(This article is reproduced from an official article of the "Low-speed Autonomous Driving Industry Alliance") According to the New Strategy Low-speed Autonomous Driving All-Media Editorial Department, the Qichacha report shows that since the investment and financing of autonomous

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2025-10-11

( This article is reprinted from the " Low-speed Autonomous Driving Industry Alliance" official article)

According to the New Strategy Low-speed Autonomous Driving All-Media Editorial Department, the Enterprise Chacha report shows that since the investment and financing of autonomous driving tracks began to sprout in 2013, it has "attracted" more than 200 billion in gold globally in the past ten years.

Generally speaking, vehicle companies are still the main source of money, and even after the car manufacturing boom period, their charm remains undiminished; at the same time, in recent years, chips and lidar tracks have gradually become a hot topic; with the maturity of autonomous driving technology, Robotaxi track companies are seeking technology implementation by expanding the scale of vehicles and starting a car manufacturing model, and are favored by capital. This time, the editorial department took stock of the top ten “money-attracting households” on the autonomous driving track.

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. Horizon

Total financing : US$3.4 billion

Since its establishment in 2015, Horizon has been favored by several car companies. Not only has it received a lot of financial support, but it has also reached cooperation intentions with many car companies and launched in-depth cooperation in the fields of in-vehicle chips and autonomous driving. In addition, Horizon has also received investment from companies and institutions such as Intel, SK Hynix, CATL , etc.

According to data from Qichacha, if the undisclosed financing amount is not calculated, Horizon’s cumulative financing exceeds US$3.4 billion (approximately RMB 24.33 billion). At present, Horizon has reached designated cooperation with more than 20 car companies and won the pre-installation contract for more than 70 models. The shipment volume of Journey series chips exceeds 1 million pieces, and it has more than 100 ecological partners. In terms of team size, Horizon currently has more than 2,000 employees and more than 1,500 R&D personnel.

. Momenta

Total financing: nearly 1.3 billion US dollars

In 2016, Cao Xudong founded Momenta. The company's goal is to "build the brain for autonomous driving." At the same time, behind Momenta, a complex picture of capital emerges. Among car companies, there are SAIC, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, Toyota and NIO; among enterprises, there are Tencent Investment of Tencent, Yunfeng Capital of Alibaba, and Shunwei Capital of Xiaomi; among institutions, well-known investment institutions such as GGV, Zhenge, Innovation Works, and Blue Lake have entered the industry.

. WeRide

Total financing: nearly 10 billion yuan

WeRide, as the leading autonomous driving startup unicorn in China, has completed 9 rounds of financing since its establishment in April 2017, attracting nearly US$1.5 billion, and its latest valuation exceeds US$4.4 billion. In August 2022, Fortune Chinese released the 2022 Fortune China's list of China's most socially influential startups. WeRide, as the world's leading L4 autonomous driving technology company, was a strong finalist.

. Didi Autonomous Driving

Total financing: US$1.1 billion

Since Didi autonomous driving was officially registered and established in 2019, the autonomous driving R&D team has exceeded 500 people, has more than 100 autonomous vehicles at home and abroad, and has obtained road test licenses in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Hefei, California, and other places.

. Pony.ai

Total financing: nearly 8 billion yuan

Pony.ai was founded in 2016 and focuses on autonomous driving solutions. Since the completion of Series C financing in early February 2021, Pony.ai has achieved multiple milestones in the fields of autonomous driving travel services (Robotaxi) and smart logistics , including the official rollout of autonomous vehicles from standardized production lines and into large-scale operations.

. Zebra Zhixing

Total financing: over 5 billion yuan

In 2015, Alibaba and SAIC Motor jointly invested 1 billion to establish Zebra Zhixing. Banma has 11 years of operating system technology accumulation, more than 100 million lines of code, and more than 2,000 operating system-related patents. It has cooperated with major car companies such as SAIC, FAW, and Volkswagen on nearly 100 models, covering more than 3 million smart car users. The number of intelligent interactions between people and vehicles exceeds 10 billion, and it has accumulated rich technology and service experience.

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