69 Best Autonomous System Startups to Watch in 2024

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

Total Raised: $471.50M

Last Funding: $250.00M (Unknown)

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

Total Raised: $397.90M

Last Funding: $45.00M (Series C)

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

Total Raised: $428.10M

Last Funding: $90.00M (Series E)

Tesla is a manufacturer of electric vehicles, battery technology, and solar energy panels.

Total Raised: $92.50M

Last Funding: $10.00M (Unknown)

Platform capturing real-time insights of warehouse operations using fully autonomous robots and Artificial Intelligence.

Total Raised: $19.00M

Last Funding: $13.00M (Seed)

Picterra combines deep learning with human expertise to help you extract structured insights from Earth observation imagery.

Total Raised: $9.80M

Last Funding: $6.50M (Series A)

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

Total Raised: $53.00M

Last Funding: $23.00M (Series C)

Kespry provides a touchless drone-based aerial intelligence platform for organizations in a variety of industries.

Total Raised: $49.00M

Last Funding: $33.00M (Series C)

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

Total Raised: $12.01M

Last Funding: $9.00M (Seed)

Airdog is a company founded by Agris Kipurs, Edgars Rozentals and Ilja Nevdahs.

Total Raised: $6.30M

Last Funding: $0.30M (Unknown)

Citadel builds an automated and modular drone defense system that uses machine learning algorithms to detect and engage drones.

Total Raised: $13.80M

Last Funding: $12.00M (Series A)

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).

Total Raised: $1.80M

Last Funding: $1.80M (Unknown)

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

Total Raised: $5.90M

Last Funding: $3.30M (Unknown)

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

Total Raised: $2.00M

Last Funding: $2.00M (Seed)

Life Aircraft is a company developing an electric, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Platypus, LLC is a company that provides low cost water data collection.

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

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

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

A company developing self-driving technology.

Progress Software Corporation is a company that develops and provides software for creating and deploying business applications.

UiPath is a software company designing and developing robotic process automation software.

SenseTime is a Chinese artificial intelligence startup company that develops facial recognition technology.

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

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

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

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

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

Argo AI is a Pittsburgh-based artificial intelligence and self-driving technology platform company.

A software company that creates products and solutions for small and mid-sized companies. It was founded in 1972 and has headquarters in Waldorf, Germany.

NIO is a Shanghai-based all-electric vehicle manufacturer.

AUTOCRYPT is a mobility security provider dedicated to the safety of future transportation

PAE is a company founded in 1955.

Beep is an Orlando, Florida-based autonomous mobility solution company for driverless, electric, and multi-passenger vehicles.

Uber Technologies Inc. is a transportation network company (TNC) headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Nintex is a Bellevue, Washington-based software company founded by Brett Campbell.

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

Simtoo is a drone manufacturing company founded in 2015 by Aaron Zhang.

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

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

Innovusion, based in Sunnyvale, California is a technology developing company.

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

Fabric is a D2C and B2B micro-order fulfillment company.

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

Embark is a San Francisco-based self-driving trucks manufacturing company.

Developer of an autonomous technology designed to redefine the long-haul trucking industry. The company's technology operates as a true freight carrier to improve safety and efficiency while reducing congestion and emissions, enabling trucking companies to apply better safety measures for their drivers and products.

Delta Drone is a robotics manufacturing company.

Greenlabs is a Seoul-based company founded in 2017 by Sang Hoon Shin.

SenSat is a company providing data ingestion and data-based simulations to visualize and track infrastructure projects.

The ecosystem of software-defined drones, payloads, and apps within a single easy to use platform.

Aerobotics is a company based in Cape Town, South Africa. The company specializes in image processing and machine learning.

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

Locomation, Inc. is a Pittsburgh-based company founded in 2016.

Apex.ai is a Palo Alto, California-based company founded in 2017.

Developer of autonomous vehicle software designed to revolutionize city logistics and power the next generation of self-driving commercial fleets.

Cybrary is a College Park, Maryland-based career development platform in cybersecurity and information technology applications.

Epirus is an El Segundo, California-based technology company founded by Max Mednik.

Plus is an autonomous driving technology company founded in 2016.

Canvas Construction is a San Francisco-based company founded by Henrik Bennetsen, Maria Telleria and Gabe Hein.

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.

Ike is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018.

FiveAI is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2015 by John Redford.

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