Automatic
Acquired
What they do:
Automatic connects your car to the rest of your digital life.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Mobility Startups in California
This list has 61 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 9 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (54) and Los Angeles (6). Largest teams: Cruise, Chariot, and Embark Trucks. Latest round: Shoreline Bespoke Vehicles raised $877K (Oct 1, 2026).
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Boosted
Acquired
What they do:
Simple, fun, and fast electric vehicles.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
CarDash
Acquired
What they do:
Managed marketplace for automotive services.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Phiar
Acquired
What they do:
We are developing a revolutionary AI-powered augmented reality…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Carlypso
Acquired
What they do:
Used car marketplace
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Curo
Acquired
What they do:
Electric fleets park and charge anywhere with Curo
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
lvl5
Acquired
What they do:
HD maps for self-driving cars.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Embark
Acquired
What they do:
Public transit apps. Acquired by Apple in 2013.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Palifer
Acquired
What they do:
Predictive maintenance models for trains and heavy industry
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Auro Robotics
Acquired
What they do:
Autonomous shuttles for campus-like environments.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S15Early stage
Moxion Power Co.
Shut down
What they do:
Mobile Energy Storage Technology
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Faction
Shut down
What they do:
Driverless electric vehicles at a fraction of the cost of a car.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mosaix.ai
Shut down
What they do:
Mosaix builds the NLP for the local languages at the emerging markets.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Exosonic, Inc.
Shut down
What they do:
Developing supersonic UAVs as a pathway to quiet supersonic flight
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Ridejoy
Shut down
What they do:
Long-distance carpooling marketplace. Shut down in early 2013.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
CarWoo
Shut down
What they do:
The best way to buy a new car.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Open Motors
Shut down
What they do:
Open Motors (formerly OSVehicle) is a B2B company that is developing…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Starsky Robotics
Shut down
What they do:
Driverless Trucks, for real.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Paneau
Shut down
What they do:
Tablets inside Uber/Lyfts to advertise directly to riders
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Vizy
Shut down
What they do:
An all-in-one virtual office for remote teams
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Carsabi
Shut down
What they do:
Carsabi is the search engine for used cars
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Fixed
Shut down
What they do:
iPhone app to fight your parking tickets.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Skip
Shut down
What they do:
Electric scooters for reliable last-mile transportation.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Overflux
Shut down
What they do:
Streamline EV charger installations for real estate developers
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
RoverRide
Shut down
What they do:
A universal urban transit app. Given all transportation options…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W13Early stage