Best Autonomous Vehicles Companies in United Kingdom
The 45 best Autonomous Vehicles companies in United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Wayve.
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Ranked: Best Autonomous Vehicles companies in United Kingdom
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Stage | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3SC Developer of comprehensive autonomous transit system | — | — | — | — | — | Unfunded | — | — |
| 2 | AutoVision Vision solutions for self-driving cars | — | — | — | XINMING HUANG Founder & CEO | — | Deadpooled | — | — |
| 3 | Carziqo Developer of autonomous driving systems for advanced driver assistance | — | — | — | Arielleth Thalren Co-Founder | Windows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+7 | Unfunded | — | — |
| 4 | Cube Intelligence Blockchain-based security platform for auto industry | — | — | 1 | Bong H Lee Co-Founder | — | Unfunded | — | — |
| 5 | ECAVIA Developer of web-enabled portal for connectivity | — | — | — | Raj Tadepalli Founder & CTO | — | Unfunded | — | — |
| 6 | Homepage-Oxa Developer of self-driving software and modular hardware for industrial vehicles | — | — | — | Paul Newman Co-Founder & CEO | — | Early Stage | — | — |
| 7 | IMPERIUM DRIVE Provider of autonomous vehicle technology for cars | — | — | 3 | Koosha Kaveh Co-Founder & CEO | — | Funding Raised | 3 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 8 | KAN Engineering Provider of simulation technologies and solutions for the development, testing, and validation of automotive… | — | — | — | Amir Masoud Soltani Founder and Managing Director | — | Unfunded | — | — |
Top 12 Autonomous Vehicles companies in United Kingdom
#1
Wayve 🦄Series D · London, England · founded 2017 · 42 employees$1.3Braised▾
Platform offering AI-enabled software for autonomous driving. The company develops systems that integrate artificial intelligence with cloud-based tools to support vehicle automation. AI Driver uses neural networks to enable adaptive driving, supporting features like intelligent speed assist, lane keeping, and emergency braking in a hardware-agnostic platform.
- Apr 2026Series D$60M
- Feb 2026Series D$1.2B
- Nov 2025Series C$1.4M
- Aug 2024Series C$26.4M
#2
Series D · Oxford, England · founded 2014 · 315 employees$245.5Mraised▾
Developer of autonomous software for industrial vehicles and fleet management. This technology enables self-driving capabilities for various industrial transport equipment. The software integrates with existing hardware to automate repetitive driving tasks. Fleet management tools support the coordination and monitoring of these vehicles within operational environments. The system focuses on perception, localization, and path planning to facilitate movement in complex settings.
- Mar 2026Series D$103M
- Oct 2023Series C—
- Dec 2022Series C$140M
- Oct 2021Series B—
#3
Public · Coventry, England · founded 2017 · 70 employees$19.6Mraised▾
Manufacturer of automated ground handling technology for aviation and automotive. This business designs and engineers smart airside solutions for baggage and cargo operations. It also develops design engineering support, product solutions, and manufactured components for vehicle manufacturers. The technical offerings include automated transport vehicles, simulation software, and electronic systems for industrial applications.
- Sep 2025Post IPO$18.9M
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$293.5K
- Feb 2020Grant (prize money)$336.4K
#4
Series A · Birmingham, England · founded 2015 · 37 employees$625.2Mraised▾
Provider of AI-enabled autonomous-vehicle and mobility management platform. It develops AI and machine learning techniques to improve asset management, customer experience and operational efficiency. It offers various products like Conapp, which is a passenger mobility application, ConOPTIUM that offers a real-time decision-making platform, and more. It offers solutions for airport automation, agriculture automation, mining automation, and more.
- Sep 2023Series A$623.1M
- Sep 2023Conventional Debt—
- Nov 2020Seed$2.1M
- Oct 2018Seed—
#5
Series A · Warwick, England · founded 2017 · 28 employees$15.1Mraised▾
AI and cloud-enabled battery management and motion control system. The company develops AI-enabled battery management system and model based motion control system. It uses various technology like cloud, AI and more.
- Jan 2024Series A—
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)—
- Nov 2021Grant (prize money)$28.1K
- Sep 2021Series A$11M
#6
Series A · London, England · founded 2018 · 28 employees$13.5Mraised▾
AI-enabled autonomous mobility solutions for industrial automation. The retrofitting port and logistics vehicles with intelligent systems to enhance efficiency and sustainability. It features a suite of technologies including the Autonomous Intelligent Operating System (AIOS) for precision 3D mapping and navigation, the Autonomous Fleet Operator (AIFO) for optimized scheduling and path planning, and the Autonomous Retrofitting System (AIRS) for upgrading existing vehicles with autonomous capabilities.
- Mar 2023Series A—
- Nov 2022Series A$6.7M
- Nov 2021Series A$2.1M
- Sep 2020Series A$3.6M
#7
Acquired · Bristol, England · founded 2015 · 129 employees$77Mraised▾
Five AI provides a complete software stack for autonomous vehicles. They are creating an autonomous driver system which would not require high precision and high detail navigation 3D maps. They are planning to achieve this by using a combination of sensors (LiDAR, Camera, IMS, etc.), deep learning based computer vision systems, and motion planning systems to enable the car drive autonomously. As of July 2016, the product is under development.
- Mar 2020Series B$41M
- Sep 2017Series A$18M
- Sep 2017Grant (prize money)$17M
- Jul 2016Seed$2.7M
#8
Series A · London, England · founded 2017 · 46 employees$17Mraised▾
Humanising Autonomy provides AI-enabled decision-making software for autonomous vehicles. It offers a solution based on the pedestrian's intent. It offers a predictive AI and cloud-based data analytics platform. It offers various solutions like ADAS solutions, driver assistance, V2X solutions, cloud-based video analytics, etc.
- Feb 2023Conventional Debt—
- Oct 2021Series A$11M
- Jun 2019Seed$5.3M
- Jul 2018Seed—
#9
Acquired · Oxford, England · founded 2017 · 2 employees$7.1Mraised▾
Developer of autonomous vehicle software for industrial logistics fleet operations. This technology enables self-driving capabilities for vehicles used in the movement and management of goods on private land. The software platform integrates with drive-by-wire systems and teleoperation tools to facilitate vehicle control. These systems support the automation of industrial transport tasks to assist with the movement of materials within logistics hubs, retail fulfillment centers, ports, and airports.
- May 2023Grant (prize money)$214.6K
- Jun 2021Seed$5.7M
- May 2021Grant (prize money)$270K
- Aug 2020Grant (prize money)—
#10
Series A · United Kingdom · founded 2019 · 17 employees$14.8Mraised▾
AI and natural-intelligence-enabled solutions for autonomous vehicles. It develops an algorithm that helps to sense, navigate, make decisions. The algorithm mimics the working pattern of bees that has been programmed and structured that can be transferred onto customized silicon chips that can be in vehicles to avoid the collision. These chips have been used in drones, industrial robots, cars, etc.
- Jun 2022Series A$12M
- Nov 2020Seed$2.8M
#11
Series A · London, England · founded 2018 · 1 employees$4.6Mraised▾
AI-enabled perception system for autonomous systems. It offers products like LNG Auto-Calibrate offers a latent-based software system that balances & automatically connects to the sensor array, LGN Intelligent Select which transfers and stores data in a highly compressed format. It offers features like reduced training cost, optimized data collection, optimized transfer, and processing cost, and more.
- Oct 2021Series A—
- Mar 2021Series A$2M
- Dec 2020Series A$1.3M
- Oct 2019Seed$620.2K
#12
Seed · London, England · founded 2020 · 13 employees$2.4Mraised▾
Developer of AI-powered robotic technology for farmers. It develops field robots that help growers manage labor-intensive crops by conducting fieldwork. It's an autonomous robot that comes with custom harvesting tools and uses machine learning to detect monitor and harvest crops. It uses battery-powered field robots.
- Aug 2022Seed$1.8M
- Mar 2022Seed—
- 2021Seed—
- Apr 2021Seed$591.9K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Autonomous Vehicles coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Autonomous Vehicles is moving in the United Kingdom
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 867 United Kingdom-affiliated papers.
- University of Glasgow45
- University College London35
- University of Warwick31
- University of Oxford30
- Loughborough University30
- Computer vision2→34
- Lidar1→18
- Point cloud1→12
- Computer network1→11
- Obstacle1→5
- Transport engineering1→17
- Control theory (sociology)1→11
- Motion planning1→8
- Automotive engineering1→7
- Task (project management)1→5
- Humanities2→24
- Computer security2→20
- Philosophy1→16
- Context (archaeology)4→17
- Perception2→12
Where autonomous vehicles is researched across United Kingdom
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.
Who's filing autonomous vehicles patents in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom autonomous vehicles patent filing is accelerating — 674 filings from 479 assignees (2016–2025), led by FIVE AI, OXA Autonomy, BAE Systems; annual filings 46→60.
- FIVE AI97
- OXA Autonomy48
- BAE Systems39
- Glaxo Group36
- Jaguar LAND Rover34
- Syngenta26
- Pilkington Group15
- British American Tobacco Investm15
Common questions
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