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Top 25 Autonomous driving startups worldwide
RevenueBase identified 627 autonomous driving startups worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 86,963 professional contacts across them, including 28,293 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and San Jose the largest hub.
This list covers autonomous driving startups worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for autonomous driving startups follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest autonomous driving startups worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25,515 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Faurecia is a world's leading automotive tech company designing solutions for a safe, personalized, connected and sustainable mobility.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 16,274 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “About KPIT KPIT is reimagining the future of mobility, forging ahead with group companies and partners to shape a world that is cleaner, smarter, and safer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 4,438 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Zoox is transforming mobility-as-a-service by developing a fully autonomous, purpose-built fleet designed for AI to drive and humans to enjoy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 3,744 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Mobileye pioneers physical AI for intelligent systems including advanced ADAS, autonomous driving solutions, and humanoid robotics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 3,630 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “On the journey to be the world's most trusted driver.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 3,012 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We develop the mobility of the future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 2,792 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fusing technology and talent, we’re developing the next generation of software systems for the BMW Group’s future driving machines.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 2,054 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, more reliable, and more efficient than ever…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 1,898 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cruise is building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 1,070 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to improve everyday life with autonomy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 978 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Auto, part of NXP, is a leading platform product and service provider with a focus on System, Safety, and Security for the Software-Defined Vehicle (4SDV).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 956 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Motional is an autonomous vehicle technology company on a mission to make driverless vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 794 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Wayve, we’re building a global driving intelligence that learns from data and scales across different vehicles and geographies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 670 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We envision a world where everything is connected and moves autonomously through a self-managing urban transportation operating system.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 597 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re an AI and software company dedicated to revolutionizing car safety.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 575 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Latitude AI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company developing automated driving technologies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 458 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pony AI Inc.(“Pony.ai”) is a global leader in the large-scale commercialization of autonomous mobility.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 456 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At MOIA, we’re building a future for mobility that’s safe, autonomous, and driven by cities and their people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 454 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Innoviz is a leading provider of LiDAR technology, serving as a Tier 1 supplier to the world's leading automotive manufacturers and working towards a future with safe autonomous…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 437 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Luminar Technologies assets were acquired by MicroVision in January 2026, combining complementary strengths to accelerate MicroVision’s commercial strategy, expand its product…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 386 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Horizon Robotics is a leading provider of smart driving solutions for passenger vehicles, empowered by its proprietary software and hardware technologies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 375 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 2017, WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD, HKEX: 0800) is a leading global commercial-stage company that develops autonomous driving technologies from Level 2 to Level 4, the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 374 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2014, we're a global leader in autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, dedicated to accelerating Industrial Mobility Automation (IMA).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 358 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “May Mobility builds autonomous vehicle technology that reasons through the world in real time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 310 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PlusAI is an artificial intelligence company pioneering AI-based virtual driver software for factory-built autonomous trucks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: autonomous driving startups. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names autonomous driving startups.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of autonomous driving startups, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name autonomous driving startups. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Autonomous driving startups worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among autonomous driving startups, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for autonomous driving startups are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “autonomous driving startups”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names autonomous driving startups), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among autonomous driving startups, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 28,293 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Autonomous driving startups by location
5 lists · largest firstEvery Autonomous driving startups list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names autonomous driving startups, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many autonomous driving startups are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 627 autonomous driving startups worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Faurecia, headquartered in Nanterre, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most autonomous driving startups?
The United States leads with 161 companies, followed by India (38) and Germany (37). Every autonomous driving startups list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most autonomous driving startups?
San Jose leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (12) and Bengaluru (11).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 28,293 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 627 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.