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Drive.ai

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Building fully autonomous systems for cars

Mountain View, United StatesFounded 2015Transportation

Valuation $100–250M Last recorded · 2017

Headcount <100 Current team size

Total funding $50–100M Disclosed equity funding

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About Drive.ai

Drive.ai was a privately held company that developed a Level 4 self-driving system, which it claimed could be installed in any car to transform it into an autonomous vehicle. The company's primary focus was on creating a kit that could be retrofitted to existing vehicles, rather than building its own cars.

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Drive.ai's business model centered on partnerships with businesses and governments to provide autonomous transportation services. The company launched a self-driving car service in Frisco, Texas, in 2018, and a similar service in Arlington, Texas, in 2019. These services were designed to provide "last-mile" transportation, connecting people from their homes or offices to public transit or other destinations.

In 2019, Apple acquired Drive.ai. The acquisition was seen as a move by Apple to bolster its own self-driving car project. As part of the acquisition, Apple hired dozens of Drive.ai engineers.

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At a glance

Status: Acquired
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: Mountain View, United States
Employees: 25
Open positions: None listed
Dealroom signal: 76.6/100
Sub-industry: Autonomous & Sensor Tech
Sector: Transportation, Automotive, Core AI, Autonomous Mobility, Car, Spinout, Hard Tech
Technology: Artificial Intelligence, Deep Tech, Machine Learning, Nanotech, Autonomous & Sensor Tech
Business model: Manufacturing
Client focus: b2c
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Funding history

5 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal type	Date	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Source
ACQUISITIONOther financing	Jun 2019	$0	—	Apple	—
LATE VCOther financing	Sep 2017	$15M	$200M	Undisclosed	—

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Drive.ai website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Drive.ai is 110 monthly website visits, down 98.5% over the last three months. Drive.ai's team grew 4.2% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits110 3-month web change-98.5% 1-year team growth+4.2%

Monthly website visitsJan 2017–Jun 2025

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