Autobrains
About
About Autobrains
Autobrains was created in 2019 as an autonomous-driving venture emerging from Cortica’s self-learning visual-AI work. Founder Igal Raichelgauz leads a Tel Aviv-based company that reports more than $140 million raised, over 300 patents and additional operations in Munich, France and Asia.
Its commercial stack is deliberately broader than a single robotaxi policy. Smart Camera targets regulation and NCAP functions on roughly 1–2 TOPS of compute; Thinking AI organises driving intelligence into scenario-specific agents for L2++ through L4; and Air2Road matches ground camera views against aerial signatures for centimetre-level localisation. The company says the architecture is sensor- and SoC-agnostic. Named programmes with VinFast and Uber move the technology beyond generic research, although production volumes and unit economics remain customer-dependent.
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- VinFast
Outbound - Autonomy Software - Autobrains supplies Agentic AI software for the VinFast Level 4 autonomous-driving program in Southeast Asia
Source
Funding
- 2022-03-10 - Series C - $120M - Autobrains closes USD 120M Series C at USD 267.5M pre-money valuation
valuation: $267.5M - Autobrains completed a $120 million Series C led by Temasek to advance its autonomous-driving AI and expand into trucks and additional global markets. - source: prnewswire.com
Investors
- BMW i Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-10
- Continental - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-10
- Knorr-Bremse - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-10
- Temasek - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-10
- VinFast - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-10
Team
- Igal Raichelgauz - Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Founder and chief executive
- Adam Harel - Senior Vice President, R&D - R&D leadership
- Doron Chen - Chief Operating Officer - Operations leadership
- Karl-Thomas Neumann - Chairman - Board chair
- Awy Julianto - Board Member - Board member
- Ziv Leitman - Chief Financial Officer - Finance leadership
Timeline
Events
- 2026-06-01 - Partnership - VinFast, Autobrains and NVIDIA launch Agentic AI L4 program for Southeast Asia
The program combines Autobrains Agentic AI with NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion 10 compute. VinFast is developing a Level 4 platform for Southeast Asian traffic environments. The collaboration pairs VinFast vehicle integration, NVIDIA high-performance compute, and Autobrains AV software.
Source - 2022-03-10 - Funding - Autobrains closes USD 120M Series C at USD 267.5M pre-money valuation
Temasek led the final Series C close, with participation from existing investors Continental and BMW i Ventures. PitchBook records USD 267.5 million as the pre-money valuation for the financing. The valuation is tied to the completed Series C and is not an acquisition or public-market value.
Source
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Context tags
- Autonomous-driving technology stack - Stack Layer - Autobrains develops automotive autonomy software from ADAS through Level 4. https://autobrains.ai/technology/
- Autonomous vehicle driving - Workflow - Thinking AI performs perception, risk assessment and driving decisions for road vehicles. https://autobrains.ai/
- Integrated ADAS platform - Stack Layer - Autobrains supplies Smart Camera and broader ADAS software for production vehicle programmes. https://autobrains.ai/