Start Pill
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
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.
Embark Trucks
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Embark is building self-driving truck technology that specializes in freight and logistic services.
Shift
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Shift is an online marketplace for buying and selling used cars.
Ridecell
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Ridecell provides car-sharing, ride-sharing, short-term leases, and autonomous vehicle fleet services for car rental companies.
comma.ai
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comma is solving self driving cars while delivering shippable intermediaries: openpilot and the comma two.
Zendrive
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Zendrive leverages mobile sensor data to provide actionable insights that improve safety for passengers and drivers worldwide.
Sight Machine
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Sight Machine provides analytics platform that helps address critical challenges in quality and productivity throughout the enterprise.
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.
AutoFi
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AutoFi is a commerce platform delivering point of sale solution for financing a vehicle online.
Kyte
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Kyte is a technology platform connecting professional fleet owners with rental customers.
Ample
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Ample utilizes autonomous robotics and smart-battery technology to solve the energy delivery challenge for electric transportation.
Modal
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Modal provides digital commerce for auto dealers and brands.
Prodigy
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Prodigy digitizes the process to save customers’ time while improving trust and satisfaction.
Roadster
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Roadster provides consumer-driven commerce solutions for today’s modern dealership.
CoverHound
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CoverHound is a technology company offering a platform for consumers to shop for car insurance.
Yoshi
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Yoshi fills a vehicle’s tank wherever a driver wanted instead of the owner having to stop at a gas station.
WeaveGrid
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WeaveGrid develops electrification software for the scalable deployment of electric vehicles on the electric grid.
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.
Fyusion
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Fyusion develops products powered by 3D computer vision and machine learning.
Scoot
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Scoot Networks is an electric moped company that offers electric mobility-as-a-service vehicles.
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.
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.
Joyent
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Joyent is a cloud infrastructure service provider that enables its customers to operate modern cloud native applications.
Shop-Ware
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Shop-Ware offers an enterprise-grade SaaS platform to help the automotive aftermarket thrive and grow.
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.
Volta Charging
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Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Vast
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Vast offers decision-making tools that help and support customers in purchasing homes, cars, and vacations.
Lightship
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All-electric RV manufacturer designing and producing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer for the electric age.
Autolist
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Autolist is a developer of a used car marketplace used to offer verified and checked used cars.
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
Actify
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Actify provides Product Data Intelligence solutions for the automotive, aerospace, and industrial machinery industries.
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.
Wheelwell
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Market network for the automotive parts and services market.
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
Limos.com
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Limos is an online mobile marketplace connecting passengers with limo and private car services worldwide.
Parts Market
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PartsMarket allows automotive professionals and private buyers to source parts from licensed auto dismantlers.
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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.
Xchange Leasing
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Xchange Leasing is an American auto-leasing business that offers flexible leases designed just for Uber driver partners.
Selly Automotive CRM
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Selly Automotive is a provider of a mobile platform for those who deal with car sales.
Onward Rides
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Onward Rides provides safe and reliable transportation for people needing assistance.
Mapper.ai
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Mapper is poised to become the largest data provider of Machine-Readable Maps (MRM) operating at global scale.
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
AutoHub
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AutoHub is a B2B marketplace for auto dealerships.
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.
Informed.IQ
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Informed is a developer of a consumer auto financing platform designed to collect and analyze loan documents.
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.
Canvas
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Canvas is an online platform that offers month-to-month car subscriptions.
Voyomotive
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Voyomotive is the World’s Most Advanced Connected Car Technology.
AdverCar
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adverCar offers a technology platform that parters ads with drivers to weave messages into consumers’ online lives.
TESLARATI
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The leading source for news on Tesla, SpaceX, and Elon Musk venture. Also covering the premium electric mobility segment.
Bring a Trailer
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Bring a Trailer is a website featuring vintage cars currently for sale.
Flux Bike
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Flux electric bikes are your wheels for the modern world
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Parknav uses Big Data & AI to offer parking and Smartcity solutions for transportation, automotive, fleets, and mobility
Esurance
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Esurance provides personal auto insurance direct to consumers online and through select agents, including sister company, Answer Financial.
Bluedot
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Share, monetize and commercialize a charger in 30 second and, start engaging with EV-owners via Bluedot.
Chug
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Chug operates an online car-buying website that offers listings of vehicles for sale in the United States.
Car Rentals Market
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Car Rental Market helps travellers find the best rental car deals in the US, Canada and Europe.
Carhoots.com
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Carhoots is an online community marketplace for car buyers.
CarSnatch
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Blockchain technology startup in the automotive space
Nexca
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Social commerce marketplace for automotive industry
Aether Ventures Inc.
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Innovative Automotive Technologies & Applications
HiGear
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HiGear is a private car-sharing club for luxury and sports cars.
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Point One Navigation is building a centimeter accurate localization service for the future of transportation.
Tribal Rides
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Tribal Rides is an owner and operator of a software development company intended to provide ride-sharing applications.
OXO
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OXO develops a shared mobility platform that connects professional drivers with car owners.
Hermes Robotics
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Hermes Robotics buildes autonomous truck technology to make roads safer and reduce urban congestion.
DriverSide
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DriverSide provides resources and information online to automobile owners to buy, own and sell cars, parts and accessories.
Loop Transportation
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A San Francisco-based provider of commuter bus services for employers
CarBuzz
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Carbuzz develops and operates a platform of news source.
Opinno
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Opinno is a open innovation network focused on growth stage technology ventures in web, mobile, clean tech and biotech.
Tau Motors
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Tau Motors is focused on designing & manufacturing next-generation electric motors for automobiles.
PriceHub
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PriceHub is an information website that provides the real transaction prices of vehicles purchased by individuals online.
Startup Monthly
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We are a global organization helping entrepreneurs create successful tech startups
Apex Maritime Co., Inc.
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Apex Maritime Co. is a logistics company specializing in ocean cargo, air cargo, and logistics services.
ZIRO
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Socially responsible ride-sharing service that treats drivers fairly and charges riders less.
AppCarousel
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AppCarousels Monetization Suite and App Marketplace enables you to create a branded app marketplace and developer portal.
Demand Local
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Demand Local empowers Automotive Advertising & Marketing agencies to Scale and Grow their Businesses.
izmocars
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Izmocars is an online marketing company that provides interactive content solutions for the automotive industry.
Ai Incube
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Ai Incube is an API for the Live Street, for every street in the world 24/7. It’s first product, Parknav, is an API for on-street parking.
SSF Imported Auto Parts
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SF Imported Auto Parts is a servicer and provider of hard to find auto parts.
Qweex: On-demand car wash
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Radically more convenient and earth friendly way to get your car washed.
SpeedGauge
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SpeedGauge is a driver safety and performance company.
Catzilla
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Catzilla is an automated local online ad agency with a single web interface for local advertisers to create, deliver and track buyer
Depot Global
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Depot Global provides automotive transportation software service.
Surely
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Surely is an urban logistics company focused on providing innovative selling capabilities to the eCommerce generation.
Torqued Distribution
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Torqued Distribution offers e-commerce automation to enhance motorsports and automotive industries with warehouse as a service platform.
Urban Mobility Inc
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Intelligent mobility on demand services
