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YC Automotive Companies
26 Y Combinator automotive startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.
26
Companies
13
Active
5
Acquired
1
Public
YC Company Directory
26 companies
Company | Batch | Description | Status | Location | Team | Site | Founders | Reveal |
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Olympian Motors | W22 | Next-generation, modular electric vehicles | Active | New York City, NY, USA | 10 | Jasmine Sungu, Eren Canarslan | Reveal | |
Revoy | W22 | Make diesel semi trucks hybrid-electric | Active | San Mateo, CA, USA | 4 | Ian Rust | Reveal | |
Revoy | W22 | Make diesel semi trucks hybrid-electric | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; San Mateo, CA, USA | 4 | Ian Rust | Reveal | |
Blink | W21 | Same-day delivery for e-commerce companies in Europe. | Inactive | Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy | 5 | Giulio Cantoro, Jacopo Berlusconi, Marco Boretto, Marco Turetta | Reveal | |
Blink | W21 | Same-day delivery for e-commerce companies in Europe. | Inactive | Milan, Lombardy, Italy | 5 | Giulio Cantoro, Jacopo Berlusconi, Marco Boretto, Marco Turetta | Reveal | |
Faction | W21 | Driverless electric vehicles at a fraction of the cost of a car. | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA; South San Francisco, CA, USA | 25 | Ain McKendrick | Reveal | |
Faction | W21 | Driverless electric vehicles at a fraction of the cost of a car. | Active | South San Francisco, CA, USA | 25 | Ain McKendrick | Reveal | |
RoboTire | W20 | Robotire is automating vehicle maintenance for today and future… | Inactive | Plymouth, MI 48170, USA | 20 | Victor Darolfi, Will Mapes | Reveal | |
RoboTire | W20 | Robotire is automating vehicle maintenance for today and future… | Inactive | Plymouth, MI, USA | 20 | Victor Darolfi, Will Mapes | Reveal | |
Mars Auto | W19 | Autonomous trucks to fully automate long-haul freight shipping | Active | Seoul, South Korea | 15 | Ilsu Park | Reveal | |
Embark Trucks | W16 | Self-driving semi trucks. | Public | San Francisco, CA, USA | 300 | Alex Rodrigues, Brandon Moak, Michael Skupien | Reveal | |
Open Motors | W16 | Open Motors (formerly OSVehicle) is a B2B company that is developing… | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote | 11 | Tin Hang Liu, Yuki Liu | Reveal | |
Cruise | W14 | Self-driving cars. | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3000 | Kyle Vogt, Daniel Kan | Reveal | |
Flai | S25 | We Bring Customers to Your Dealership | Active | — | 12 | Ari Polakof, Juan Alzugaray, Alen Polakof | Reveal | |
Flai | S25 | We Bring Customers to Your Dealership | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 23 | Ari Polakof, Juan Alzugaray, Alen Polakof | Reveal | |
Mecho Autotech | S21 | On-demand auto maintenance & repairs | Active | Lagos, Nigeria | 35 | Olusegun Owoade | Reveal | |
Palifer | S19 | Predictive maintenance models for trains and heavy industry | Acquired | Sunnyvale, CA, USA | 2 | Morris Hsieh | Reveal | |
Palifer | S19 | Predictive maintenance models for trains and heavy industry | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Morris Hsieh | Reveal | |
Phiar | S18 | We are developing a revolutionary AI-powered augmented reality… | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA; Redwood City, CA, USA | 12 | Chen-Ping Yu | Reveal | |
May Mobility | S17 | Transforming cities and rural areas through AV transit and technology | Active | Ann Arbor, MI, USA | 260 | Edwin Olson, Alisyn Malek | Reveal | |
Zendar | S17 | We make high definition radar allowing self-driving cars to see in… | Active | Berkeley, CA, USA | 45 | Vinayak Nagpal, Jimmy Wang | Reveal | |
Zendar | S17 | We make high definition radar allowing self-driving cars to see in… | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; Berkeley, CA, USA | 45 | Vinayak Nagpal, Jimmy Wang | Reveal | |
Starsky Robotics | S16 | Driverless Trucks, for real. | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA | 11 | Stefan Seltz-Axmacher | Reveal | |
Auro Robotics | S15 | Autonomous shuttles for campus-like environments. | Acquired | Santa Clara, CA, USA | 10 | Nalin Gupta, Jit Ray Chowdhury | Reveal | |
Curo | F24 | Electric fleets park and charge anywhere with Curo | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 6 | Kieran White, Andrew Porter | Reveal | |
Curo | F24 | Electric fleets park and charge anywhere with Curo | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 6 | Kieran White | Reveal |
About YC Automotive Companies
Y Combinator has funded 26 automotive companies since its founding in 2005. These startups span from early-stage pre-launch to publicly traded companies, making YC one of the most prolific backers of automotive innovation globally.
13 of these companies are currently active. 5 have been acquired. 1 have gone public. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC automotive startup.
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