Scooterson
Intelligent electric vehicles of the future.
Founder(s): Deepansh Jain, Flavius Balaj, Mihnea de Vries
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Last Mile Transportation, Sharing Economy, Transportation
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Geer™
Premier NFTs platform for blue-chip brands
Founder(s): Christian Ferri, Jeff Mallett
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Blockchain, Fashion, Sports, Video Games
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CloudCar
CloudCar has built a comprehensive platform delivering cloud-based solutions to OEMS.
Founder(s): Albert Jordan, Bruce Leak
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Mobile, Natural Language Processing
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Signal Automotive
Signal is a technology-enabled automotive wholesale platform that employs data to optimize wholesale dealer trades.
Founder(s): Steve Jillings
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Predictive Analytics, Software, Wholesale
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Riders Share
Riders Share is a peer-to-peer marketplace startup that offers street-legal motorcycle rentals.
Founder(s): Brendon Lamb, Guillermo Cornejo, Jose Valera
Location: Marina Del Rey, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Internet, Marketplace, Rental, Sharing Economy
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Autzu
Introducing drivesharing – the future of sustainable and efficient urban transport
Founder(s): Darren Martinelli, John Gabriel
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Car Sharing, Hardware, Ride Sharing, Software, Transportation
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Modal
Modal provides digital commerce for auto dealers and brands.
Founder(s): Aaron Krane
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
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Excelfore Corporation
Excelfore Corporation was founded in 2008
Founder(s): John Crosbie, Shrikant Acharya, Shrinath Acharya
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Enterprise Software, Internet of Things
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CARFIT
CARFIT leverages car’s vibrations with data science to anticipate maintenance needs
Founder(s): Henri-Nicolas OLIVIER, Peter HAUSER
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Database, Information Technology, Internet of Things, Machine Learning
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Recargo
Recargo is a e-mobility software company and one of the industry’s most utilized sources of driver-contributed EV industry data.
Founder(s): Brian Kariger
Location: El Segundo, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Automotive, Mobile, Renewable Energy, Software, Transportation
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CarBlip
CarBlip is an on-demand car buying and leasing platform for car buyers to finance or lease any new car from the comfort of their home.
Founder(s): Brian Johnson, Chang Lee, Eric Brooks, Krista Skellern
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Mobile Apps, Transportation
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Delfast
Delfast is an Electric Bikes manufacturing company with app integration and security.
Founder(s): Daniel Tonkopiy, Sergiy Denysenko
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Manufacturing
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Kyte
Kyte is the best way to get a car. Kyte offers cars delivered to people’s doorsteps. Their vision is to provide better access to fewer cars.
Founder(s): Francesco Wiedemann, Ludwig Schoenack, Nikolaus Volk
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Car Sharing, Fleet Management, Rental, Software, Transportation
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Work Truck Solutions
Work Truck Solutions handles all the heavy lifting so you can focus on selling more commercial vehicles.
Founder(s): Kathryn Schifferle
Location: Chico, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Commercial, Internet
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Arctop
Arctop provides neural interface technology that analyzes brain signals and produces an accurate measure of the mind in real-time.
Founder(s): Dan Furman, Eitan Kay
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Assisted Living, Automotive, Elder Care, Home Health Care, mHealth, Personal Health, Productivity Tools, Virtual Reality, Virtual Workforce, Wellness
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