# Pony.ai funding: rounds and investors

> Pony.ai has raised $875M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Sequoia Capital, IDG Capital and HSG. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/pony-ai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Pony.ai*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

AI Automotive & EVs Education Robotics

Raised 12 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$875M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$13M** Venture **$862M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $862M Nov 2025
- **Step-up i:** 66.8×
- **Investors:** 5

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2026

**$13M** Venture

**$862M** Round

- **First round:** Venture, $13M
- **Biggest round:** $862M
- **Between rounds:** 3 months

## The rounds

- **Nov 2025** Round **$862M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by TechStartups
- **Aug 2025** Venture **$13M** *5 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [IDG Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-capital) [HSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsg) [Legend Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-capital) [Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads) Source recorded

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Venture** 2025 **Round** 2025 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [IDG Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-capital) [HSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsg) [Legend Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-capital) [Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads)

## Everyone who backed them

[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **1** round

[IDG Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-capital) Private equity **1** round

[HSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsg) VC firm **1** round

[Legend Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Pony.ai

### Who invested in Pony.ai?

Pony.ai's investors include Sequoia Capital, IDG Capital, HSG, Legend Capital and Eight Roads Ventures.

### How much has Pony.ai raised?

Pony.ai has raised $875M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Pony.ai last raise?

Pony.ai's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $862M in Nov 2025.

### What was Pony.ai's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $862M in Nov 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Pony.ai first?

Pony.ai's first round on record, in Aug 2025, was backed by Sequoia Capital, IDG Capital and HSG and 2 others.

### What stage is Pony.ai at?

Pony.ai's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Nov 2025.

### Where is Pony.ai based?

Pony.ai is based in the United States.

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