Best Autonomous Vehicles Companies in China
The 117 best Autonomous Vehicles companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Horizon.
China's Autonomous Vehicles sector is moving fast enough that tracking 117 companies and $11.4B in disclosed funding barely captures the half of it. NeueHCT leads our directory at $200M raised, with Neolix ($126M) and QCraft.ai ($149M) close behind, and six unicorns sitting inside that pool. The global market was valued at roughly $319.4B in 2022 and is forecast to expand at a 58% CAGR, which means the capital flowing into Chinese startups right now isn't speculative, it's positional. Tencent, Baidu Venture Capital and Hillhouse are the repeat names backing that bet.
So what's actually pulling attention this quarter? Next-generation EV platforms and powertrain advances are the hot themes, and if you look at how foreign firms are approaching China's AV market right now, the regulatory complexity alone shapes which players can compete. I'd argue that's exactly why local funding momentum matters so much here. You want the companies that understand the compliance terrain and still have the runway to ship. The directory below ranks them by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum, which is the cleanest proxy we have.
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Ranked: Best Autonomous Vehicles companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horizon Platform for self driving car technology | $3.1B | 44 mo ago | Public | — | Kai Y Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 2 | Momenta 🦄 Developer of autonomous driving solutions for enhanced safety and urban mobility | $1.4B | 55 mo ago | Series C | — | Gang Sun Co-Founder | — | — | 2 launchs |
| 3 | Momenta 🦄 Developer of autonomous driving software | $1.4B | 55 mo ago | Series C | 171 | Xudong Cao Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 4 | Hesai Technology 🦄 Developer of LiDAR-based sensors for autonomous vehicles 76Patents top 12%Product top 18%Innovation top 19%Funding top 26% All 12 signals ▾Patentstop 12% Producttop 18% Innovationtop 19% Fundingtop 26% Moattop 26% Markettop 31% Newstop 35% Talenttop 38% Globaltop 40% Partnerstop 42% Techtop 43% Growthbottom 42% Patents: 591 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 549 filings since 2022 vs 42 in 2017-21 Product: 4 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · Company stage: Public rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $599M | 55 mo ago | Public | 1,020 | Yifan Li Co-Founder & CEO | 9 signals ▼36% New product · Announcements · Contracts | 591 patents Advanced solid-state LiDAR sensing and automotive detection technologies | — |
| 5 | PATEO Saas & AI enabled infotainment solutions for connected vehicles | $573M | 26 mo ago | Public | 1,300 | — | 3 signals Earnings · Buyback | — | — |
| 6 | Black Sesame Technologies 🦄 Developer of AI-based chips for machine vision tasks 89Product top 14%Patents top 15%Innovation top 18%AI top 20% All 11 signals ▾Producttop 14% Patentstop 15% Innovationtop 18% AItop 20% Markettop 25% Fundingtop 26% Moattop 26% Talenttop 28% Globaltop 40% Techbottom 22% Newsbottom 19% Product: 5 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public Patents: 247 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 198 filings since 2022 vs 49 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100 | $500M | 46 mo ago | Public | 916 | Wilson Liu Co-Founder & COO | — | 53 patents Advanced automotive vision systems: camera calibration, image fusion, shading correction, and robust data links. | — |
| 7 | Deeproute.ai Tech-enabled platform offering autonomous driving solutions for taxis and trucks | $450M | 19 mo ago | Series B | 500 | — | 4 signals ▼60% Announcements | — | — |
| 8 | Zongmu Technology 🦄 Tech-enabled platform offering ADAS and autonomous driving solutions | $382M | 50 mo ago | Series E | 835 | Rui Tang Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 9 | Mushroom Autolink Information Technology Provider of AI and cloud-based autonomous driving solutions | $204M | 37 mo ago | Series C | — | Zhu Lei Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 10 | NeueHCT Provider of assisted driving technologies for the global automotive industry | $200M | 6 mo ago | Series A | — | Stone Li Chief Executive Officer | — | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 11 | LEEKR Provider of full-stack vision processing solutions for autonomous driving | $192M | 24 mo ago | Series C | — | Jeff Hui Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 12 | CalmCar Deep-learning based vision solution for ADAS & autonomous driving | $186M | 59 mo ago | Series C | 120 | Xi Wang Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 13 | NavInfo Provider of navigation, high-definition maps, and intelligent driving system solutions | $185M | 145 mo ago | Public | 4,273 | Carl Sun Founder | — | 9 patents Vehicle navigation and mapping data acquisition via intelligent sensing and voltage monitoring systems | — |
| 14 | Surestar Developer of imaging LiDAR solutions and laser scanners 29Moat top 22%Funding top 39%Talent top 41%Market bottom 37% All 5 signals ▾Moattop 22% Fundingtop 39% Talenttop 41% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 29% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn Funding: Raised $180M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 8 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $180M | 40 mo ago | Series A | — | Jane Zhang CEO | — | — | — |
| 15 | DeepWay Manufacturer of electric heavy trucks and related intelligent driving systems 37Funding top 28%Growth top 28%Moat top 31%News top 35% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Growthtop 28% Moattop 31% Newstop 35% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 32% Globalbottom 29% Techbottom 26% Funding: Raised $179M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $179M | 17 mo ago | Series B | — | Wan Jun CEO | 4 signals IPO · Funding | — | — |
| 16 | UISEE Developer of c.loud and AI-enabled solutions for autonomous driving | $154M | 38 mo ago | Public | 500 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | QCraft.ai Tech-enabled simulation solutions for autonomous vehicles | $149M | 3 mo ago | Series D | 350 | Qian Yu Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 18 | Neolix Developer of AI-enabled autonomous delivery vehicles 60Funding top 19%Moat top 31%News top 36%Market top 38% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% Moattop 31% Newstop 36% Markettop 38% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $126M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $126M | 4 mo ago | Series D | 160 | Enyuan Yu Founder & CEO | 3 signals ▲200% Funding | — | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 19 | Changsha Intelligent Driving Institute Provider of self-driving technology for commercial vehicles | $121M | 49 mo ago | Public | 200 | Li Zexiang Founder | — | — | 2 partnerships · 1 award |
| 20 | Zelos Developer of autonomous logistic vehicles | $100M | 27 mo ago | Series A | 120 | Terry Zhou Managing Director | — | — | — |
| 21 | Tage I-Driver Develops products for autonomous driving of mining vehicles | $98M | 1 mo ago | Series D | — | Yu Guizhen CEO | — | — | — |
| 22 | Sixents Technology Provider of high-precision positioning products and services for autonomous driving | $98M | 51 mo ago | Series B | — | Dai Donghai CEO | — | — | — |
| 23 | PhiGent Robotics Provider of driving robotics solutions | $75M | 8 mo ago | Series B | 130 | Yi Shan Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 24 | Beijing Zhixingzhe Technology Provider of unmanned driving solutions for public safety and life services | $57M | 5 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Zhang Dezhao CEO | — | — | — |
| 25 | Haomo Zhixing Technology 🦄 AI-enabled platform offfering autonomous driving solutions | $55M | 25 mo ago | Series B | 600 | Gu Weihao CEO | — | — | — |
| 26 | Yihang Intelligent Developer of full-stack autopilot systems | $47M | 87 mo ago | Series B | 300 | Chen Yuxing Founder | — | — | — |
| 27 | RoboSense Developer of perception solutions, LiDAR sensors, and robotic hand-eye coordination | $45M | 48 mo ago | Public | 1,311 | Qiu Chunxin Founder & CEO | 11 signals ▲83% Earnings · Announcements | — | 2 partnerships · 1 award |
| 28 | MINIEYE Developer of intelligent driving, cabin, and vehicle infrastructure cooperative systems | $40M | 31 mo ago | Public | 80 | Liu Guoqing Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 29 | MOTOVIS AI-enabled platform offering solutions for autonomous driving | $38M | 48 mo ago | Series C | — | Bruce Wang Co-Founder & COO | — | — | — |
| 30 | Forvision Developer of smart parking systems and solutions | $33M | 14 mo ago | Seed | 30 | Xin Yonglei CEO | — | — | — |
| 31 | Hong Jing Drive Developer of autonomous driving software and integrated system solutions | $33M | 21 mo ago | Series C | 500 | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | iMotion Developer of AI-enabled autonomous driving and automotive solutions | $30M | 50 mo ago | Public | 331 | Walt Song Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 33 | sinPro AI-powered perception solutions for autonomous vehicles | $27M | 17 mo ago | Series B | — | Li Xuyang Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 34 | ANNGIC Provider of millimetre-wave radar sensors for monitoring traffic | $21M | 44 mo ago | Series C | 150 | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | In-Driving Cloud-enabled platform offering open-source solutions for autonomous driving | $19M | 49 mo ago | Series A | 60 | Jianwei Zhang Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 36 | Chu Hang Technology Provider of radar-based sensor systems for autonomous vehicles | $16M | 51 mo ago | Series B | 100 | Chu Yongzheng CEO | — | — | — |
| 37 | SPACE Technology Provider of automated parking solutions | $16M | 53 mo ago | Series A | — | Guanglin Ma Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 38 | Zhitu Technology Provider of cloud-enabled autonomous trucks for transport & logistics industry | $16M | 13 mo ago | Series B | — | Du Yiguang CEO | — | — | — |
| 39 | Tanway Developer of LiDAR-based sensors for autonomous vehicles | $16M | 26 mo ago | Series A | 100 | Wang Shiwei CEO | — | — | — |
| 40 | SmarterEye Developer of driving assistant and perception solutions | $15M | 53 mo ago | Series B | — | Jiang An Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 41 | LinearX Provider of smart car operating system to enable intelligent driving | $15M | 46 mo ago | Seed | — | Dong Han Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 42 | Zhidi Automobile Technology AI-powered provider of V2X solutions for autonomous vehicles | $14M | 37 mo ago | Series A | 500 | Zhou Qiang CEO | — | — | — |
| 43 | Autra.tech Developer of AI-enabled autonomous driving trucks for logistics | $14M | 29 mo ago | Seed | — | Fei Ding Founder | — | — | — |
| 44 | Renxin Technology Developer of high-performance SerDes chips and related software service solutions 27Talent top 38%Funding top 44%Market bottom 37%Global bottom 29% All 4 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 44% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 29% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $13.9M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $14M | 3 mo ago | Series A | — | Liang Yuanjun Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 45 | Voyager Technology Provider of ADAS and ADS to improve driving safety in autonomous vehicles | $14M | 26 mo ago | Series B | — | Brian Chen Co-Founder & CEO | — | 2 patents Precision optical beam steering components for LiDAR systems | — |
| 46 | ZVISION Manufacturer of LiDAR-based sensors for autonomous vehicles | $10M | 43 mo ago | Series C | 300 | Yunxiang Li Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 47 | Shanghai Geometry Partner Intelligent Driving Provider of AI-enabled sensors for navigation of autonomous vehicles | $9M | 47 mo ago | Seed | — | Xue Dan Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 48 | 51Sim Developer of self-driving solutions for vehicles | $7M | 27 mo ago | Series A | — | Yi Li Founder & CEO | — | — | 2 launchs |
| 49 | Baichuan data AI-powered self-driving solutions for autonomous vehicles | $3M | 25 mo ago | Seed | — | Ma Dongsheng Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 50 | GOODGRID Provider of driver simulation system | $1M | 26 mo ago | Series A | — | Guanghui Du Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
Top 12 Autonomous Vehicles companies in China
#1
Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2019 · 350 employees$149Mraised▾
Qcraft offers tech-enabled simulation solutions for autonomous vehicles. The platform offers a simulation system that optimizes the planning and decision making solutions for autonomous vehicles. It offers features like optimizes the test cost, generate real-scenario data for the test cases, etc.
- Mar 2026Series D$100M
- Jun 2024Series C—
- Dec 2022Series B—
- Aug 2021Series A$100M
#2
Series D · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2016$98.4Mraised▾
TageIDriver develops products for autonomous driving of mining vehicles. The company claims to develop products for application in the ADAS vision-sensing terminals & autonomous driving robots. The company's product range includes car vision solutions, autonomous robots to provide smart & safe advanced vehicle assistance & autopilot products to businesses & individual users.
- Apr 2026Series D—
- Sep 2023Series C$54.6M
- Nov 2022Series C$14.1M
- Jan 2021Series B—
#3
Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2018 · 160 employees$126.1Mraised▾
Developer of AI-enabled autonomous delivery vehicles. The shuttle features multiple systems including embedded automotive-grade wheel disk brakes, and more. It provides a cloud-based platform that offers features such as vehicle dispatching, condition monitoring, visualization of vehicle status, error warning management, and driving data analysis. It is also equipped with a wide range of sensors to perceive surroundings and perform navigation.
- Feb 2026Series D—
- Oct 2025Series D$600M
- Mar 2024Series C$83M
- Nov 2023Conventional Debt$206K
#4
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2024$200Mraised▾
Provider of assisted driving technologies for the global automotive industry. It specializes in autonomous driving algorithms, intelligent control software, and sensor integration systems. The company also offers hardware platforms and vehicle decision-making modules. These offerings enhance driving safety, support automation, and enable scalable deployment.
- Dec 2025Series A$200M
#5
Funding Raised · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2015$57.2Mraised▾
Provider of unmanned driving solutions for public safety and life services. It offers technology applicable to specialized equipment across various sectors. These include low-altitude operations and emergency response, aiming to remove personnel from hazardous environments. The company also focuses on relieving individuals from repetitive tasks and offers intelligent transportation options for urban areas.
- Jan 2026Conventional Debt$57.2M
#6
Series B · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2021 · 130 employees$74.8Mraised▾
Provider of driving robotics solutions. It offers autonomous driving & robot-based software and hardware solutions. It offers visual radar, a dual-core driver, and more.
- Sep 2025Series B$35M
- May 2024Series A$30M
- Dec 2022Series A—
- Aug 2022Series A$14.8M
#7
Series A · Nanjing, Jiangsu · founded 2022$13.9Mraised▾
Developer of high-performance SerDes chips and related software service solutions. The company focuses on automotive electronic chip research, development, and sales. Its products include车载SerDes chips, used for high-speed video image signal transmission from automotive sensors to domain controllers, and from domain controllers to display screens. The company's single-channel 16Gbps车载high-performance SerDes is in mass production.
- Feb 2026Series A—
- Apr 2025Series A—
- Apr 2024Seed$13.8M
- Sep 2023Seed$13.9M
#8
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2019 · 500 employees$450Mraised▾
Tech-enabled platform offering autonomous driving solutions for taxis and trucks. The company develops two products like Deep Route link (Robo truck) and DeepRoute-INJOY (Robotaxi) with level- 4( L-4) full stack autonomous driving systems equipped with in-car sensors, controllers, actuators, other devices, and communication systems for sensing surroundings, decision making, and vehicle control solutions. It uses various technologies like deep learning, sensor fusion, etc.
- Nov 2024Series B$100M
- Aug 2021Series B$300M
- Sep 2019Seed$50M
#9
Series B · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2002$179.2Mraised▾
Manufacturer of electric heavy trucks and related intelligent driving systems. The company provides electric trucks designed for various logistical needs, including long-haul, port operations, and mountainous terrains. These vehicles incorporate intelligent systems to aid with driver safety, fleet management, and operational efficiency. The company also offers after-sales support, including remote diagnostics and emergency services.
- Dec 2024Series B$102.8M
- Mar 2023Series A$112M
- Aug 2022Series A$67.3M
#10
Seed · Suzhou, Jiangsu · founded 2017 · 30 employees$33.4Mraised▾
Forvision develops solutions for smart parking. Offers products such as automated parking assistance and smart parking systems with features including parking control, low-speed emergency braking, blind spot detection, low speed driving auxiliary function, driver assistance, and more. Additionally, it is developing low-speed automated driving and intelligent parking lot management systems.
- Apr 2025Seed—
#11
Public · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2009 · 1300 employees$572.7Mraised▾
Pateo providesSaas & AI enabled infotainment solutions for connected vehicles. It offers products that include connected car solutions packages for automotive OEMs including infotainment systems with related hardware and cloud-based telematics services. It has developed a smart car platform for OEMs to develop their infotainment dashboards and provide connected car services. It also has aftermarket products.
- Mar 2024Series D$208M
- Nov 2022Series C$41.2M
- Jun 2022Series C$149.4M
- Mar 2022Series B$47.3M
#12
Series B · Suzhou, Jiangsu · founded 2019$15.6Mraised▾
Provider of cloud-enabled autonomous trucks for transport & logistics industry. The company offers self-driving vehicles for ports & warehouses. It helps in managing transportation operations. It includes operational scheduling, health monitoring, and maintenance services.
- May 2025Series B$13.8M
- Nov 2021Series B$15.6M
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