Autonomous road vehicles

Companies

All 30 companies

30 robotics companies in the segment. By role: Software 25 · Robot maker 13 · Robot operator 8.

Robotics companies
30

Raised the most in the segment · Venture rounds of the segment

  • WaymoUnited States
    Raised
    $21.6B
    Rounds
    2
    Last round
    Feb 2026
  • WayveUnited Kingdom
    Raised
    $2.4B
    Rounds
    4
    Last round
    Apr 2026
  • NuroUnited States
    Raised
    $1B
    Rounds
    6
    Last round
    Jun 2026
  • WaabiCanada
    Raised
    $950M
    Rounds
    2
    Last round
    Jan 2026
  • Applied IntuitionUnited States
    Raised
    $850M
    Rounds
    2
    Last round
    Jun 2025
  • CruiseUnited States
    Raised
    $850M
    Rounds
    1
    Last round
    Jun 2024

A company has up to three roles: the role bars do not add up to the companies of the segment.

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Funding by month

Round types
VentureGrantDebtPost-IPOOther
Round typesVenture
VentureGrantDebtPost-IPOOther
Adjacent markets
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles
Adjacent marketsDrones
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles

Venture rounds of the segment — 2024: $9.1B in 22 rounds · 2025: $2.9B in 21 rounds · 2026 (year to date): $18.9B in 15 rounds. Adjacent markets: Drones $0

Rounds 2024–2026
58
With a disclosed amount
46
Raised 2024–2026
$30.9B

Columns: the round classes chosen, every round of the segment; adjacent markets are separate lines, not part of the columns. Sums include rounds with a disclosed amount only. Oct 2026: data to 24 Oct 2026.

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Funding by HQ country

United States $25B · United Kingdom $2.5B · Singapore $1.6B

Venture rounds of the segment; rounds without a known HQ country are left out.

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Largest rounds

All rounds of the segment

$16B the largest; the 10 largest add up to $27.7B.

  1. Waymo$16B
    2 Feb 2026 · Series D+ · United States · Alphabet, Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global and 1 more
  2. Waymo$5.6B
    23 Jul 2024 · Series C · United States · Alphabet
  3. Wayve$1.3B
    24 Feb 2026 · Series D · United Kingdom · Balderton Capital, Eclipse, SoftBank Vision Fund and 8 more
  4. Wayve$1.1B
    7 May 2024 · Series C · United Kingdom · SoftBank, Yann LeCun, Microsoft and 1 more
  5. Cruise$850M
    11 Jun 2024 · Corporate round · United States · General Motors
  6. Waabi$750M
    29 Jan 2026 · Series C · Canada · G2 Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures
  7. Neolix$600M
    23 Oct 2025 · Series D · Singapore · Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund, CDH Investments, CITIC Capital Holdings and 3 more
  8. Applied Intuition$600M
    17 Jun 2025 · Series F · United States · BlackRock, Kleiner Perkins
  9. Nuro$600M
    12 Sep 2024 · Series D · United States · Tiger Global
  10. Avride$375M
    22 Oct 2025 · Corporate round · United States · Nebius, Uber

Venture rounds of the segment: the same rounds as the chart above.

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Investors

69 investors in the rounds of the segment; the 10 with the most rounds.

  1. Uber5 rounds
    4 companies · rounds of $1.8B · latest Jun 2026
  2. CDH Investments3 rounds
    2 companies · rounds of $900M · latest Oct 2025
  3. Alphabet2 rounds
    1 company · rounds of $21.6B · latest Feb 2026
  4. Microsoft2 rounds
    1 company · rounds of $2.3B · latest Feb 2026
  5. NVIDIA2 rounds
    1 company · rounds of $2.3B · latest Feb 2026
  6. Khosla Ventures2 rounds
    1 company · rounds of $950M · latest Jan 2026
  7. Blue Lake Capital2 rounds
    1 company · rounds of $300M · latest Apr 2025
  8. Ethias Ventures2 rounds
    1 company · rounds of $28.6M · latest Dec 2025
  9. Dragoneer Investment Group1 round
    1 company · rounds of $16B · latest Feb 2026
  10. DST Global1 round
    1 company · rounds of $16B · latest Feb 2026

Venture rounds of the segment. The sum is of the whole rounds an investor took part in, not of its share.

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