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Largest Autonomous Tech Public Companies in the US
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Tesla, General Motors, Aurora Innovation, Ondas and Red Cat Holdings.
 | Tesla is a vertically integrated battery electric vehicle automaker and developer of real world artificial intelligence software, which includes autonomous driving and humanoid robots. The company has multiple vehicles in its fleet, which include luxury and midsize sedans, crossover SUVs, a light truck, and a semi truck. Tesla also plans to begin selling a sports car and offer a robotaxi service. Global deliveries in 2025 were nearly 1.64 million vehicles. The company sells batteries for stationary storage for residential and commercial properties including utilities and solar panels and solar roofs for energy generation. Tesla also owns a fast-charging network and an auto insurance business. | $424 | +33% | $1.6T | $1.6T | 16.5x | 111.0x | ||
| General Motors Co. emerged from the bankruptcy of General Motors Corp. (old GM) in July 2009. GM has eight brands and operates under three segments: GM North America, GM International, and GM Financial. The United States now has four brands instead of eight under old GM. The company regained its US market share leadership in 2022, after losing it to Toyota due to the chip shortage in 2021. 2025 US share was 17.4%, up 60 basis points from 2024. The Cruise autonomous vehicle arm, which GM now owns outright, previously operated driverless geofenced AV robotaxi services in San Francisco and other cities, but after a 2023 accident, GM decided that it will focus on personal AVs. GM Financial became the company's captive finance arm in 2010 via the purchase of AmeriCredit. | $82 | +66% | $74B | $177B | 1.0x | 9.6x | ||
| Aurora Innovation Inc delivers self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles. It underpins Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, its driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing. The Company is developing the Aurora Driver, a scalable suite of self-driving hardware, software, and data services designed as a platform to adapt and interoperate among vehicle types and applications. | $8 | +47% | $15B | $14B | 4658.3x | (19.8x) | ||
| Ondas Inc designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports FullMAX Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology in the United States, Israel, and India. The company operates in two business segments namely Ondas Networks and Ondas Autonomous Systems. The company generates maximum revenue from Ondas Autonomous Systems through the sales of the Optimus system and separately priced support, maintenance, and ancillary services related to the sale of the Optimus system. | $14 | +607% | $7B | $5B | 106.2x | (168.9x) | ||
| Red Cat Holdings Inc is a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations. Red Cat’s suite of solutions includes the Arachnid family of ISR and precision strike drones, which includes the Black Widow, a small unmanned ISR system; and WEB (Warfighter Electronic Bridge) GCS, designed to command and control an entire drone family of systems for military operations. Its other offerings include Edge 130 Blue drone systems, Trichon, a fixed-wing VTOL for extended endurance and range, and FANG FPV drones optimized for military operations with precision strike capabilities. | $15 | +105% | $2B | $2B | 53.0x | (41.3x) | ||
| Aeva Technologies Inc through its Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) sensing technology, designs a 4D LiDAR-on-chip that, along with its proprietary software applications, has the potential to enable the adoption of LiDAR across broad applications from automated driving to consumer electronics, consumer health, industrial automation, and security application. The company operates in North America, EMEA, and Asia. The company derives the majority of its revenue from North America. | $28 | -27% | $2B | $2B | 96.9x | (16.0x) | ||
| Kodiak AI Inc is a provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered autonomous vehicle technology. This technology addresses the needs of the long-haul trucking, industrial trucking, and defense industries. The company's core offering, the Kodiak Driver, is a single-platform virtual driver that combines advanced AI software with modular hardware for customer deployments. All company operations are conducted in the United States. | $7 | -- | $1B | $1B | 343.7x | (13.7x) | ||
| Swarmer Inc is a provider of autonomous drone swarm software and AI solutions, specializing in vendor-agnostic technologies. It develops software platforms and artificial intelligence systems for defence applications, enabling military organisations to deploy and coordinate large-scale unmanned and autonomous systems. Its offerings include swarm coordination software, multi-domain unmanned systems integration, collaborative autonomy solutions, and command-and-control software for distributed robotic operations. Its key software and AI systems include: i) STYX AI Command & Control System, ii) MINAS Autonomy and Collaboration AI and iii) TRIDENT Embedded Drone Operating System. The company generates revenue through software license sales. | $79 | -- | $852M | $828M | 2672.3x | (169.1x) | ||
| Serve Robotics Inc is developing next-generation robots for last-mile delivery services. It design, develop and operate low-emissions robots on AI-powered robotics mobility platform, that serve people in public spaces, starting with food delivery. Its first product is a zero-emission robot that serves people in public areas, Starting with food delivery. It has developed an AI-robotics mobility platform, with last-mile delivery in cities as its first application. | $9 | -18% | $772M | $589M | 222.2x | (6.7x) | ||
| Merlin Inc is focused on developing autonomous flight software for legacy and next-generation airborne systems. Its aircraft-agnostic, AI-based software supports takeoff-to-landing autonomous operations for military and civil aviation programs. The company aims to build an AI-based operating software platform intended to support autonomous flight operations across a range of aircraft types. | $8 | -- | $735M | $614M | 499.6x | (12.2x) | ||
| Palladyne AI Corp is a software company focused on autonomy for robotic systems and solutions. Its artificial intelligence and machine learning software seeks to revolutionize the capabilities of robots, enabling them to observe, learn, reason, and act in structured and unstructured environments. AI and ML software platform of the company empowers robots to perceive variations or changes in the real-world environment, enabling them to autonomously maneuver and manipulate objects accurately in response. Palladyne AI software has wide application, including in industries such as automotive, aviation, construction, defense, general manufacturing, infrastructure inspection, logistics and warehousing. | $9 | +12% | $406M | $373M | 71.1x | (21.5x) | ||
| Venhub Global Inc is engaged in designing and building autonomous Smart Stores that operate 24/7 without on-site staff. Each store combines robotic automation, real-time inventory tracking, and mobile-based checkout to provide secure, convenient retail access. | $2 | -- | $157M | $155M | 178.9x | (2.5x) | ||
| Microvision Inc is engaged in developing a lidar sensor to be used in automotive safety and autonomous driving applications. Its lidar sensor uses laser beam scanning (LBS) technology, which is based on systems that include micro-electrical mechanical systems (MEMS), laser diodes, opto-mechanics, electronics, algorithms, and software. The company has also developed solutions for Augmented Reality, Interactive Displays, and Consumer Lidars. | $0 | -64% | $136M | $144M | 118.8x | (2.0x) | ||
| Safe Pro Group Inc operates to acquire security and protection products. Its emphasis is on the development of a cloud-based ecosystem for analyzing drone imagery and data utilizing proprietary artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, deep learning, and applied computer vision software for hyper-scalable processing, analysis, and reporting. The company operated in three reportable business segments which consisted of: the business of Safe-Pro USA, the business of Airborne Response, and the business of Safe Pro AI. Key revenue is generated from Airborne Response. | $6 | +119% | $123M | $108M | 178.1x | (15.7x) | ||
| AEye Inc is a provider of high-performance, active lidar systems for vehicle autonomy, driver-assistance systems (ADAS), and robotic vision applications. The company's software-definable 4Sight Intelligent Sensing Platform combines solid-state active lidar, an optionally fused low-light HD camera, and integrated deterministic artificial intelligence to capture more intelligent information with less data, enabling faster, more accurate, and more reliable perception of the surroundings. Majority of the Company's revenue is generated from customers located in the United States followed by Europe, and Asia-Pacific. | $2 | +113% | $97M | $21M | 90.7x | (0.8x) | ||
| CreateAI Holdings Inc is an applied artificial intelligence (AI) company that leverages research and integrates cutting-edge solutions with end-market applications to deliver tangible commercial value. It has developed AI solutions for autonomous trucking expertise to develop digital entertainment content for an audience. The Company has developed and launched its proprietary image-to-video model, Ruyi. This model continues to be developed and optimized for anime, comics, and gaming content development. It is also developing other generative AI tools that support its video games and anime projects. | $0 | -16% | $62M | $62M | - | - | ||
| Arrive AI Inc is a technology company. Its patented Autonomous Last Mile (ALM) platform enables secure, efficient delivery to and from a smart, AI-powered mailbox-whether by drone, ground robot, or human courier. The platform provides real-time tracking, smart logistics alerts, and advanced chain-of-custody controls to support shippers, delivery services, and autonomous networks. By combining artificial intelligence with autonomous technology, Arrive AI makes the exchange of goods between people, robots, and drones frictionless and convenient. Its system integrates with smart home devices such as doorbells, lighting, and security systems to streamline the entire last-mile delivery experience. | $1 | -95% | $32M | $33M | 292.2x | (4.2x) | ||
| Median | $8 | +33% | $772M | $614M | 148.5x | (12.9x) |
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