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Motor AI
Develops an autonomous driving system based on cognitive neuroscience and groundbreaking German research
About Motor AI
Motor AI (MOTOR Ai) is a Berlin autonomous-driving software company developing Level 4 systems that use cognitive, neuroscience-inspired reasoning for explainable decisions in complex traffic, aiming for certification under European safety frameworks rather than pure end-to-end data scaling. Its stack fuses lidar, radar, cameras and other sensors for perception and localisation, with early focus on public-transport and urban mobility use cases on German roads. In 2025 Motor AI raised a $20 million (about €17.1 million) seed led by Segenia Capital and eCAPITAL to advance certified deployment. CAUTION: launch year 2017 (OOW) with clear recent named seed. Sources: Silicon Canals; Tech.eu largest 2025 seeds.
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- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- Berlin, Germany
- Employees
- 88
- Open positions
- 17
- Dealroom signal
- 91.2/100
- Industry
- Security
- Sub-industry
- Autonomous & Sensor Tech, Public safety
- Sector
- Transportation, Automotive, Road Safety, Core AI, Autonomous Mobility
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence, Deep Tech, Machine Learning, Autonomous & Sensor Tech
- Business model
- Manufacturing, SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Jul 2025 | $20M | $80M | eCAPITAL · Segenia Capital | ↗ |
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Sep 2024 | $0 | — | MobilityFund · Sprengnetter · Frankenberg Service · Segenia Capital | — |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Motor AI is 2K monthly website visits, up 163.2% over the last three months. Motor AI's team grew 15.8% over the past year.
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Investments and acquisitions
Recent portfolio relationships for companies that also act as investors or acquirers.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed9 investors entered at this stage
High-Tech SeedLab
IMPACT Accelerator
IBB Ventures
MobilityFund
Sprengnetter
Frankenberg Service
Segenia Capital- SMSapfi Kapital Management
eCAPITAL
Other known investors2 additional known investors
Leopold König
Robert Schovenberg
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