DeepRoute.ai
About
About DeepRoute.ai
DeepRoute.ai builds the software layer that turns production vehicles into assisted or autonomous driving platforms. DeepRoute IO combines perception, prediction, planning and control in an end-to-end architecture designed to reduce dependence on high-definition maps and support deployment across multiple vehicle and compute configurations.
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Shenzhen, the company works with automotive manufacturers on mass-production driving programs while continuing robotaxi development. Its December 2025 collaboration with Horizon Robotics targets a higher-level assisted-driving solution based on the Journey 6P processor.
Supply
Supply chain relationships
Funding
- 2021-09-14 - Series B - >$300M - DeepRoute.ai raises more than USD 300M Series B at valuation above USD 1B
valuation: $1B - The company completed a private financing with source-backed terms. - source: globenewswire.com
Investors
- Alibaba Group - Lead - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2021-09-14
- Fosun RZ Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-09-14
- Glory Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-09-14
- Jeneration Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-09-14
- Yunqi Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-09-14
Team
- Maxwell Zhou - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer - Leads DeepRoute.ai’s autonomous-driving software and commercialization strategy.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-12 - Partnership - DeepRoute.ai and TomTom sign automated-driving MoU
A demonstration vehicle will be shown on Paris roads during the Paris Motor Show. The integration grounds advanced L2+ and L2++ functions in road layouts, local rules and regional driving context. Selected participants can book demonstration test drives during the show.
Source - 2025-12-09 - Partnership - DeepRoute.ai and Horizon partner on Journey 6P assisted driving
On 9 December 2025, DeepRoute.ai and Horizon signed a cooperation agreement to develop advanced assisted-driving solutions around Horizon’s Journey 6P processor. The programme combines DeepRoute.ai’s driving software with Horizon’s production-oriented compute platform and targets a balance of driving performance, functional safety and system cost. The announcement targets scalable delivery to automaker customers, but names no production vehicle or completed deployment, so the record remains a signed partnership rather than a commercial launch.
Source - 2021-09-14 - Funding - DeepRoute.ai raises more than USD 300M Series B at valuation above USD 1B
Alibaba Group led the Series B, with Jeneration Capital joining existing investors Fosun RZ Capital, Yunqi Partners and Glory Ventures. DeepRoute.ai described the completed financing as totaling more than $300 million. Separate contemporaneous reporting placed the valuation above $1 billion without specifying a pre-money or post-money basis.
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Relations
Relationships
- Horizon Robotics
Autonomous Driving Compute Partner - DeepRoute.ai and Horizon Robotics are developing a higher-level assisted-driving solution based on the Journey 6P processor.
- TomTom
Partner - DeepRoute.ai and TomTom signed an MoU for automated-driving technical work and integrated TomTom location data into DeepRoute.ai’s driving stack.