Mapbox

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 5, 2026

Overview

Mapbox is a private, engineering-led location-intelligence and mapping platform. It provides customizable maps, search, geospatial data, navigation, routing, and AI-enhanced location tools for mobile/web applications, logistics, automotive, retail, travel, manufacturing, and other location-aware businesses.

Primary product

Cloud location platform comprising Maps, Search, Navigation, geospatial data, APIs, SDKs, Mapbox Studio, Mapbox GL JS, Mapbox Tiling Service, and automotive navigation.

Founded

2011

Headquarters

Washington, DC, United States (some current company materials and releases describe San Francisco; public databases conflict).

Team size

Approximately 700–958; 905 reported for 2025 and 958 for June 2026 by private-company databases.

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

Location intelligence, digital mapping, geospatial software, navigation APIs and SDKs

Offices

Washington, DC, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Minsk, Belarus

Helsinki, Finland

Tokyo, Japan

Business model

Usage-based SaaS/API pricing

Pay-as-you-go and volume-discount developer services

Enterprise annual commitments

Commercial application and automotive licensing

Private/on-premises Mapbox Atlas licensing

Support subscriptions

Funding

Stage

Series E / venture-capital-backed private company

Total raised

$640M

Latest round

Series E · Sep 2023

Latest amount

$280M

Series E

Sep 2023 · SoftBank Group

$280M

Series D

Apr 2020

Series C

Oct 2017 · SoftBank Vision Fund

$164M

Series B

Jun 2015 · DFJ Growth

$52.6M

Series A

Oct 2013

Grant

Sep 2012

$575K

People & investors

Leadership

Peter Sirota

Chief Executive Officer

Young Hahn

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

Scott Hill

Chief Financial Officer

Fiona O'Donnell

Chief People Officer

Barry Robinson

Senior Vice President, Customer Engagement

Laurel Finch

General Counsel and Secretary

Alex Barth

Vice President, Automotive

Founders

Bonnie Bogle

Co-founder; former VP of Operations

Eric Gundersen

Co-founder; Chair of the Board

Will White

Founding team; Head of Sales

Investors

Work & culture

Builder- and developer-oriented culture emphasizing calculated risk-taking, data-driven decisions, individual ownership, technical excellence, inclusion, and high-performance teams. Mapbox describes itself as “for builders, by builders.”

Work style

Flexible

Visa sponsorship

Limited

Compensation

Public signals indicate equity and standard health/family benefits; third-party employer data reports compensation as a relative strength. Exact salary bands and sponsorship vary by role and location and were not consistently public.

Benefits

Company equity

Health, dental and flexible spending benefits

Family medical leave and childcare/family benefits

Tuition assistance and talent development

Commuter benefits

Employee resource groups

Pet-friendly office perks

Free snacks and drinks

Product & market

Pricing

Metered, pay-as-you-go pricing by map loads, seats, API requests, sessions, tiles, navigation events and data processing; volume discounts and annual commitments are available. Enterprise, support, commercial-license and Atlas/on-premises pricing also exist.

Differentiators

—Highly customizable cartography and map styling
—Unified maps, search, navigation, routing and geospatial-data platform
—Developer-first APIs, SDKs and documentation
—Real-time traffic and routing capabilities
—Automotive embedded/offline navigation and 3D rendering
—Privacy/security positioning and flexible deployment including Atlas
—Large global developer and enterprise ecosystem

Technology

Mapbox proprietary rendering technology

Mapbox GL JS

OpenGL

Vulkan

C++

JavaScript

Kotlin

Java

Swift

Flutter

React Native

GraphQL

Docker

Kubernetes/Istio

AWS

Google Cloud Spanner

Redis

Snowflake

OpenStreetMap/geospatial data

AI and machine-learning location services

Customers

Toyota

General Motors

BMW

The Weather Company

Instacart

Octopus Energy/Kraken

Automotive OEMs

Logistics providers

Retail and travel companies

More than 4 million registered developers and nearly 40% of Fortune 500 companies, according to Mapbox/Crunchbase descriptions

Competitors

Google Maps Platform

HERE Technologies

TomTom

Esri

Microsoft Azure Maps

Apple Maps

MapLibre/OpenStreetMap-based stacks

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $90M–$150M annual revenue/ARR estimate; GetLatka reports $92.95M estimated ARR for 2025, while LinkedIn-derived third-party data gives $100M–$150M.

Estimated monthly visits

2.3M

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Public private-market data reports acquisitions of Human (2016), MapData (2017), Fitness AR (2017), and Mapzen (2018); transaction details and ongoing integration status are limited.

Source

Other

Mapbox reportedly explored a public listing via a SoftBank-backed SPAC in 2021, then dropped the plan as technology markets deteriorated; no shutdown or material layoff was confirmed in the reviewed sources.

Source

Other

Jul 2026

A third-party report alleges customer concern about increasingly granular usage-based pricing; treat as an unverified market signal rather than a confirmed company risk event.

Source

Latest news

Mapbox Releases: Spring Release 2025 and Later Product Updates

Mapbox · May 2025

Mapbox’s product-release stream highlights continued investment in boundaries, geofencing, search, 3D/customizable maps, indoor mapping, tiling and navigation capabilities through 2025–2026.

Mapbox and Kraken Modernize Utility Operations with AI-Powered Logistics

PR Newswire / Mapbox · Apr 2025

Kraken integrated Mapbox Matrix and Directions APIs into utility field-service scheduling and routing; the case study reports material reductions in driving time and miles for Octopus Energy.

Mapbox and Cerence AI Collaborate on Voice-Driven Navigation

Mapbox/Cerence AI · Jan 2025

The companies announced integration of Cerence voice capabilities with Mapbox navigation for connected and embedded automotive and mobile experiences.

Mapbox Launches Virtual Head Unit with Arm

Mapbox · Dec 2024

Mapbox and Arm launched a cloud-based virtual head unit to accelerate testing and validation of navigation stacks for software-defined vehicles.

Mapbox Secures $280M Series E Funding Led by SoftBank

Mapbox · Sep 2023

Mapbox announced a $280M Series E led by SoftBank to invest in AI location services and expand automotive capabilities; the announcement cites Toyota, GM and BMW use cases.

Jobs and careers at Mapbox

49 jobs at Mapbox

Senior AI Engineer, Location AI

Remote

Location AI

Mapbox Helsinki; Finland

1d ago

Remote

Full-time