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Applied Intuition is a Mountain View-headquartered developer of simulation software, Vehicle OS, and self-driving toolchains for AI-driven autonomous vehicles. The company accelerates deployment across automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture sectors. Major global automakers and Department of Defense programs rely on its platforms to validate sensor suites, perception stacks, and planning algorithms. Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition maintains offices in Washington, D.C., San Diego, Ann Arbor, London, Stuttgart, Munich, Stockholm, Bangalore, Seoul, and Tokyo to support international engineering teams.

Hong Jing Drive is a Hangzhou-based developer of Level 4 autonomous driving systems founded in 2018. Its full-stack platform integrates LiDAR, cameras, and radar sensors with computing hardware delivering 500 TOPS performance for robotaxis and trucking. Deployed in pilot fleets across Zhejiang province, it partners with Baidu Apollo for mapping and simulation testing.

WeRide Inc operates in the autonomous driving industry. The company has developed a universal autonomous driving technology platform that integrates full-stack software algorithms, modularized hardware solutions, and a cloud-based infrastructure platform. The company provides autonomous driving products and services from L2 to L4 vehicles. The products of the company includes Robotaxi, Robobus, Robovan, Robosweeper, and others. The company earns its revenue from the People's Republic of China.

Soterea creates intelligent driving assistance systems for commercial vehicles from its Tianjin, China headquarters, established in 2014. Software integrates sensors and algorithms for autonomous navigation, collision avoidance, and fleet management in logistics applications.

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.

Luminar is an automotive technology company developing lidar sensors and perception software for advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles. Orlando-headquartered and founded in 2012, it went public in 2020 via SPAC with a $3.4 billion valuation. Luminar supplies iris lidar units to OEMs including Volvo Trucks, Daimler Trucks, and Mobileye, enabling detection up to 500 meters for highway autonomy. Production ramps at its Florida factory support Level 3 and 4 capabilities, with deployments in commercial trucks across Europe and North America.

MAXIEYE is a China-based developer of advanced driver-assistance and autonomous driving systems, founded in 2016, building technology for levels L0 through L4 aimed at mass production in passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Its product line includes the MAXIPILOT series, which combines full-speed intelligent cruise control with navigation-on-map pilot assist. The company has achieved mass production deployments of its L2 systems with multiple passenger car brands.

NASN Automotive Electronics is a Chinese auto technology company, founded in 2016 and based in Shanghai, that researches, manufactures, and sells chassis electronic control components for new energy vehicles and intelligent driving. Its products include the NBooster smart brake system, an electronic stability control (ESC) system, the NBC integrated brake system, EPS smart steering, and drive-by-wire chassis solutions for L3/L4 autonomous vehicles. The company mass-produced its first NBooster product in China in 2018, ahead of foreign competitors, and supplies automakers including BAIC New Energy, BYD, Changan, and Great Wall Motors in a chassis control market otherwise dominated by Bosch.

Arbe Robotics Ltd is a provider of 4D Imaging Radar solutions enabling driver-assist systems while paving the way for fully autonomous driving. It is a research and development company in the field of chips for Advanced radar systems, which are mainly intended to be used as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) adapted for autonomous vehicles as well as for non-automotive uses. Its geographical segments include Sweden, China, Germany, Hong Kong, USA, Israel, Switzerland, Italy, and others.

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.

Terranet AB develops software for radio-based solutions and three-dimensional image analysis for driver-assistance systems and autonomous vehicles (ADAS and AV). It is pioneering breakthrough safety technology for the ADAS and AV industries in Lund, Sweden, and its development sites in Kiev, Ukraine, and Stuttgart, Germany.

JiaChen Holding Group Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing and sales of access flooring products and provides related installation services. Its segments consist of Steel access flooring plates and Calcium-sulfate access flooring plates. Its access flooring products have been applied in office buildings in China with characteristics of cable management (wires and cables are managed and organized underfloor with flexibility to accommodate any electronic devices); short installation time; high compressive strength and fire-resistance characteristics; and high bearing capacity. The geographical presence of the company is in Hong Kong, PRC, and Other countries and regions. It generates the majority of its revenue from the PRC.

KPIT Technologies Ltd is a technology company that provides embedded software for the Automobile and Mobility industry. The company provides solutions for autonomous driving, connected vehicles, vehicle engineering and design, electric and conventional powertrains, and integrated diagnostics. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from the United Kingdom and Europe, and the rest from the Americas and the Rest of the world.

Saverone 2014 Ltd provides driver protection solutions. The company develops and deploys ADAS technologies for transportation safety and driver assistance. The company's product restricts the driver from surfing, communicating, and receiving alerts while driving. The company has developed a system that provides a solution to the problem of distracted driving caused by cell phone use, which endangers the driver, passengers, other drivers on the road and pedestrians. Geographially, it operates in Israel and Europe, out of which it derives maximum revenue from Israel.

Thunder Software Technology Co Ltd is a China-based smart device operating system and platform technology provider. It provides smart device operating system solutions to consumers as well as enterprises. The company offers solutions for smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, camera solutions, mobile device management systems, application development platforms, and mobile security solutions. In addition, it also offers services such as carrier certification, Android OS upgrade, application development and maintenance, OS customization, and others.

SemiDrive is a Nanjing-based developer of automotive processors for ADAS, autonomous driving, and smart cockpits. Its X9H series supports L2+ autonomy with 8-core ARM Cortex-A and NPU delivering 4 TOPS, manufactured on SMIC 16nm. The company supplies chips to Chinese OEMs like Great Wall Motor and BYD for domain controllers.