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 Autonomous Vehicles 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 Autonomous Vehicles Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Quanergy Systems
Quanergy is a developer of solid state sensors used to offer smart sensing services for self-driving cars.
Founder(s): Louay Eldada, Tianyue Yu
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Autonomous Vehicles, Information Services, Information Technology, Mapping Services, Navigation, Robotics
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AEye
AEye develops AI-powered LiDAR systems for vehicle autonomy, advanced driver assistance systems, and robotic vision applications.
Founder(s): Barry Behnken, Jordan Greene, Luis Dussan, Ransom Wuller
Location: Dublin, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, 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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Ottonomy Inc
Autonomous robot fleets to make contactless deliveries for safe and enhanced user experience in both indoor and outdoor environments
Founder(s): Ashish Gupta, Hardik Sharma, Pradyot KVN, Ritukar Vijay
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Delivery, Delivery Service, Robotics
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Parallel Domain
Parallel Domain is a synthetic data platform designed to facilitate autonomous vehicle simulation.
Founder(s): Kevin McNamara
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Computer Vision, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Simulation, Software
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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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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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Pyka
Pyka makes technologies that make aviation safer, more affordable, and more accessible than has ever been possible in human history.
Founder(s): Chuma Ogunwole, Kyle Moore, Michael Norcia, Nathan White
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics
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Veniam
Veniam is a technology firm that is advancing mobility’s future by enabling the Internet of Moving Things.
Founder(s): João Barros, Robin Chase, Roy Russell, Susana Sargento
Location: Walnut, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Communications Infrastructure, Electric Vehicle, Internet of Things, Transportation, Wireless
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Zadar Labs
Zadar Labs brings radar intelligence to autonomous systems
Founder(s): Mahmoud Saadat, Mo Emadi
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Learning, Robotics, Sensor
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Waycare
WayCare optimizes traffic management systems leveraging predictive analytics, and enables two way vehicle to city communication.
Founder(s): Idan Hahn, Noam Maital, Shai Suzan
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Government, GovTech, Intelligent Systems, Machine Learning
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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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CARVI
CARVI offers Vision-based Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) + Contextual Data Platform based on Driver Behaviors and 3D road data
Founder(s): Kevin Eunsu Lee
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Computer Vision, Fleet Management, InsurTech, Mapping Services, Peer to Peer, Rental, Ride Sharing
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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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Faction
Faction is a Silicon Valley startup that develops driverless solutions based on light electric vehicles.
Founder(s): Ain McKendrick
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Logistics, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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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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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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Swift Navigation
Swift Navigation offers hardware and software that makes GPS positioning technology available for autonomous vehicle and device guidance.
Founder(s): Colin Beighley, Fergus Noble, Timothy Harris
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Drones, GPS, Hardware, Robotics, Software
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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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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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AutoX
AutoX is a self-driving car startup that offers AI drivers to enable universal access to transportation for the people.
Founder(s): Jianxiong Xiao
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Transportation, Travel
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Deep Vision
Embedded deep learning computer vision solution for drones, robots, and IOT cameras
Founder(s): Rehan Hameed, Wajahat Qadeer
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics
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URB-E
Containerizing the last-mile.
Founder(s): Mateo Neri, Peter Lee, Sven Etzelsberger
Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Food Delivery, Last Mile Transportation, Same Day Delivery, Transportation
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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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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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Civil Maps
Civil Maps Provides a Sensor-agnostic Cognition Platform and Pipeline that Enables City Scale HD 3D Mapping, Edge Mapping and Localization.
Founder(s): Anuj Gupta, Fabien Chraim, Scott Harvey, Sravan Puttagunta
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Software
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Kolmostar
Kolmostar is a positioning technology company that revamps the positioning approach in environments for internet-of-things devices.
Founder(s): Tao Tong
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Cloud Computing, GPS, Indoor Positioning, Internet of Things, Software
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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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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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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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Robby Technologies
Robby Technologies is building self-driving robots to deliver food and packages autonomously to users’ doorsteps.
Founder(s): Dheera Venkatraman, Rui Li
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Last Mile Transportation, Logistics, Robotics, Software
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Brain Corp
Brain Corp develops core technology for the robotics industry.
Founder(s): Allen Gruber, Eugene Izhikevich
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Software
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Metropolis
Metropolis is an AI and computer vision start-up built to modernize parking and empower the future of mobility.
Founder(s): Alexander Israel, Courtney Fukuda, Peter Fisher, Travis Kell
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Internet, Machine Learning, Real Estate, Software
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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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Lighthouse
Lighthouse is the home camera for smart home.
Founder(s): Alex Teichman, Hendrik Dahlkamp
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Security, Smart Home
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Liquid Robotics
Liquid Robotics designs and manufactures the Wave Glider, the first wave and solar powered unmanned ocean robot.
Founder(s): Joseph Rizzi, Roger Hine
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Product Design, Robotics
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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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Phizzle
The First IoT Solution to Remotely Operate Multi-Vendor Particle Counters in Scientific Data Applications.
Founder(s): Benjamin Davis
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Autonomous Vehicles, Industrial Automation, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceutical, Smart Cities, Telecommunications, Transportation
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NEXT Future Transportation
Designs, manufactures, and distributes advanced electric vehicles and robotic systems transportation and logistics
Founder(s): Emmanuele Spera, Tommaso Gecchelin
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Last Mile Transportation, Logistics, Public Transportation, Robotics, Smart Cities, Transportation
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Epilog AI
Epilog AI has developed an imaging process that reduces costs of ultra-high definition cameras by orders of magnitude.
Founder(s): Lance Mojaver, Michael Mojaver
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Hardware, Image Recognition, Software, Video, Video Streaming
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Aeva
Aeva develops a sensing and perception paradigm for autonomous machines.
Founder(s): Mina Rezk, Soroush Salehian
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Navigation, Sensor
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Roadside Telematics Corporation
Next-Generation 9-1-1 SOS Data Services supporting Automotive OEM Automatic Crash Notification Systems
Founder(s): Lawrence E. Williams
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Consulting, Data Integration, Information Services, Information Technology, Internet, Telecommunications
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Ouster
Ouster builds high-resolution lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and many other applications.
Founder(s): Angus Pacala, Mark Frichtl
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Electronics, Hardware, Manufacturing, Robotics, Sensor
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Solo AVT
Solo AVT engages in revolutionizing the heavy truck industry.
Founder(s):
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Railroad, Transportation
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AirMap
AirMap operates as an airspace services platform for unmanned aircraft.
Founder(s): Ben Marcus, Gregory McNeal
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Drones, Navigation, Robotics
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Reliable Robotics Corporation
Reliable Robotics provides advanced automation systems for aviation companies.
Founder(s): Juerg Frefel, Robert Rose
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Air Transportation, Autonomous Vehicles, Industrial Automation, Information Technology, Logistics
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Apex.AI
Apex.AI is building an operating system for autonomous vehicles.
Founder(s): Dejan Pangercic, Dejan Pangercic, Jan Becker
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Operating Systems, Software, Transportation
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Aurora
Aurora is a self-driving vehicle company providing a platform that brings software and data services to operate passenger vehicles.
Founder(s): Chris Urmson, J. Andrew Bagnell, Sterling Anderson
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software, Transportation
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Built Robotics
Built Robotics transforms heavy equipment into autonomous robots for the $1 trillion earthmoving industry.
Founder(s): Andrew Liang, Noah Ready-Campbell
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Construction, Industrial, Industrial Automation, Machine Learning, Manufacturing, Robotics, Software
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Ztractor
Autonomous Electric Tractor Company
Founder(s): Bakur Kvezereli
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Hardware, Machinery Manufacturing
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Soar Robotics
Reliable Connectivity for the Autonomous World.
Founder(s): Deniz Kalaslioglu, Kerem Ozkan
Location: West Hollywood, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Telecommunications
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ChargeWheel
ChargeWheel operates an on-demand charging solution for operators of electric vehicles and micromobility fleets in California.
Founder(s): Muhammad Huzaifa
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Energy, GreenTech, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Starsky Robotics
Starsky Robotics is a San Francisco-based autonomous trucking company.
Founder(s): Kartik Tiwari, Stefan Seltz-Axmacher
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Transportation
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Camp Six Labs
A Metal Lattice Printer for the built world.
Founder(s): Clement Gires, Hannah Droesbeke
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Air Transportation, Autonomous Vehicles, Freight Service, Service Industry
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zing robotics
Sustainable Autonomy For Efficiency
Founder(s): Brent Shedd, Dante Zeviar, Ray Ames, Yao Zhai
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Industrial Automation, Logistics, Robotics
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Navmii
Navmii uses crowdsourcing and AI technology to build both traditional map data for navigation systems and HD map data for autonomous cars.
Founder(s): Andrey Trifonov, Matt Thornhill, Peter Atalla
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Learning, Mapping Services, Mobile, Navigation, Software
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GreenValley International Inc
GreenValley International Inc. provides advanced solutions in 3D survey and mapping, robotics automation, and high-definition mapping.
Founder(s): Qinghua Guo
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer, Indoor Positioning, Mapping Services, Robotics, Software
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Metamoto
Simulation as a Service for Autonomous Systems
Founder(s): Chad Partridge, Daniel Schambach, Misha Savchenko, Paul Scott
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, Simulation, Software, Software Engineering
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Pearl
Pearl is dedicated to bringing the latest advanced driver assistance features to all drivers on the road today.
Founder(s): Brian Sander, Bryson Gardner, Joseph Fisher
Location: Scotts Valley, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Consumer Electronics, Customer Service
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Skyfront
Skyfront builds extreme endurance, fully autonomous aircraft for public safety and commercial applications.
Founder(s): Anton Stepanov, Troy Mestler
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Autonomous Vehicles, Drones, Robotics
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Tensil
Tensil is a semiconductor company that provides custom chips for machine learning.
Founder(s): Peter Hizalev, Tom Alcorn
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
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Skycart
Skycart is building cost effective delivery drones to transport medical supplies to remote regions of developing countries.
Founder(s): Lukas Wrede, Simon Yuen, Ziddan El-Qawwas
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Drones, Health Care, Logistics, Robotics, Shipping
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Wheels
Wheels is a shared electric mobility platform that provides transportation services to the masses.
Founder(s): Chris Stavlas, Jonathan Viner, Joshua Viner
Location: West Hollywood, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Transportation, Travel
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Zoox
Zoox is an AI robotics company that provides mobility as-a-service and self-driving car services.
Founder(s): Jesse Levinson, Tim Kentley Klay
Location: Foster City, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Transportation
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Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition provides software infrastructure to safely develop, test, and deploy autonomous vehicles at scale.
Founder(s): Peter Ludwig, Qasar Younis
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Enterprise Software, Infrastructure, Software
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DeepMap
DeepMap is accelerating safe autonomy by providing the world’s best autonomous mapping and localization solutions.
Founder(s): James Wu, Mark Wheeler
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Learning, Mapping Services, Software, Transportation
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StradVision
StradVision is an innovator in vision processing technology for Autonomous Vehicles and advanced driver assistance.
Founder(s): Bongjin Jun
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Software
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Trucks Venture Capital
Trucks Venture Capital funds the entrepreneurs building the future of transportation.
Founder(s): Jeffrey Schox, Kathryn Schox, Reilly Brennan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Smart Cities, Transportation
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Estify
Estify provides software for the automotive collision industry.
Founder(s): Derek Carr, Jordan Furniss, Taylor Moss
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Auto Insurance, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software
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Bossa Nova Robotics
Bossa Nova Robotics is a provider of real-time, on-shelf product data for the global retail industry.
Founder(s): David Palmer, Martin Hitch, Sarjoun Skaff
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Cloud Computing, Computer Vision, Human Computer Interaction, Retail Technology, Robotics, Software
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TuSimple
TuSimple is a self-driving truck company developing technology that allows them to drive from depot-to-depot without human intervention.
Founder(s): Jianan Hao, Mo Chen, Xiaodi Hou
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Last Mile Transportation, Machine Learning, Transportation
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Auro Robotics
Auro Robotics is the Self-Driving Shuttle for travel within university campuses, corporate parks, and residential communities.
Founder(s): Nalin Gupta, Srinivas Reddy
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Hardware, Last Mile Transportation, Machine Learning, Robotics, Software, Transportation
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Dispatch
Dispatch is creating a platform for local delivery powered by a fleet of autonomous vehicles.
Founder(s): Sonia Jin, Stav Braun, Uriah Baalke
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Delivery, Robotics
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Tesloop
Tesloop offers city-to-city shared-car transportation services through its fleet of Tesla’s electric vehicles.
Founder(s): HAYDN HAYDN, Rahul Sonnad
Location: Playa Vista, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation
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Recogni
Developer of a visual perception platform designed for autonomous driving.
Founder(s): Ashwini Choudhary, Eugene Feinberg, Gilles Backhus, R.K. Anand, Valerie Chan
Location: Cupertino, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Software
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Open Motors
Open Motors is a B2B company that provides the first modular & open Self-Driving electric vehicle.
Founder(s): Tin Hang Liu, Yuki Liu
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Hardware, Open Source
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Mirada Technologies
Mirada Technologies develops the enabling components for advanced LiDAR.
Founder(s): Andrew Miner, Jon Mapel
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Industrial Automation, Manufacturing, Robotics, Sensor
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ROMAN ROADS
ROMAN ROADS is a startup company that is focusing on just one thing: human driving behaviors.
Founder(s): Amy Huo, Cong Zhao, Erik Reed, Zhou (Joe) Xing
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Smart Cities, Transportation
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udelv
udelv enables the growth of commerce by automating delivery.
Founder(s): Akshat Patel, Daniel Laury
Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles
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Voyage
Voyage has built the technology to bring autonomous transportation to those who need it most, beginning in retirement communities.
Founder(s): Eric Gonzalez, MacCallister Higgins, Oliver Cameron, Warren Ouyang
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Leisure, Public Transportation, Robotics
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NXCR
NXCR is a vehicle subscription startup that makes mobility flexible, affordable, and fully digital.
Founder(s): Georg Bauer
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Subscription Service, Transportation
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Transcend Robotics
Transcend Robotics is a startup that develops ground-based mobile robots.
Founder(s): Andrew Ferguson, Phillip Walker
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Hardware, Logistics, Robotics
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Mullen Technologies
Mullen Technologies is a car manufacturer and distributor.
Founder(s): David Michery
Location: Brea, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Manufacturing
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Land Systems Corp.
Manufacturer of advanced electric and autonomous vehicle platforms and applications #trexa #geodrone #railscout #terraformer
Founder(s): Seth Seaberg
Location: San Pedro, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Manufacturing, Robotics
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TinyPCB
Designs and Solutions for advanced packaging.
Founder(s): Edward Podubni, Silvia Podubni
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Consumer Electronics, Data Storage, Hardware, Quantum Computing, Semiconductor
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Lucid Motors
Lucid Motors is an automotive company that specializes in electric cars.
Founder(s): Andrew Burns, Sam Weng
Location: Newark, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Transportation
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Nuro
Nuro develops and operates a fleet of electric self-driving vehicles that are built to deliver assorted local goods.
Founder(s): Dave Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Fleet Management, Information Technology, Robotics, Transportation
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RideOS
RideOS offers marketplaces/mapping services for ride-hailing fleets
Founder(s): Chris Blumenberg, Justin Ho
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Mapping Services, Navigation, Software, Transportation
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Hannah Systems
Partnering with cities to deliver the next generation of open and ethically managed traffic data.
Founder(s): Kari Koskinen, Martin Mantalvanos, Melani Ross
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Developer APIs, Developer Platform, Information Services, Machine Learning, SaaS, Software
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UP Partners
UP Partners is an early stage venture capital fund dedicated to supporting companies that are transforming the moving world.
Founder(s): Ben Marcus
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Autonomous Vehicles, Drone Management, Drones, Logistics, Mapping Services, Navigation, Shipping, Space Travel
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Beyond Lucid Technologies, Inc.
Beyond Lucid Technologies connects Fire & EMS agencies with the care continuum in-real-time, and tracks data over time — including COVID-19
Founder(s): Christian C. Witt, Jonathon Feit
Location: Concord, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Emergency Medicine, First Aid, Government, Health Care, Public Safety, Ride Sharing, Software
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CYNGN
Cyngn brings autonomous vehicle solutions to industrial organizations and use cases.
Founder(s): Kirt McMaster
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Fleet Management, Transportation
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Matician
Level-5, truly autonomous, computer vision-based robots that save people time and energy.
Founder(s): Mehul Nariyawala, Navneet Dalal
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Consumer Electronics, Machine Learning, Robotics
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Electric GT
Electric GT provides Electric Vehicle Powertrain Systems, Solutions, and Components for Complete Electric Vehicles Eco-Systems.
Founder(s): Brock Winberg, Eric Hutchison
Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Manufacturing, Recreational Vehicles
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Amped Emotos
Amped Emotos is an electric vehicle platform and parts development company that provides personalized e-bikes.
Founder(s): Andrew Harris
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Recreational Vehicles
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Marvelmind Robotics
Precise (±2cm) Indoor “GPS” for autonomous robots, drones, VR and humans. Autonomous robotics for industrial applications
Founder(s): Maxim Tretyakov
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Drones, Hardware, Internet of Things, Navigation, Robotics, Software
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Atomica Corp. (formerly IMT)
Atomica is the largest US MEMS foundry supporting the full spectrum of MEMS, including photonics, sensors and microfluidic biochips.
Founder(s): Eric Sigler, Peter Altavilla
Location: Santa Barbara, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Biotechnology, Cloud Computing, Genetics, Medical, Optical Communication, Semiconductor, Sensor, Therapeutics
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Fisker Automotive
Fisker Automotive specializes in the production of luxury plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Founder(s): Bernhard Koehler, Henrik Fisker
Location: Torrance, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Transportation
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