Simulation and development platform for autonomous vehicles.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 2, 2026
Applied Intuition is a privately held physical-AI and vehicle-intelligence company founded in 2017. It builds the digital infrastructure—simulation, data, autonomy software, operating systems, and agentic workflows—that helps organizations develop, validate, deploy, and operate intelligent machines across automotive, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture, defense, maritime, and aerospace. The company says 18 of the top 20 global automakers and major U.S. defense programs use its solutions.
Primary product
An end-to-end physical-AI platform centered on Dana (agentic physical-AI development), Vehicle OS, Self-Driving System/autonomy stacks, and simulation, data-management, testing, and validation tools.
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Team size
1,000–1,500; public sources report approximately 1,198 to 1,425 employees in 2026, while the company describes 1,000+ engineers.
Work style
Onsite
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Industry
Software development
Sub-industry
Physical AI, autonomous-vehicle software, simulation/validation, vehicle operating systems, and defense autonomy
Offices
Business model
Stage
Late-stage private / decacorn
Total raised
$1.2B
Latest round
Series F plus tender offer · Jun 2025
Latest amount
$600M
Jun 2025 · [BlackRock and Kleiner Perkins](https://www.appliedintuition.com/press-releases/series-f)
Jun 2025 · BlackRock-managed funds and accounts, Kleiner Perkins
Jul 2024 · Fidelity Investments
Mar 2024 · Lux Capital, Elad Gil, Porsche Investments Management
Nov 2021 · Elad Gil, Addition, Coatue
Oct 2020 · Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst
Sep 2019 · General Catalyst
Sep 2018 · Marc Andreessen
Jan 2017 · Lux Capital
Leadership
Co-founder and CEO
Co-founder and CTO
President
Brian Dong
Chief Financial Officer
General Manager, Defense
Deputy CTO
Developer Infrastructure Manager
Catherine Wang
Recruiting Manager
Investors
Technical, fast-paced, customer-oriented, and strongly execution-focused. The company emphasizes speed, a high quality bar, direct customer exposure, small decision-making groups, frequent six-month performance reviews, internal promotion, and a predominantly in-office culture. Its public recruiting material says engineers generally work from the office five days per week, with flexibility for appointments, illness, and occasional remote work.
Work style
Onsite
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public H-1B/LCA data indicates substantial U.S. sponsorship activity and high base-salary levels. A third-party compilation of 2025 filings reports an average proffered H-1B salary of approximately $204,974; 2026 role data shows software-engineering ranges roughly from $95,638 to $290,000 depending on level and location. Equity and bonus practices are not fully disclosed publicly.
Benefits
Pricing
Not publicly listed; appears to be negotiated enterprise pricing for software/platform access, simulation and data usage, deployment, integration, and government programs.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $500 million–$1 billion annual revenue/ARR; Sacra estimates approximately $830 million ARR for 2025, but Applied Intuition does not publicly disclose audited revenue.
Estimated monthly visits
98.6K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Applied Intuition acquired EpiSci, a defense-autonomy software company, to expand from primarily ground systems into air, sea, and space. Terms were not disclosed; management said the transaction was capability-oriented and that EpiSci employees would be retained.
SourceApplied Intuition / AeroVironment · Jul 2026
Applied’s Acuity ISR/Strike software will be integrated with AeroVironment’s Mayhem 10 launched-effects system for supervised collaborative autonomy and swarm operations.
Applied Intuition · Jul 2026
Applied launched Dana, an agentic platform for building, testing, deploying, and operating physical-AI systems; early-access customers include Komatsu and Isuzu.
Stellantis · May 2026
The companies expanded their partnership to Vehicle OS, Cabin Intelligence, autonomy systems, simulation, validation, and deployment for Stellantis’s next-generation STLA Brain platform.
Forbes · Feb 2026
Forbes covered Applied Intuition's strategy to extend autonomy beyond passenger vehicles to all moving machines, describing strategic deals and the company's positioning in the autonomy ecosystem. (summary based on published excerpt and article paywall) [https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/12/applied-intuition-billionaires-plan-to-bring-self-driving-tech-to-everything-that-moves](https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/12/applied-intuition-billionaires-plan-to-bring-self-driving-tech-to-everything-that-moves)
Applied Intuition (press release) · Jun 2025
Applied Intuition announced a $600M Series F at a $15B post-money valuation, co-led by BlackRock and Kleiner Perkins; the company said proceeds will support product expansion across automotive, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture, and defense and highlighted partnerships with Porsche, Audi, Isuzu, OpenAI, and others. [https://www.appliedintuition.com/press-releases/series-f](https://www.appliedintuition.com/press-releases/series-f)