New wave · Worldwide
New autonomous driving startups, founded 2020 on
The new wave: 17 autonomous driving startups founded in 2020 or later that have raised money in rounds we track, $2.2B between them, placed in 3 segments.
Funding by segment
- Autonomous trucking$2.1B6
- Sensors and lidar$35M6
- Robotaxis and full stack$28M5
Where they are based
- United States8$1.1B
- Canada2$1.0B
- France2$4.5M
- Japan1$34M
- Germany1$5.8M
- South Korea1$3.8M
- Netherlands1$597K
United States
Canada
France
Japan
Germany
South Korea
NetherlandsFounded
Total raised
- Under $1M1
- $1M to $10M8
- $10M to $50M5
- $50M to $250M1
- $250M to $1B0
- $1B and over2
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 17 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 States8
- Canada2
- France2
- Japan1
- Germany1
- South Korea1
- Netherlands1
Startups by country, 7 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Autonomous trucking
6 startups · $2.1B raised
Stack AVStack AV is an autonomous trucking company based in Pittsburgh, PA, founded in 2023.United States$1.0B
WaabiWaabi is an artificial intelligence company based in Toronto, Canada, specializing in autonomous self-driving technology for long-Canada$1.0B
Humble RoboticsBuilding fully autonomous, electric haulers for Class 8 freightUnited States$75M
RoboTruckRoboTruck Inc.Japan$34M
Bot AutoBot Auto is an L4 autonomous trucking company based in Houston, Texas, established in 2023.United States$20M- QTQiangua TechnologyQiangua Technology is a Chinese autonomous driving truck company.-$14M
Sensors and lidar
6 startups · $35M raised
NUVIEWNUVIEW is building the world's first commercial LiDAR satellite constellation.United States$17M
AIRMOAIRMO GmbH is a German startup founded in 2022, specializing in climate-tech and space-tech solutions.Germany$5.8M
SolidvueWith our slogan ‘Toward Solid-State LiDAR,' we are dedicated to commercializing LiDAR sensors using semiconductor-based technology.South Korea$3.8M
Altos RadarAltos Radar is a Silicon Valley-based automotive technology startup founded in January 2023.United States$3.5M
Tangram VisionInfrastructure software to simplify sensor integration and management for vision-enabled devices.United States$2.5M
SteerLightSteerlight develops a new generation of LiDARs, that are key three-dimensional vision optical sensors to ensure safety and efficieFrance$2.2M
Robotaxis and full stack
5 startups · $28M raised
AeroVectAeroVect is a Silicon Valley-based aviation technology company that specializes in AI-powered, self-driving automation solutions fUnited States$18M
FactionFaction is an autonomous vehicle technology company based in South San Francisco, California, founded in February 2020.United States$6.0M
ex9ex9 is a French technology startup founded in January 2021, based in Évry-Courcouronnes, France.France$2.3M
LanceyLancey helps sales and marketing teams launch self-driving demos that allow users to interact with the product during any step of Canada$1.5M
RoboatRoboat is a deeptech startup based in Amsterdam, founded in 2023.Netherlands$597K
How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and was founded in 2020 or later. 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 best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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