INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News
More posts by this contributorAt some point in the future, while riding along in a car, a kid may ask their parent about a distant time in
the past when people used steering wheels and pedals to control an automobile
are nonetheless companies trying to build that future today.However, changing the face of transportation is a costly business, one that
typically requires corporate backing or a lot of venture funding to realize such an ambitious goal
$50 million or more in venture funding
After a little bit of hand filtering, we found that the companies mostly shook out into two broad categories: those working on sensor
sensors, machine-learned software models and control mechanics into more integrated autonomous systems.Full-stack self-driving vehicle
The table below shows the set of independent full-stack autonomous vehicle companies operating in the market today, as well as their focus
vehicle-to-vehicle communication
some of the full-stack providers mentioned earlier, many of these sensor companies have established vendor relationships with the automotive
website.Although radar and even LiDAR are old hat by now, there continues to be innovation in sensors
traditional radar or newer LiDAR technologies.Can startups stack up against big corporate competitorsThere are plenty of autonomous vehicle
initiatives backed by deep corporate pockets
autonomy solution) left in April
The company also deals with a rash of safety concerns of its own
well-funded startups mentioned earlier stand a chance of either usurping market dominance from corporate incumbents or at least joining
their ranks Perhaps.The reason why so much investor cash is going to these companies is because the market opportunity presented by
autonomous vehicle technology is almost comically enormous
the time and mental bandwidth freed up by letting computers take the wheel
