Ranked by newest founded · 25 of 40 on the roster
Boston startup building large fully-autonomous naval ships for open-ocean US Navy missions, starting with the ~190-foot Liberty Class.
Houston transportation-as-a-service startup running Level 4 driverless Class 8 trucks on commercial freight lanes.
SoftBank-backed autonomous-trucking startup founded by the leaders of the former Argo AI.
Builds autonomous surface vessels for US and allied navies, designed for low-cost mass production and distributed maritime operations.
AI-first autonomous-driving company using generative simulation to build driverless trucks, founded by Raquel Urtasun.
Foretellix provides coverage-driven verification and scenario generation for ADAS and autonomous-vehicle safety, built on its Measurable Scenario Description Language.
Public autonomous-trucking company whose Kodiak Driver powers driverless on-highway freight and off-road oilfield trucks.
Camera-first autonomous haulage systems for off-road mining and construction trucks; acquired off-road rival SafeAI in 2025.
Anduril builds Lattice, an AI command-and-control mesh, plus a family of autonomous air, ground, and sea systems that operate on it.
Applied Intuition provides simulation, validation, and data tooling plus a full autonomy stack for automotive OEMs and other autonomous-vehicle programs.
Public autonomous-trucking company running the Aurora Driver on fully driverless commercial freight across the U.S. Sun Belt.
Auterion builds an open drone-autonomy operating system, built on PX4, that unifies multi-vendor drone fleets and coordinates them as swarms.
Avride is a Yandex self-driving spinout building autonomous vehicles and sidewalk delivery robots, partnered with Uber and Hyundai.
Driverless 'middle-mile' box-truck company running fixed, repeatable B2B delivery routes for large retailers.
May Mobility builds and operates autonomous shuttle and rideshare services in mid-size US cities, backed by Toyota.
Operates a fleet of remotely-controlled and autonomous Armada robotic survey vessels for offshore energy, subsea and salvage work.
Builds an autonomous, electric yard-truck system that automates trailer moves and hitching in distribution yards.
London-based developer of end-to-end, map-free "embodied AI" driving models licensed to automakers, backed by SoftBank, Nvidia and Uber.
Nasdaq- and HKEX-listed Chinese AV firm with a multi-product line — robotaxi, robobus, robovan and robosweeper — and a global Uber partnership.
Swedish electric-and-autonomous freight company behind the cab-less Einride Pod and the Saga operating platform, now public on Nasdaq.
Helm.ai builds unsupervised-learning and generative-AI foundation models for production ADAS and autonomous driving, working with global automakers.
Chinese autonomous-driving company combining mass-production driver-assistance software with an L4 robotaxi program, backed by GM, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz and Tencent.
Autonomous-driving company that pivoted from delivery bots to licensing its L4 "Nuro Driver" stack, powering an Uber-Lucid Gravity robotaxi program.
Virtual-driver software company building SuperDrive autonomy for factory-built driverless trucks with global OEM partners.
Nasdaq- and HKEX-listed Chinese robotaxi operator scaling a fleet past 1,700 vehicles across China and select overseas markets.
