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Top 10 Startups developing AI for Self-driving Cars in USA
Feb 24, 2025 | By Siddhant Patel | 22 |
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Funding: $16B
Cruise Automation is a self-driving car company that develops an autopilot system for existing cars. Acquired by General Motors
Cruise Automation is a self-driving car company that develops an autopilot system for existing cars. Acquired by General Motors
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Funding: $16B
Waymo is Google's self-driving technology startup with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around.
Waymo is Google's self-driving technology startup with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around.
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Funding: $4.2B
Aurora works at the intersection of rigorous engineering and applied machine learning to address one of the most challenging, important and interesting opportunities of our generation: transforming the way people and goods move.
Aurora works at the intersection of rigorous engineering and applied machine learning to address one of the most challenging, important and interesting opportunities of our generation: transforming the way people and goods move.
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Funding: $2.1B
NURO is a technology company that aims to accelerate the benefits of robotics for everyday life.
NURO is a technology company that aims to accelerate the benefits of robotics for everyday life.
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Funding: $1B
Zoox is a robotics company pioneering autonomous mobility as-a-service. Zoox is developing a breakthrough, fully automated, electric vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring the service to market at scale.
Zoox is a robotics company pioneering autonomous mobility as-a-service. Zoox is developing a breakthrough, fully automated, electric vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring the service to market at scale.
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Funding: $648.1M
TuSimple is a self-driving truck company capable of driving from depot-to-depot without human intervention needed.
TuSimple is a self-driving truck company capable of driving from depot-to-depot without human intervention needed.
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Funding: $601.5M
Applied Intuition provides software infrastructure to safely develop, test, and deploy autonomous vehicles at scale.
Applied Intuition provides software infrastructure to safely develop, test, and deploy autonomous vehicles at scale.
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Funding: $364.1M
AEye develops adaptive, high performance lidar systems for automotive, trucking, smart infrastructure and logistics applications.
AEye develops adaptive, high performance lidar systems for automotive, trucking, smart infrastructure and logistics applications.
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Funding: $319.9M
We are developing autonomous technology for long-haul trucking and helps US Army automate future ground vehicles to conduct high-risk missions like reconnaissance and surveillance.
We are developing autonomous technology for long-haul trucking and helps US Army automate future ground vehicles to conduct high-risk missions like reconnaissance and surveillance.
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Funding: $303M
Robotic Research develops autonomy and robotic technology to improve the safety, security, and effectiveness of transportation.
Robotic Research develops autonomy and robotic technology to improve the safety, security, and effectiveness of transportation.
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Funding: $214M
Serve is the future of sustainable, self-driving delivery. Our robots serve people in public spaces, starting with food delivery.
Serve is the future of sustainable, self-driving delivery. Our robots serve people in public spaces, starting with food delivery.
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Funding: $173.9M
Nauto is an intelligent camera that protects commercial fleets and keeps drivers safe by preventing collisions before they occur.
Nauto is an intelligent camera that protects commercial fleets and keeps drivers safe by preventing collisions before they occur.
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Funding: $152.9M
Gatik AI is the autonomous vehicle startup that’s aiming for the sweet middle spot in the world of logistics
Gatik AI is the autonomous vehicle startup that’s aiming for the sweet middle spot in the world of logistics
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Funding: $62M
Faction creates driverless electric vehicles at a fraction of the cost of a car.
Faction creates driverless electric vehicles at a fraction of the cost of a car.
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Funding: $51.2M
Voyage is working to bring about the end-goal of self-driving cars: a world where anyone, anywhere can summon a car directly to their doorstep, travel safely to their destination, all for an extremely low price.
Voyage is working to bring about the end-goal of self-driving cars: a world where anyone, anywhere can summon a car directly to their doorstep, travel safely to their destination, all for an extremely low price.
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Funding: $32.1M
Make your products and services more intelligent with The Neurala Brain, a deep learning neural network software that mimics how the human brain works. Neurala is looking to put AI in the hands of toy makers, drone enthusiasts and IoT engineers alike.
Make your products and services more intelligent with The Neurala Brain, a deep learning neural network software that mimics how the human brain works. Neurala is looking to put AI in the hands of toy makers, drone enthusiasts and IoT engineers alike.
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Funding: $27.3M
Mighty AI delivers the training data to build computer vision models for autonomous vehicles.
Mighty AI delivers the training data to build computer vision models for autonomous vehicles.
