Best Auto Tech Companies in Austin, United States
The 86 best Auto Tech companies in Austin, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: FlashParking.
Our analysis of 69 Auto Tech companies
$46.2b in tracked funding; 92% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Auto Tech companies in Austin
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FlashParking 🦄 SaaS-enabled platform offering parking management systems 82AI top 15%Product top 21%Funding top 24%Moat top 28% All 12 signals ▾AItop 15% Producttop 21% Fundingtop 24% Moattop 28% Talenttop 28% Techtop 31% Growthtop 35% Markettop 40% Innovationtop 46% Patentstop 47% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 22% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Product: 8 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series D rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $314M | 21 mo ago | 739 | Dean Cleaver Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+36 | Top 5M | 11 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 partnership |
| 2 | The Zebra 🦄 Online insurance comparison platform for individuals | $262M | 62 mo ago | 367 367 → 326 (-11%) | Adam Lyons Co-Founder | — | — | 143 patents Advanced handheld barcode scanner hardware with imaging, illumination, and power-management features | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 3 | Epicor Cloud-based enterprise resource planning software for the automotive industry | $215M | 22 mo ago | 501 | Steve Murphy CEO | Optimizely Content ManagementSalesforceBootstrap+35 | Top 1M | — | 1 partnership · 2 awards |
| 4 | Uhnder Provider of low-power consuming chips for IoT applications 32Moat top 19%Funding top 28%Patents top 33%Innovation top 36% All 11 signals ▾Moattop 19% Fundingtop 28% Patentstop 33% Innovationtop 36% Producttop 37% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 44% Marketbottom 42% Techbottom 38% Newsbottom 27% Growthbottom 18% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 169 patents Funding: Raised $145M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 9 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $145M | 28 mo ago | 81 | Manju Hegde Co-Founder & CEO | ExpressionEnginePHPCodeIgniter+13 | Top 10M | 169 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 5 | GreenRoad Provider of fleet telematics and management solutions | $82M | 134 mo ago | 10 | — | WordPressMySQLSalesforce+28 | Top 500k | — | 1 job opening |
| 6 | Silvercar App-based car rental platform | $60M | 125 mo ago | 150 | — | — | — | 14 patents Automotive remote access and authentication systems for vehicle entry | — |
| 7 | KLD Energy Electric Motors | $28M | 168 mo ago | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Loop AI-driven auto insurance platform for individuals | $24M | 56 mo ago | 62 | Carey Nadeau Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WebflowGSAPTikTok Pixel+23 | Top 5M | 75 patents Blockchain-enabled payment and load management systems for electric vehicle charging infrastructure | — |
| 9 | OpenEyes Provider of commercial auto insurance combined with risk prevention technology | $23M | 40 mo ago | 32 | Yoav Oron Co-Founder & CEO | SentryLeafletMUI+8 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 10 | Rollick Online retailer of new and used recreational vehicles and equipment | $22M | 63 mo ago | 123 | — | Amazon WebstoreMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ASP.NET+37 | Top 1M | — | — |
| 11 | Volcon Manufacturer of all-electric utility vehicles for work and recreational purposes | $18M | 11 mo ago | 35 | Andy Leisner CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+31 | Top 5M | 9 patents Electric two‑wheel vehicles and off‑road components, including motors, frames, and tires. | — |
| 12 | GoCarma GPS tolling, road user charging & dynamic road pricing system | $10M | 186 mo ago | 50 | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+15 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 13 | NuBrakes Provider of mobile brake repairing services for cars | $10M | 54 mo ago | 61 | Walker Drewett Co-Founder & CEO | Builder.ioSentryZendesk+26 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 14 | Rollick Omnichannel marketing automation for automotive industries | $6M | 103 mo ago | — | Jason Nierman Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer | TypeScriptNode.jsQuill+21 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 15 | Vade Developer of intelligent curb management systems | $5M | 51 mo ago | 15 | Christian Burke Co-Founder | — | — | 3 patents Time‑lapse video capture and compression technologies for efficient video coding | — |
| 16 | MobileTechRx SaaS-driven repair estimation & invoicing solution for auto workshops | $4M | 84 mo ago | 25 | Eric Garves CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressBetterDocs+37 | Top 5M | — | 2 launchs |
| 17 | Ferry App-based platform offering multi-category electric vehicle subscription services | $4M | 52 mo ago | 7 | T Russell Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | CarServ Workshop management solution for the automotive repair industry | $4M | 67 mo ago | 13 | Mars Mundy CEO & Head of Product | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | LeftLane Provider of a suite of dealer management software for auto dealers | $4M | 15 mo ago | 9 | — | TypeScriptGraphQLClerk+13 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 20 | RateGenius Auto refinance loans | $2M | 99 mo ago | 243 | Christopher Brown Co-Founder | Amazon WebstoreWordPressRollbar+33 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 21 | RidersShare Platform offering P2P motor-bike rental platform | $2M | 71 mo ago | 18 | — | PrismicGoogle Sign-inStripe+16 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 22 | FunnelAI SaaS-based social media monitoring solutions for lead generation | $2M | 86 mo ago | 8 | Sridhar Kamma Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 2 patents AI-driven personalized advertising and life-event-based communication generation | — |
| 23 | Flash Valet On-demand valet parking | $1M | 165 mo ago | 675 | Eliseo Diaz Co-Founder | Windows ServerKendo UIMicrosoft ASP.NET+9 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 24 | Arcade Ridesharing app with cryptocurrency payments | $1M | 26 mo ago | 13 | — | — | — | 5 patents AI model orchestration platform and laminated/advertising printed page manufacturing technologies. | — |
| 25 | Revival Cycles Custom motorcycle builder, parts retailer, apparel shop, and event organizer | $535K | 130 mo ago | 11 | — | Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityShopify+56 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 26 | Starlight Charging EV charging station management | $500K | 24 mo ago | — | Andrew Kouri Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Topmarq Online platform that provides car valuation | $100K | 53 mo ago | 3 | Quinn Osha Founder | — | — | 3 patents Automated web data extraction and item valuation for e‑commerce platforms. | — |
| 28 | Check App-based virtual communication platform for drivers on traffic violations | $100K | 69 mo ago | 8 | Michael Odiari Co-Founder | — | — | 32 patents RF safety compliance systems for antenna networks and temperature-controlled portable containers | — |
Top 12 Auto Tech companies in Austin
#1
Series D · Austin, Texas · founded 2011 · 739 employees$314.3Mraised▾
SaaS-enabled platform offering parking management systems. It offers hardware and software-enabled solution for parking management. It offers hardware devices like parking kiosks, gates, cash machines for parking. Also, it offers a cloud-enabled platform for parking management with features like integration management, revenue managment, etc. It also offers contactless payments solutions, parking integrations like (LPR, AVI, digital signage, etc).
- Sep 2024Conventional Debt$85M
- Mar 2022Series D$250M
- Jan 2020Series C$60M
- Nov 2016Series A$3M
#2
Public · Austin, Texas · founded 2020 · 35 employees$17.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of all-electric utility vehicles for work and recreational purposes. The company provides light utility vehicles designed for both work and leisure activities. These vehicles are energy-efficient and intended to deliver performance without aesthetic sacrifices. The company offers vehicles suitable for heavy-duty jobs, off-roading, and challenging terrain, serving both commercial and recreational applications.
- Jul 2025Post IPO$501.4M
- Aug 2022Post IPO$27.2M
- Jun 2021Series B$17.5M
#3
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 1972 · 501 employees$214.7Mraised▾
Cloud-based enterprise resource planning software for the automotive industry. The company caters to the manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality, and services industries. It provides customer relationship management, supply chain management, human capital management, and enterprise retail software solutions. It also provides POS solutions to help manufacturers and retailers perform operations including order management, payments, returns, and more.
#4
Series B · Austin, Texas · founded 2022 · 9 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Provider of a suite of dealer management software for auto dealers. The platform offers solutions that include documentation, payments, customer management, employees management, inventory management, and more.
- Mar 2025Series B$5M
- Feb 2023Series A$3.5M
#5
Series D · Austin, Texas · founded 2015 · 81 employees$145Mraised▾
Uhnder is a provider of low-power-efficient chips for IoT applications. The company claims that its product will be targeted for industrial & commercials IoT, ADAS, AR & VR, robotics, and industrial automation market.
- Feb 2024Series D$50M
- Nov 2020Series C$45M
- 2019Series B—
- 2017Series A—
#6
Series D · Austin, Texas · founded 2012 · 367 employees$261.5Mraised▾
The Zebra provides an online insurance comparison platform for individuals. It offers quotes for auto, life insurance, renters insurance, home insurance & more. It also provides insurance information resources. It offers an insurance calculator. Users can compare quotes from multiple insurance companies.
- Apr 2021Series D$150M
- Jun 2020Series C$43.5M
- Sep 2017Series B$40M
- Jan 2016Series A$17M
#7
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2019 · 32 employees$23Mraised▾
Provider of commercial auto insurance combined with risk prevention technology. The company offers tools for fleet management, safety improvement via training, and risk mitigation. Their solution can be used in any commercial vehicle. The company helps drivers prevent claims, and offers insurance and technology for risk prevention.
- Feb 2023Series A$18M
- Oct 2020Seed—
#8
Series E · Austin, Texas · founded 2004 · 10 employees$81.5Mraised▾
GreenRoad offers fleet telematics & management solutions and enables commercial fleets/insurers/consumers to measure, improve and sustain safe & fuel-efficient driving behavior. Offers a mobile app for drivers and a web-based fleet management software, that covers aspects such as driver safety, real-time driver behavior monitoring & feedback, compliance management, and operations management. Features include in-vehicle driving feedback, safety scoring, in-vehicle recording, real-time vehicle tracking, geofencing, fuel & idling optimization, vehicle health & maintenance management, reporting, expense management, fuel card integration, and tax/fuel regulatory reporting.
- Mar 2015Series E$26M
- May 2011Series D$13M
- Feb 2010Series D$10M
- May 2009Series D$15M
#9
Funding Raised · Austin, Texas · founded 2015 · 13 employees$1Mraised▾
Arcade city offers ridesharing platform using blockchain technology. Payments are done using ARC (Arcade City Tokens) on Ethereum blockchain. To use the services, customers purchase tokens from a sale and then use the tokens for payments after ride is completed. It plans to extend its service offerings in P2P deliveries and short-term home rentals.
- Apr 2024ICO$1M
#10
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2012 · 150 employees$59.5Mraised▾
App-based car rental platform. The platform allows customers to complete the rentals, even unlocking the cars, with a smartphone. Users can book the car by providing the location and can make an online payment via app. Their app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- Jan 2016Series C$28M
- Aug 2015Conventional Debt$5.8M
- Sep 2014Series B$14M
- Apr 2014Conventional Debt$5M
#11
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2020 · 62 employees$24.2Mraised▾
AI-driven auto insurance platform for individuals. It offers solutions for property damage, collision, bodily injury, and more. It uses artificial intelligence technology to create more equitable insurance products. It also offers claims assistance solutions.
- Sep 2021Series A$21M
- Jan 2021Seed$3.2M
#12
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 2023$500Kraised▾
EV charging station management. It provides tools and support needed to monetize parking lot, integrated CSMS to track project, and more.
- 2024Seed$500K
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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How research on Autonomous Vehicles in Austin is moving
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles in Austin — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 44 papers.
- The University of Texas at Austin39
- Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión3
- IBM Research - Austin1
- Austin Independent School District1
- CarSim3
- Control theory (sociology)3
- Lidar2
- Computer vision2
- Trajectory2
- Transport engineering1→3
- Crash3
- Computer security2
- Geographic information system2
- Range (aeronautics)2
- Accident (philosophy)2
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