69 Best Autonomous System Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Autonomous System Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 353 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $38.2b. The average funding per company in this subset is $554.1m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Charles River Analytics logo

Charles River Analytics

Charles River Analytics is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based R&D solutions provider in 1983.

9

Funding Rounds

$3.9m

Money raised

Luminar Technologies logo

Luminar Technologies

Luminar Technologies is an Orlando, Florida-based automotive industry company.

9

Funding Rounds

$995.5m

Money raised

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DataRobot

DataRobot sells a machine learning platform that helps users build and deploy accurate predictive models. The Boston-based company was founded in 2012 by Jeremy Achin.

10

Funding Rounds

$1.0b

Money raised

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AppZen

AppZen is a San Jose, California-based company that provides an AI-based auditing platform for finance teams.

6

Funding Rounds

$100.9m

Money raised

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AirMap

AirMap is a California-based drone industry company improving low-altitude-airspace infrastructure to help drone operators fly safely and legally.

6

Funding Rounds

$46.9m

Money raised

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Kofax

Kofax is a robotic process automation company that digitizes complex and information-intensive workflows.

2

Funding Rounds

$18.2m

Money raised

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Toyon Research Corporation

Toyon Research Corporation is a Goleta, California-based company that researches and develops radio frequency and antenna systems that was founded in 1980.

9

Funding Rounds

$3.9m

Money raised

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Postmates

Postmates is a food delivery service company operating a network of couriers for local goods delivery.

8

Funding Rounds

$3.0b

Money raised

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Starsky Robotics

Driverless truck company based in San Francisco, California.

2

Funding Rounds

$20.3m

Money raised

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Waymo

Waymo is a technology company developing autonomous car technology and is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.

3

Funding Rounds

$5.5b

Money raised

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Metropolis

Metropolis is a Santa Monica, California-based company focusing on artificial intelligence technology for checkout-free transactions at parking lots.

4

Funding Rounds

$1.9b

Money raised

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ScaleFactor

ScaleFactor is an Austin, Texas-based SaaS company offering services in bookkeeping and accounting.

4

Funding Rounds

$102.5m

Money raised

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Hylio

Hylio is a technology company making drones for aerial crop spraying.

1

Funding Rounds

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Kryon (company)

Kryon offers a robotic process automation-as-a-service (RPAaaS) and analytics solution for businesses of any size.

3

Funding Rounds

$53.0m

Money raised

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Shift Technology

An insurance technology company offering artificially intelligent software for insurance fraud detection and claims handling.

10

Funding Rounds

$568.0m

Money raised

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Cruise

Cruise is a San Francisco-based company developing self-driving vehicles. Cruise was acquired by General Motors in 2016.

7

Funding Rounds

$8.9b

Money raised

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Helm.ai (company)

Helm.ai is a start-up developing software for advanced driver assistance systems, autonomous driving, and robotics.

3

Funding Rounds

$70.0m

Money raised

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Drivezy

Drivezy, formerly JustRide, is a marketplace for self-drive cars and two-wheeler rentals, headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.

2

Funding Rounds

$30.0m

Money raised

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Echodyne

Echodyne is a company developing compact, solid-state, high-performance radar system founded in 2014 by Eben Frankenberg and Tom Driscoll.

5

Funding Rounds

$228.0m

Money raised

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Sabrewing Aircraft Company

Sabrewing Aircraft Company is a Camarillo, California-based aerospace and aviation company and a developer of heavy-lift commercial vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

1

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

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Volansi

Volansi was a company offering delivery service for time-critical shipments using high-speed long-range drones. Volansi was acquired by Sierra Nevada Corporation in October 2022.

4

Funding Rounds

$75.1m

Money raised

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Zipline (company)

Zipline is an automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and delivers medical products.

10

Funding Rounds

$704.5m

Money raised

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Shield AI

Shield AI is a company building artificially intelligent systems like drones for use by military service members and first responders.

10

Funding Rounds

$588.1m

Money raised

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Zoox

Zoox is a robotics company developing autonomous vehicle fleet using the technology of robotics and machine learning.

5

Funding Rounds

$1.0b

Money raised

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Automation Anywhere

Automation Anywhere is a company developing cognitive Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software.

6

Funding Rounds

$1.8b

Money raised

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Pony.ai

A company developing artificial intelligence-based technology designed for autonomous vehicles. It was founded in 2016 and is located in Fremont, California.

9

Funding Rounds

$1.2b

Money raised

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WayRay

WayRay is a Moscow-based developer of holographic augmented reality technologies for the automotive industry.

3

Funding Rounds

$108.0m

Money raised

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Aerones

Aerones is a company building heavy-lift drones founded in 2015 by Janis Putrams.

3

Funding Rounds

$19.6m

Money raised

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Voyage Auto

A technology company building products for enabling the autonomous operation of self-driving vehicles.

2

Funding Rounds

$46.0m

Money raised

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Ceres Imaging

Ceres Imaging is a California-based aerial spectral imagery and analytics company that serves farmers and agribusinesses.

4

Funding Rounds

$55.5m

Money raised

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Indemnis

Indemnis UAV Recovery Systems is an Anchorage, Alaska-based company developing safety solutions to the commercial UAV community.

4

Funding Rounds

$10.4m

Money raised

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HyperScience

HyperScience is a AI enabled company for office work company founded in 2014 by Peter Brodsky, Krasimir Marinov and Vladimir Tzankov.

6

Funding Rounds

$238.9m

Money raised

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Ouster

An electronic manufacturing company with a focus on high-resolution LIDAR sensors. It was founded in 2015 and is located in San Francisco, California.

5

Funding Rounds

$232.0m

Money raised

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Einride

A company designing and building autonomous electric transportation (AET) systems for freight and cargo.

11

Funding Rounds

$511.8m

Money raised

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BetterView

A company that provides a data platform for buildings and properties.

11

Funding Rounds

$29.6m

Money raised

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DeepMap

An artificial intelligence company that has developed technology for mapping services specifically focused designed for autonomous vehicles. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

3

Funding Rounds

$92.0m

Money raised

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Dedrone

Dredrone is an airspace security platform that detects, classifies, and mitigates drone threats.

7

Funding Rounds

$128.9m

Money raised

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Osaro

An artificial intelligence company developing deep reinforcement learning technology products for industrial automation.

6

Funding Rounds

$96.3m

Money raised

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Momenta (company)

Momenta is a Beijing-based startup that designs software for autonomous vehicles.

14

Funding Rounds

$1.3b

Money raised

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DroneDeploy

DroneDeploy is a cloud-based software that allows drones to take images and 3D models at any altitude.

11

Funding Rounds

$142.5m

Money raised

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Aerojet Rocketdyne

Aerojet Rocketdyne is a company that looks to innovate in industries of aerospace and defense markets

1

Funding Rounds

$67.0m

Money raised

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PRENAV

PRENAV is a company that is digitizing critical infrastructure in the world using AI.

6

Funding Rounds

$9.1m

Money raised

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Iris Automation

Iris Automation is a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence-based collision avoidance systems for industrial drones and other autonomous flying machines.

5

Funding Rounds

$23.1m

Money raised

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Decisions (company)

Decisions is a no-code business automation platform focusing on process automation as well as data handling and business rule execution.

2

Funding Rounds

$45.0m

Money raised

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Skydio

Skydio is a developer of autonomous drone robotics.

14

Funding Rounds

$681.4m

Money raised

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Grabit

A company that develops material-handling technology for manufacturing and warehouse logistics.

2

Funding Rounds

$21.0m

Money raised

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Drive.ai

A startup company that creates deep learning-first, AI software for self-driving vehicles.

6

Funding Rounds

$77.0m

Money raised

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Skycatch

Skycatch is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2013 by Christian Sanz.

7

Funding Rounds

$92.8m

Money raised

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Drone Racing League

A sports company with a drone racing circuit for First Person View (FPV) pilots. It is located in New York City, New York and was founded in 2015.

7

Funding Rounds

$69.4m

Money raised

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DroneSeed

DroneSeed is a Seattle-based company that provides automated reforestation services.

8

Funding Rounds

$77.3m

Money raised

Local Motors logo

Local Motors

Local Motors is an American motor vehicle manufacturing company that is interested in providing low-volume vehicle manufacturing

4

Funding Rounds

$250.0k

Money raised

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Microlink devices, inc.

MicroLink devices is a Niles, Illinois-based semiconductor manufacturing company

17

Funding Rounds

$28.5m

Money raised

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Nuro (robotics)

Nuro is a company that develops self-driving vehicles designed for local goods transportation.

7

Funding Rounds

$2.2b

Money raised

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Mocana

Mocana is a San Francisco-based developer of cybersecurity software solutions to protect Internet of Things devices and industrial infrastructure.

10

Funding Rounds

$106.3m

Money raised

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TechEagle Innovations

TechEagle Innovations is an India-based drone delivery company.

1

Funding Rounds

$500.0k

Money raised

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Neurala

A company using artificial intelligence to create a platform for solving visual inspection challenges in industrial environments.

6

Funding Rounds

$32.1m

Money raised

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XAG

An agricultural technology company developing a variety of drones and smart agriculture products.

2

Funding Rounds

$201.6m

Money raised

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Geek+

Geek+ is a company developing logistics and warehousing robots.

8

Funding Rounds

$731.8m

Money raised

Toposens logo

Toposens

A company providing an ultrasonic sensor solution for three-dimensional positioning in vehicles in order to drive autonomously in close proximity and low-speed environments.

$1.6m

Money raised

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Process Street

A software company offering a no-code workflow management and automation platform focused on serving knowledge workers.

4

Funding Rounds

$15.2m

Money raised

Oxbotica logo

Oxbotica

Developer of an AI-based platform intended to bring autonomy to any industry.

8

Funding Rounds

$240.4m

Money raised

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DroneAI

DroneAI is a company that focuses on drone navigation, founded by Nitya Singh.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Flyability

Flyability is a designer and manufacturer of drones for inaccessible places.

11

Funding Rounds

$50.2m

Money raised

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WeRide

WeRide, formerly known as JingChi, is a Guangzhou, China-based smart mobility company developing L4 autonomous driving solutions.

11

Funding Rounds

$1.6b

Money raised

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SkySafe

SkySafe is a U.S-based drone defense and airspace control solutions founded in 2015 by Scott Torborg.

2

Funding Rounds

$46.5m

Money raised

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VOI Technology

VOI is a dockless electric scooter-share company based in Stockholm, Sweden.

11

Funding Rounds

$598.8m

Money raised

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Sofar

Sofar builds ocean sensing and exploration tools for ocean enthusiasts, industry, and conservation. Products include the Spotter weather buoy and Trident underwater drone.

3

Funding Rounds

$47.3m

Money raised

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Aerial Applications

A drone mapping company offering aerial drone mapping software.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.5m

Money raised

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Flirtey

Flirtey is a company offering drone delivery service founded in 2015 by Tom Bass.

5

Funding Rounds

$32.0m

Money raised