The TrueUpAutonomous Vehicles Report
Apr 2025
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 | #16 |
2. |  Applied Intuition | #63 |
3. |  Aurora | #88 |
4. |  Shield AI | #132 |
5. |  Plus | #282 |
6. |  Black Sesame | #364 |
7. |  WeRide | #432 |
8. |  Zongmu | #457 |
9. |  Einride | #484 |
10. |  Wayve | #510 |
Apr 2025
Top Autonomous Vehicles co’s by valuation
| company | valuation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. |  Waymo | $45B | |
2. | Aurora ($AUR) | $12B | |
3. |  Mobileye ($MBLY) | $12B | |
4. | Zongmu | $11B | |
5. |  Nuro | $8.6B | |
6. | Applied Intuition | $6.0B | |
6. |  DiDi Autonomous Driving | $6.0B | |
8. | Shield AI | $5.3B | |
9. |  Avride | $4.0B | |
9. |  Motional | $4.0B |
Apr 2025
2,917 open Autonomous Vehicles jobs
↑40.4% from low (2,078)
Apr 2025
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Remote Index
12.6
% of Autonomous Vehicles jobs with a remote option
Apr 2025
Bay Area Index
41.5
% of Autonomous Vehicles jobs listed in the Bay Area
Apr 2025
Autonomous Vehicles Co’s w/ Most Open Jobs
| company | jobs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. |  Woven Planet | 377 | |
2. |  Zoox | 219 | |
3. | Applied Intuition | 212 | |
4. | Shield AI | 193 | |
5. | Mobileye | 151 | |
6. |  42dot | 134 | |
7. | Waymo | 115 | |
8. | Saronic | 92 | |
9. | Aurora | 91 | |
10. |  Torc | 60 | |
11. | Nuro | 59 | |
12. | Wayve | 58 | |
13. |  Turion Space | 57 | |
14. |  Serve Robotics | 52 | |
15. | Motional | 48 | |
16. |  Forterra | 46 | |
17. |  Kodiak Robotics | 45 | |
18. |  Reliable Robotics | 44 | |
19. |  Gatik | 43 | |
20. |  Wisk Aero | 40 |
Apr 2025
Top Autonomous Vehicles Job Categories
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Engineering (Software) | 1270 | |
2. | Artificial Intelligence | 267 | |
3. | Business Operations & Program Management | 226 | |
4. | Engineering (Hardware) | 223 | |
5. | People | 71 | |
6. | Finance | 65 | |
7. | Data & Analytics | 56 | |
8. | Product Management | 51 | |
9. | IT & Business Systems | 46 | |
10. | Business Development & Partnerships | 41 |
Apr 2025
Top Autonomous Vehicles Job Locations
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | 🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area | 967 | |
2. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 168 | |
3. | 🇺🇸 Remote (United States) | 145 | |
4. | 🇺🇸 Dallas | 125 | |
5. | 🇺🇸 Austin | 111 | |
6. | 🇺🇸 Los Angeles | 86 | |
7. | 🇺🇸 Ann Arbor | 80 | |
8. | 🇺🇸 Washington D.C. | 80 | |
9. | 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh | 64 | |
10. | 🇺🇸 San Diego | 60 |
Apr 2025
Autonomous Vehicles Jobs by Company Stage
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
🌱 Early-Stage Startup | 495 | ||
🦄 Unicorn | 718 | ||
📈 Public Tech | 897 | ||
🐳 FAANG+ | 300 | ||
Other | 814 |
Apr 2025
Most Common Tech/Tools
From Autonomous Vehicles job descriptions
1. | Python | |
2. | C++ | |
3. | Linux | |
4. | AWS | |
5. | Jira | |
6. | Docker | |
7. | PyTorch | |
8. | Kubernetes | |
9. | Git | |
10. | Google Cloud |
Apr 2025
Biggest Autonomous Vehicles Layoffs
Past 12 months
| company | ppl let go | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. |  Cruise | 1050 | Feb 2025 | |
2. | Motional | 550 | May 2024 | |
3. | Torc | 180 | Nov 2024 | |
4. |  Luminar | 147 | May 2024 | |
5. | Luminar | 120 | Sep 2024 | |
6. | Mobileye | 100 | Sep 2024 | |
7. |  Innoviz | 40 | Feb 2025 | |
8. |  Volocopter | Dec 2024 | ||
8. |  Haomo.AI | Nov 2024 | ||
8. |  Vayyar | Sep 2024 |
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