Raised in 2026 · Worldwide
Autonomous driving startups that raised in 2026
19 autonomous driving startups raised money in 2026 in rounds we track, $25B between them this year. Each sits in the segment that says what it does, ranked by what it raised this year.
Funding by segment
- Robotaxis and full stack$24B8
- Sensors and lidar$224M6
- Autonomous trucking$1.5B5
Where they are based
- United States6$22B
- United Kingdom4$1.4B
- China2$200M
- Japan2$33M
- South Korea1$27M
- Switzerland1$5.0M
- Germany1$5.8M
- Canada1$1.0B
- Sweden1$226M
United States
United Kingdom
China
Japan
South Korea
Switzerland
Germany
Canada
SwedenFounded
2 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M1
- $1M to $10M4
- $10M to $50M3
- $50M to $250M7
- $250M to $1B0
- $1B and over4
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
17 of 19 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- United States6
- United Kingdom4
- China2
- Japan2
- South Korea1
- Switzerland1
- Germany1
- Canada1
- Sweden1
Startups by country, 9 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Robotaxis and full stack
8 startups · $24B raised
WaymoWaymo is an American autonomous driving technology company based in Mountain View, California, and a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.United States$21B
WayveWayve Technologies Ltd is a British company focused on developing self-driving vehicle systems.United Kingdom$1.3B
ZerostackZeroStack, Inc.United States$1.0B
OxaOxa is a leading global company in autonomous vehicle software, based in Oxfordshire, England.United Kingdom$103M
QCraftQcraft operates as a self-driving startup company.China$100M- HRHello RobotaxiChina$100M
Autonomous a2zAutonomous A2Z Corporation is a South Korean provider of autonomous driving solutions, focusing on fully unmanned, self-driving teSouth Korea$27M
AtinaryAtinary Technologies, also known as Atinary, is a Swiss-American deeptech startup founded in 2019 by Dr.Switzerland$5.0M
Sensors and lidar
6 startups · $224M raised
OusterOuster builds high-resolution digital lidar sensors for industrial automation, smart infrastructure, robotics, and automotive.United States$200M
SlamcoreSlamcore is an embedded spatial AI software company based in London, UK, specializing in real-time localization, mapping, and percUnited Kingdom$14M
AIRMOAIRMO GmbH is a German startup founded in 2022, specializing in climate-tech and space-tech solutions.Germany$5.8M
Sportlight TechnologySportlight Technology is a UK-based sports technology startup founded in 2015, specializing in elite athlete tracking and performaUnited Kingdom$2.8M
MoveEZMoveEz develops mapless autonomous driving technology using proprietary perception and decision-making systems.Japan$1.3M
NODARNODAR develops a camera-based 3D vision system for autonomous vehicles.United States$575K
Autonomous trucking
5 startups · $1.5B raised
WaabiWaabi is an artificial intelligence company based in Toronto, Canada, specializing in autonomous self-driving technology for long-Canada$1.0B
EinrideEinride is a freight technology company providing digital, electric, and autonomous shipping.Sweden$226M
GatikGatik is a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2017, specializing in autonomous middle-mile logistics.United States$201M
Humble RoboticsBuilding fully autonomous, electric haulers for Class 8 freightUnited States$75M
RoboTruckRoboTruck Inc.Japan$32M
How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and raised in 2026. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in autonomous driving, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its biggest raisers this year first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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