Mark Smith
This article showcases our top picks for the best San Francisco based Automotive companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Automotive industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top San Francisco Automotive Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Cruise
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Cruise builds self-driving vehicles that safely connect people to places, things, and experiences they care about.
Ridecell
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Ridecell provides car-sharing, ride-sharing, short-term leases, and autonomous vehicle fleet services for car rental companies.
Shift
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Shift is an online marketplace for buying and selling used cars.
Roadster
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Roadster provides consumer-driven commerce solutions for today’s modern dealership.
WeaveGrid
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WeaveGrid develops electrification software for the scalable deployment of electric vehicles on the electric grid.
Embark Trucks
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Embark builds self-driving semi-trucks that specialize in freight and logistic services.
comma.ai
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comma is solving self driving cars while delivering shippable intermediaries: openpilot and the comma two.
Prodigy
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Prodigy digitizes the process to save customers’ time while improving trust and satisfaction.
Zendrive
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Zendrive leverages mobile sensor data to provide actionable insights that improve safety for passengers and drivers worldwide.
Modal
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Modal provides digital commerce for auto dealers and brands.
Ample
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Ample utilizes autonomous robotics and smart-battery technology to solve the energy delivery challenge for electric transportation.
Tempo Automation
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Tempo Automation is the world’s first AI-driven Smart Factory designed for low volume, high complexity PBCA production.
Sight Machine
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Sight Machine provides analytics platform that helps address critical challenges in quality and productivity throughout the enterprise.
Informed.IQ
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Informed is a developer of a consumer auto financing platform designed to collect and analyze loan documents.
Kyte
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Kyte is a technology platform connecting professional fleet owners with rental customers.
AutoFi
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AutoFi is a commerce platform delivering point of sale solution for financing a vehicle online.
CoverHound
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CoverHound is a technology company offering a platform for consumers to shop for car insurance.
Fyusion
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Fyusion develops products powered by 3D computer vision and machine learning.
Ike
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Ike is a self driving truck startup, focused on building automation technology to help improve the trucking industry.
Bestmile
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Bestmile is a fleet orchestration platform for mobility providers to deploy, manage and optimize AV and human-driven vehicle fleets.
Scoot
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Scoot Networks is an electric moped company that offers electric mobility-as-a-service vehicles.
Populus
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Populus is a technology startup that entails micromobility services and ride hailing for cities to manage the future of mobility.
Shop-Ware
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Shop-Ware offers an enterprise-grade SaaS platform to help the automotive aftermarket thrive and grow.
Joyent
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Joyent is a cloud infrastructure service provider that enables its customers to operate modern cloud native applications.
Automatic
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Automatic is a Smart Driving Assistant that can save you money on gas, remember where you parked, and even call for help in a crash.
Volta Charging
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Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
RepairPal
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RepairPal helps car owners find peace-of-mind with free, custom repair estimates, cars overviews, and recommendations to local, fair shops.
Vast
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Vast offers decision-making tools that help and support customers in purchasing homes, cars, and vacations.
Autolist
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Autolist is a developer of a used car marketplace used to offer verified and checked used cars.
Xapix
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Xapix provides eCommerce infrastructure to make it easy for digital-first retailers to manage brands across marketplaces.
Drivetime
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Drivetime provides an online platform designed to help users play games while they drive.
Wheelz
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Wheelz provides a car sharing platform facilitating economic opportunities for car owners by leasing their vehicles to non-owners.
Autzu
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Introducing drivesharing – the future of sustainable and efficient urban transport
Wheelwell
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Market network for the automotive parts and services market.
Arctop
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Arctop provides brain decoding technology that analyzes brain signals to produces an accurate measure of the mind in real-time.
Actify
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Actify provides Product Data Intelligence solutions for the automotive, aerospace, and industrial machinery industries.
Limos.com
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Limos is an online mobile marketplace connecting passengers with limo and private car services worldwide.
SKULLY
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SKULLY Technologies designs and manufacturers AR and AI wearable technology as a part of the broader mobility interconnect.
Parts Market
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PartsMarket allows automotive professionals and private buyers to source parts from licensed auto dismantlers.
WHIP Mobility
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B2B SAAS platform for auto dealerships to transform their CX. Sample the experience possible: https://youtu.be/MwWjEErnn2c
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Navmii uses crowdsourcing and AI technology to build both traditional map data for navigation systems and HD map data for autonomous cars.
CarForce
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CarForce is a multi-brand enterprise software platform that delivers real-time vehicle health insights using EDGE computing and ML
Xchange Leasing
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Xchange Leasing is an American auto-leasing business that offers flexible leases designed just for Uber driver partners.
Otto Radio, Inc.
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Transform the time on everyday tasks into opportunities to be entertained and stay informed about the things they care about most
Mapper.ai
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Mapper is poised to become the largest data provider of Machine-Readable Maps (MRM) operating at global scale.
AutoHub
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AutoHub is a B2B marketplace for auto dealerships.
Onward Rides
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Onward Rides provides safe and reliable transportation for people needing assistance.
vPersonalize.com
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vPersonalize is an integrated platform that enables its users to launch their preferred lines of apparel with others.
Mirada Technologies
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Mirada Technologies develops the enabling components for advanced LiDAR.
TESLARATI
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The leading source for news on Tesla, SpaceX, and Elon Musk venture. Also covering the premium electric mobility segment.
Selly Automotive CRM
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Selly Automotive is a provider of a mobile platform for those who deal with car sales.
Hannah Systems
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Partnering with cities to deliver the next generation of open and ethically managed traffic data.
Phrame
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We’re the world’s first smart license plate frame. Meet your car’s personal concierge, mechanic & bodyguard.
AdverCar
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adverCar offers a technology platform that parters ads with drivers to weave messages into consumers’ online lives.
Stark Mobility
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Stark Mobility offers high-quality electric mobility solutions.
Bluedot
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Share, monetize and commercialize a charger in 30 second and, start engaging with EV-owners with Bluedot.
Flux Bike
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Flux electric bikes are your wheels for the modern world
uQuote
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New cars. Great prices. All through Facebook Messenger.
Voyomotive
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Voyomotive is the World’s Most Advanced Connected Car Technology.
Bring a Trailer
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Bring a Trailer is a website featuring vintage cars currently for sale.
