Best Auto Tech Companies in Boston, United States
The 81 best Auto Tech companies in Boston, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Lendbuzz.
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 Boston
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lendbuzz 🦄 Online car loan platform 67Funding top 21%Tech top 24%Moat top 28%AI top 30% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Techtop 24% Moattop 28% AItop 30% Markettop 38% Patentstop 40% Innovationtop 42% Newstop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Growthbottom 32% Funding: Raised $310M across 15 rounds · 15 rounds over 9 yrs (1.7/yr) Tech: 45 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $310M | 32 mo ago | 300 | Amitay Kalmar Co-Founder & CEO | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | 9 patents AI-driven fraud detection and compliance analytics for behavior, image, and document verification | 10 job openings |
| 2 | Motional Developer of technology for autonomous vehicles intended for ride-hail and delivery 84Innovation top 9%Patents top 9%AI top 18%Funding top 25% All 12 signals ▾Innovationtop 9% Patentstop 9% AItop 18% Fundingtop 25% Growthtop 35% Moattop 35% Markettop 42% Partnerstop 45% Techtop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 42% Newsbottom 24% Innovation: 2,172 patents (top 1% of patent-holders) · 1931 filings since 2022 vs 241 in 2017-21 Patents: 2,172 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 1931 filings since 2022 vs 241 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $240M | 10 mo ago | 1,500 | Laura Major CEO | DrupalApple iCloud MailMariaDB+21 | 2,172 patents Autonomous vehicle perception, control, validation, and fleet operation technologies | 2 job openings |
| 3 | Goji Online diversified insurance marketplace | $104M | 103 mo ago | 92 | Géraldine Beaulieu Co-Founder | — | 11 patents RF-based sensing and heating for processing and tracking consumable products | — |
| 4 | REGENT Craft Developer of wing-in-ground technology-based electric sea gliders | $94M | 23 mo ago | 45 | Michael Klinker Co-Founder and CTO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+18 | 50 patents Advanced hydrofoil and winglet control systems for marine and aerial craft | 1 internship · 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 5 | SparkCharge Provider of charging solutions for electric vehicles 64Funding top 19%Innovation top 25%Moat top 28%Patents top 30% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% Innovationtop 25% Moattop 28% Patentstop 30% Growthtop 38% Techtop 47% Talentbottom 49% Productbottom 47% Marketbottom 45% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $91.5M across 13 rounds · 13 rounds over 9 yrs (1.4/yr) Innovation: 36 patents (top 38% of patent-holders) · 26 filings since 2022 vs 10 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $92M | 13 mo ago | 50 50 → 40 (-20%) | Joshua Aviv Founder/CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowAmazon Web Services+15 | 36 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | — |
| 6 | Zipcar Operator of a network providing on-demand access to shared vehicles | $61M | 186 mo ago | 401 401 → 423 (+5%) | — | Amazon WebstoreDrupalPHP+43 | 50 patents Digital vehicle sharing platform with fleet management, keyless ignition, and occupancy control. | — |
| 7 | FlightCar Watch high-speed online soccer on K+ Full HD - Xoilac TV | $47M | 128 mo ago | 79 | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | XL Fleet Electrification Provider of cloud-enabled fleet electrification systems | $43M | 104 mo ago | 142 | Tod Hynes Founder & Chairman | — | — | — |
| 9 | Zagster Tech-enabled platform offering multi-category micromobility services | $38M | 100 mo ago | 87 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Electra Vehicles Battery management system for electric vehicles | $25M | 40 mo ago | 28 28 → 38 (+36%) | Fabrizio Martini Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | 35 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | 3 launchs |
| 11 | nuTonomy Developing safe, reliable, accessible driverless vehicle technology for ride-hail and delivery | $24M | 121 mo ago | 73 | — | — | 138 patents Autonomous vehicle navigation, signaling, perception, and safety intervention systems. | — |
| 12 | Perceptive Automata AI-enabled platform offering perception software for autonomous vehicles | $22M | 89 mo ago | 34 | Sam Anthony Co-Founder | — | 64 patents Predictive modeling and scenario generation for autonomous vehicle human‑behavior interaction | — |
| 13 | The Routing Company Provider of routing and management solution for public transit operators | $21M | 51 mo ago | 124 | James Cox Chief Executive Officer | PrismicApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+16 | — | — |
| 14 | Fasten Affordable and convenient taxi rides in Tashkent with easy-to-use app | $20M | 115 mo ago | 30 | — | Reactcore-jsYandex.Metrika+2 | — | — |
| 15 | Phiar Technologies Provider of an AI and AR-based navigation app for automobiles | $15M | 56 mo ago | 14 | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | NODAR Developer of advanced LiDAR sensors for autonomous vehicles 50AI top 15%Patents top 29%Moat top 32%Talent top 35% All 10 signals ▾AItop 15% Patentstop 29% Moattop 32% Talenttop 35% Innovationtop 36% Fundingtop 36% Techbottom 45% Productbottom 45% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 21% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Patents: 39 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 35 filings since 2022 vs 4 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $14M | 3 mo ago | 10 10 → 17 (+70%) | Leaf Jiang Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityFramer SitesReact+10 | 39 patents Advanced stereo vision and depth‑map confidence for automotive perception and object tracking. | — |
| 17 | BusRight Tech-enabled school-bus tracking and management solutions 57Funding top 30%Growth top 35%Tech top 35%News top 40% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 30% Growthtop 35% Techtop 35% Newstop 40% Producttop 40% AItop 45% Customerstop 48% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 32% Funding: Raised $13.1M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $13M | 3 mo ago | 32 | Keith Corso Founder & CEO | SentryReactReact Router+13 | — | 1 award |
| 18 | Zippity An online platform that provides on-site car repair and maintenance services | $12M | 55 mo ago | 16 | Dan Swanton Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 19 | Truemotion AI-based data monitoring & insights for the insurance and financial service industry | $12M | 105 mo ago | 118 | Moshe Dalman Co-Founder & CEO | — | 79 patents Vehicle telematics for driver identification, safety monitoring, and crash detection | — |
| 20 | Maglev Aero Developer of e-VTOL aircraft | $12M | 16 mo ago | 24 | — | VimeoReactReact Router+10 | 50 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | — |
| 21 | Wanderu Online bus tickets booking platform | $8M | 139 mo ago | 35 | — | Cart FunctionalityFacebook LoginGoogle Sign-in+19 | — | — |
| 22 | TireTutor Online platform for buying tires for vehicles | $7M | 24 mo ago | 20 | Jason Abrahams Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+30 | — | 1 job opening |
| 23 | Ottometric Developer of verification software to automate autonomous driving validation and training process | $5M | 15 mo ago | 27 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+21 | — | 1 job opening |
| 24 | Vend Park Cloud-enabled platform offering parking management solutions 48Growth top 28%Tech top 32%Funding top 38%News top 44% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Techtop 32% Fundingtop 38% Newstop 44% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 28% Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 36 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $4M | 11 mo ago | 10 | — | SentryNode.jsFirebase+14 | — | 1 job opening · 2 expansions · 1 award |
| 25 | Zippity Cloud based CRM software for the automotive industry | $3M | 51 mo ago | 51 | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | NextDroid Developer of hardware and software for autonomous driving system development | $3M | 75 mo ago | 13 | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Talem Systems Provider of data driven solutions for insurance professionals and clinicians | $2M | 64 mo ago | 10 | Matthew Kay Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 28 | Antenum Developer of conformal automotive antennas | $2M | 85 mo ago | — | John Apostolos Co-Founder & Chief Scientist | — | 27 patents Automotive antenna systems and FM-based wireless power transfer technologies | — |
| 29 | StreetScan AI-powered asset management software for smart cities, optimizing infrastructure | $880K | 113 mo ago | 14 14 → 18 (+29%) | Ralf Birken Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | — | — |
| 30 | Aura Intelligent Systems Provider of radar imaging solution for drones and autonomous vehicles | $256K | 65 mo ago | 6 | Jungah Lee Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 31 | Awayr AI Provider of AI-powered eye-tracking systems for automotive systems using human-machine interfaces (HMI) | $150K | 60 mo ago | 1 | Adam Beal Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 32 | MassDrive Insurance service providing auto, home, renters, pet, travel, and life quotes | $150K | 191 mo ago | 71 | Bill Suneson Co-Founder & CEO | Apache HTTP ServerAmazon Web Servicescore-js+9 | — | — |
| 33 | Streetparkd Provides a database of public parking spots and parking information | $125K | 122 mo ago | 3 | David Steigerwald Founder | — | — | — |
| 34 | ParkWise App to locate available parking spaces | $100K | 113 mo ago | 7 | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Auto Tech companies in Boston
#1
Series B · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2020 · 1500 employees$239.7Mraised▾
Developer of technology for autonomous vehicles intended for ride-hail and delivery. The company focuses on creating safe and reliable driverless vehicle solutions. It builds fully driverless vehicles designed for integration into mobility networks. The company develops technology and an experience for transportation and delivery solutions.
- Mar 2024Conventional Debt—
- Mar 2020Series D$239.7M
#2
Series C · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2017 · 32 employees$13.1Mraised▾
Tech-enabled school-bus tracking and management solutions. It offers solutions for school administrators to manage vehicle tracking, parent communication, and more. It offers a centralized platform to manage operations. Parents can keep track of their child's journey in real-time. Bus operators can get navigation and optimized routes for efficient driving. They also offers features like real-time tracking, turn-by-turn navigation for drivers, real-time bus schedules, and more. The mobile application is available for both Android and iOS devices.
- Mar 2026Series C$30M
- Apr 2025Series B$20M
- May 2023Series A$10.6M
- Mar 2021Seed$2.5M
#3
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2018 · 10 employees$14.3Mraised▾
Developer of advanced LiDAR sensors for autonomous vehicles. It develops 3D sensors based on solid-state LiDAR technology. It has applications in cars, trucks, drones, ships, trains, and aircraft.
- Feb 2026Series A$575K
- Apr 2022Series A$12M
- Jun 2020Series A$1.8M
- Dec 2018Seed$447K
#4
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2014 · 50 employees$91.5Mraised▾
Provider of charging solutions for electric vehicles. The company focused on the development of portable electric vehicle charging points. It provides EV charging solutions for businesses.
- May 2025Series A$15.5M
- May 2025Venture Debt$15M
- Sep 2024Series A$13.3M
- May 2023Series A$7M
#5
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2020 · 45 employees$94.5Mraised▾
Developer of wing-in-ground technology-based electric sea gliders. Its passenger vehicles are a hybrid between an aircraft and a hydrofoil and use wing-in-ground-effect technology to travel at an altitude of a few metres above the surface of the water. It includes electric propulsion and long-distance travel.
- Jun 2024Series A—
- Mar 2024Series A—
- Jul 2023Series A$60.5M
- Mar 2023Series A—
#6
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2020 · 10 employees$3.8Mraised▾
Cloud-enabled platform offering parking management solutions. They offers a fully digital parking access and revenue control system that helps real estate owners, operators, tenants, and visitors automate parking management in the cloud. They offer a comprehensive platform to unlock the true value of parking assets and enhance the customer experience.
- Jul 2025Series A$17.5M
- Feb 2023Seed$3.8M
#7
Lendbuzz 🦄Series C · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2015 · 300 employees$309.7Mraised▾
Online car loan platform. Users can apply for loan by providing guarantee, user details, payment details, preferred plans, and more.
- Oct 2023Conventional Debt$300M
- Oct 2023Series C$45M
- Jul 2023Series C$24M
- May 2023Conventional Debt$125M
#8
Series B · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2017 · 24 employees$11.8Mraised▾
Developer of eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft management platform designed to optimize mobility and connectivity. The company's platform helps in the deployment of high-performance and ultra-quiet vertical flight systems, enabling clients to improve urban air mobility systems.
- Jan 2025Series B$2.3M
- Nov 2021Series B$11.8M
#9
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2018 · 27 employees$4.9Mraised▾
Developer of verification software to automate autonomous driving validation and training process. The platform gathers, ingests, cleans, identify & visualizes sensor data by using machine learning and computer vision technology. It optimizes the manual review process in order to minimize the redundancy of data. These data can be used in ADAS, self-driving cars, and more.
- Mar 2025Series A$10.3M
- Jan 2023Seed$4.9M
#10
Series B · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2016 · 20 employees$6.7Mraised▾
Online platform for buying tires for vehicles. The platform connects buyers with local tire dealers. Buyers can compare price and availability of tires and place order through the platform.
- Jun 2024Series B$5.5M
- Dec 2023Series A$1M
- Mar 2020Seed$140K
#11
Acquired · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2015 · 28 employees$24.6Mraised▾
Battery management system for electric vehicles. Its platform offers features like battery management, performance analysis, fleet analytics, and control management.
- Feb 2023Series A$21M
- May 2021Seed$3.6M
- Nov 2016Grant (prize money)—
#12
Acquired · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2006 · 92 employees$104Mraised▾
Online diversified insurance marketplace. The comparison platform aggregates available P&C insurance products from several providers to list the optimum alternatives tailored to the needs of the users. In addition to listing the options online, It also offers offline support with on-hand experts available over the phone.
- Nov 2017Series C$15M
- Jun 2016Series C$19M
- Jun 2016Conventional Debt—
- Sep 2015Series C$6.3M
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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What Boston researches in autonomous vehicles
- Boston University16
- University of Massachusetts Boston3
- Boston College2
- Boston Consulting Group1