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Applied Intuition — Startup ProfileVehicle intelligence for every moving machineHQ: Mountain View, CA, United States | Founded: 2017 | Employees: 700-1,100 | Stage: Late Stage VC — Series F | Website: https://www.appliedintuition.comAboutApplied Intuition provides software infrastructure to safely develop, test, and deploy autonomous vehicles at scale. Founded in 2017 by Qasar Younis (CEO, former COO of Y Combinator, ex-Google product lead) and Peter Ludwig (CTO, ex-Google engineering), both Y Combinator alumni, the company is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Its platform is used by 18 of the top 20 global automakers including General Motors, Toyota, and TRATON, plus trucking, construction, mining, agriculture and defense customers such as General Dynamics and the US Army. The company has grown to $400M revenue in 2024 (Sacra est. $415M) and ~$830M ARR in 2025, with ~80% gross margins.The platform spans three pillars: Tools & Infrastructure (14 products for simulation, sensor modeling, scenario generation, datKey Metrics

Latest Valuation: $15B (Series F, June 2025) — $6B Series E Mar 2024

Last Round: $600M Series F (June 2025)

Total Funding: $1.2B+ (primary + secondary) / $600M+ primary

Revenue / ARR: $400M (2024) → $830M ARR est. 2025

Headcount: 700-1,100

Customers: 18+ top OEMs + defense (GM, Toyota, TRATON, General Dynamics, US Army)

Funding Rounds

Round: Undisclosed (2018-09-12) — Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital, Elad Gil

Round: Undisclosed (2019-09-12) — General Catalyst, Lux Capital

Round: Undisclosed (2020-10-22) — General Catalyst, Lux Capital

Round: $175M (2021-11-11) — Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue

Round: $250M (2024-03-12) — Lux Capital, Elad Gil, General Catalyst

Key People

Qasar Younis

Peter Ludwig

Key Competitors

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Timeline Highlights

2025-02-06: Acquisition: EpiSci

2024-07-25: Oversubscribed $300M Secondary Financing

2024-03-12: Series E: $250M at $6B Valuation

2023-05-25: Vehicle OS and Autonomy Stack Expansion

2021-11-11: Series D: $175M at $3.6B Valuation