The TrueUpAutonomous Vehicles Report
Jul 2026
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20 Hottest Autonomous Vehicles Companies
42dot•
Aeva•
Applied Intuition•
Aurora•
Bedrock Robotics•
DeepWay•
Glydways•
Harmattan AI•
Momenta•
Nuro•
Ouster•
Plus•
Pony.ai•
Raphe mPhibr•
Reliable Robotics•
Saronic•
Seyond•
Shield AI•
Skyryse•
Waabi•
Wayve•
Zongmu
Jul 2026
Top Autonomous Vehicles Co's by Trajectory
Factors incl. fundraising history, hiring trends, industry factors, layoff data, TrueUp member interest & more
| company | all‑tech rank | |
|---|---|---|
1. |  Saronic | #48 |
2. |  Bedrock Robotics | #81 |
3. |  Harmattan AI | #84 |
4. |  Applied Intuition | #109 |
5. |  Waabi | #124 |
6. |  Wayve | #182 |
7. |  Shield AI | #232 |
8. |  Aurora | #264 |
9. |  Nuro | #298 |
10. |  Momenta | #446 |
Jul 2026
Top Autonomous Vehicles co's by valuation
| company | valuation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. |  Waymo | $126B | |
2. | Applied Intuition | $15B | |
3. | Aurora ($AUR) | $13B | |
4. | Shield AI | $13B | |
5. |  Zongmu | $11B | |
6. | Saronic | $9.3B | |
7. | Momenta | $9.0B | |
8. | Wayve | $8.5B | |
9. |  Mobileye ($MBLY) | $8.2B | |
10. | Nuro | $6.0B |
Jul 2026
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4,379 open Autonomous Vehicles jobs
↑103.0% from low (2,157)
Jul 2026
Remote Index
6.6
% of Autonomous Vehicles jobs with a remote option
Jul 2026
Bay Area Index
37.7
% of Autonomous Vehicles jobs listed in the Bay Area
Jul 2026
Autonomous Vehicles Co's w/ Most Open Jobs
| company | jobs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Shield AI | 415 | |
2. | Waymo | 377 | |
3. | Saronic | 271 | |
4. | Applied Intuition | 252 | |
5. |  Zoox | 217 | |
6. |  Atoms | 202 | |
7. |  Woven Planet | 151 | |
8. | Harmattan AI | 145 | |
9. | Aurora | 141 | |
10. |  42dot | 119 | |
11. | Mobileye | 118 | |
12. |  Motional | 109 | |
13. | Wayve | 108 | |
14. | Nuro | 93 | |
15. |  Kodiak Robotics | 69 | |
16. |  Reliable Robotics | 64 | |
17. |  Gatik | 62 | |
18. | Waabi | 60 | |
19. |  Serve Robotics | 51 | |
20. |  Plus | 49 |
Jul 2026
Top Autonomous Vehicles Job Categories
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Engineering (Software) | 1759 | |
2. | Engineering (Hardware) | 424 | |
3. | Business Operations & Program Management | 403 | |
4. | Artificial Intelligence | 365 | |
5. | Data & Analytics | 118 | |
6. | People | 114 | |
7. | Marketing & Growth | 98 | |
8. | Finance | 96 | |
9. | Product Management | 85 | |
10. | Business Development & Partnerships | 66 |
Jul 2026
Top Autonomous Vehicles Job Locations
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | 🇺🇸 United States | 3127 | |
2. | 🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area | 1573 | |
3. | 🇺🇸 Dallas | 246 | |
4. | 🇺🇸 Austin | 236 | |
5. | 🇺🇸 Remote (United States) | 162 | |
6. | 🇺🇸 Los Angeles | 146 | |
7. | 🇮🇱 Israel | 138 | |
8. | 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh | 133 | |
9. | 🇺🇸 Seattle | 127 | |
10. | 🇯🇵 Japan | 115 |
Jul 2026
Autonomous Vehicles Jobs by Company Stage
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
🌱 Early-Stage Startup | 742 | ||
🦄 Unicorn | 2057 | ||
📈 Public Tech | 902 | ||
🐳 FAANG+ | 361 | ||
Other | 675 |
Jul 2026
Most Common Tech/Tools
From Autonomous Vehicles job descriptions
1. | Python | |
2. | C++ | |
3. | Linux | |
4. | PyTorch | |
5. | AWS | |
6. | Jira | |
7. | SQL | |
8. | GPU | |
9. | Amazon S3 | |
10. | LLM |
Jul 2026
Biggest Autonomous Vehicles Layoffs
Past 12 months
| company | ppl let go | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Mobileye | 200 | Dec 2025 | |
2. |  Foretellix | 29 | Jan 2026 | |
3. |  Luminar | Oct 2025 | ||
3. |  Haomo.AI | Nov 2025 | ||
3. |  Skyryse | Apr 2026 |
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