Radar · Auto in Oklahoma
Best Auto Companies in Oklahoma, United States
The 47 best Auto companies in Oklahoma, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Francis Energy.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
47companies tracked
$5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
2have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · AUTO × OKLAHOMA
Our analysis of 50 Auto companies
$9.4b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
4unicorns
2015median founding year
Ranked: Best Auto companies in Oklahoma
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Energy Provider of electric vehicle direct-current fast charging services 37Growth top 35%Tech top 40%Funding top 46%Talent bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Techtop 40% Fundingtop 46% Talentbottom 49% Productbottom 40% Marketbottom 33% Globalbottom 32% Customersbottom 17% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 43 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $5M | 13 mo ago | Seed | David Jankowsky Founder & President | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | — |
| 2 | Domino Equipment Company Provider of car washing services | — | 57 mo ago | Late Stage | Barry Brodersen Owner | 1988 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Americanbussales Provider of new and used buses, shuttles, vans, and coaches | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2004 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+27 | — | — |
| 4 | apsco Apsco develops hydraulic and neumatic products for mobile equipment and transportation industries. | — | — | Private | Vince Williams Co-CEO | 1964 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — | 1 launch |
| 5 | atc drivetrain ATC Drivetrain is an automotive company that remanufactures automatic transmissions. | — | — | Private | — | 1938 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Autofinance USA Online platform that provides auto-finance | — | — | Funding Raised | David Frayer Owner | 1998 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — | — |
| 7 | automated gasket co Automated Gasket Co specializes in manufacturing custom gaskets and metal stamping products for various… | — | — | Private | — | 1994 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Battison Honda Offering a wide selection of new and used cars, as well as car services | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1983 | Amazon WebstorePHPYouTube+21 | — | — |
Top 2 Auto companies in Oklahoma
#1
Seed · Tulsa, Oklahoma · founded 2015 · 48 employees$5Mraised▾
Seed · Tulsa, Oklahoma · founded 2015 · 48 employees
Provider of electric vehicle direct-current fast charging services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%Tech
top 40%Funding
top 46%Talent
bottom 49%Product
bottom 40%Market
bottom 33%Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 43 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Devops: Nginx
Funding: Raised $5.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Jun 2025)
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Conventional Debt$5M
- Jun 2023Grant (prize money)—
- May 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Illinois, Alliance Resource Partners
Tech stack
AosBackbone.JsBootstrapCdnjsChart.JsCloudflare
#2
Late Stage · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · founded 1988 · 27 employees—raised▾
Late Stage · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · founded 1988 · 27 employees
Distributor of petroleum and car wash equipment intended to serve the automotive sector. The company offers Wayne dispensers, fueling systems, card readers and hydraulic parts as well as provides related repair and maintenance services along with operating car wash centers.
Funding rounds
- Nov 2021PE—
Founders & team
Investors
Crossplane Capital
Tech stack
Windows ServerMicrosoft Asp.NetIisSectigo
Funding & investor landscape
$5Mtotal disclosed funding
1companies funded
1disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 5,477,462 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Auto coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Autonomous Vehicles is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 3,252 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 24% → 50% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Carnegie Mellon University89
- Purdue University West Lafayette76
- University of California, Berkeley69
- Northeastern University64
- Stanford University55
leading researchers
Anez, Diomar · Anez, Dimar · Sharareh Kermanshachi · John M. Dolan · Masayoshi Tomizuka · Freederia AI Researcher · Weisong Shi · Apurva Pamidimukkala
▲
Breakthroughs1,031 · 32%
▲ 28%→31% share
▲1.1× share momentum2 median citations80% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (28%→31% of field), led by Computer vision.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Computer vision12→111
- Human–computer interaction2→64
- Perception2→59
- Robustness (evolution)3→53
- Trajectory12→61
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→70 · Context (archaeology) 0→30 · Adversarial system 0→27
Landmark Are we ready for autonomous driving? The KITTI vision benchmark suite · 14,099 cites
◆
Advancements942 · 29%
▼ 37%→28% share
▼0.8× share momentum2 median citations77% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (37%→28% of field), led by Human–computer interaction.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Human–computer interaction3→65
- Transport engineering11→66
- Computer vision2→54
- Reinforcement learning3→46
- Automotive engineering5→48
Newly emergingObject detection 0→22 · Object (grammar) 0→17 · Vehicle safety 0→14
Landmark Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge · 1,488 cites
▼
Concerns727 · 22%
▲ 19%→23% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations82% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (19%→23% of field), led by Humanities.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Humanities4→108
- Philosophy1→64
- Context (archaeology)1→54
- Computer security2→48
- Transport engineering4→30
Newly emergingPerception 0→24 · Computer vision 0→13 · Metadata 0→12
Landmark The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles · 1,445 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where autonomous vehicles is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
SF Bay Area154 · +0.50
Boston134 · +0.58
Ann Arbor124 · +0.52
Pittsburgh100 · +0.63
New York76 · +0.39
Atlanta50 · +0.39
Los Angeles45 · +0.43
Austin39 · +0.45
San Diego33 · +0.42
Chicago32 · +0.32
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing autonomous vehicles patents in the United States
United States autonomous vehicles patent filing is accelerating — 19,294 filings from 4,355 assignees (2016–2025), led by Waymo, Baidu USA, GM Cruise Holdings; annual filings 885→1348.
19,294 filings4,355 assigneespeak 2424/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Waymo1688
- Baidu USA1034
- GM Cruise Holdings767
- FORD Global TECH589
- Qualcomm565
- Tusimple547
- UBER Technologies527
- UATC507
Common questions
How many Auto companies are there in Oklahoma, United States?
Radar tracks 47 indexable Auto companies headquartered in Oklahoma, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Auto companies in Oklahoma, United States?
The Auto companies in Oklahoma, United States on this list have raised a combined $5M in disclosed equity funding across 1 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Auto company in Oklahoma, United States?
Francis Energy is the highest-funded Auto company in Oklahoma, United States, with $5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Auto companies in Oklahoma, United States are funded?
1 of the 47 Auto companies in Oklahoma, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Auto unicorns are there in Oklahoma, United States?
None of the Auto companies in Oklahoma, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Oklahoma, United States Auto companies?
The most active investors in Oklahoma, United States Auto companies on this list include Alliance Resource Partners, Apollo Investment Corporation, Argonaut Private Equity, Crossplane Capital, Hall Capital Partners.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.