May Mobility

Operating milestones

• Operating milestone

  2026-07-01 - May Mobility reported completing more than 550,000 commercial rides across operations in the United States and Japan. - May Mobility commercial autonomous operations in the United States and Japan

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• Operating milestone

  2026-07-01 - May Mobility reported driving more than 1.1 million autonomous miles across operations in the United States and Japan. - May Mobility commercial autonomous operations in the United States and Japan

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• Operating use

  2026-09-11 - The central Nagoya programme covers 20 autonomous-driving routes. - Nagoya autonomous-driving trial - Central Nagoya

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• Operating use

  2026-09-11 - The central Nagoya trial route network spans approximately 33 kilometres. - Nagoya autonomous-driving trial - Central Nagoya

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• Operating use

  2026-09-11 - Three autonomous vehicles began operating in the central Nagoya trial on September 11. - Nagoya autonomous-driving trial - Central Nagoya

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Supply chain relationships

• Aeva Technologies

  Inbound - Sensing And Perception - May Mobility selected Aeva’s Aeries II as its exclusive long-range lidar under a supply agreement through 2028

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• Deepen AI

  Inbound - Software - May Mobility uses Deepen AI software to calibrate fleet sensors and annotate sensor data for autonomous vehicles

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• Ouster

  Inbound - Perception - Ouster is contracted to supply LiDAR for May Mobility autonomous platform

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• 2023-11-07 - Series D - $105M - May Mobility raises $105M Series D led by NTT Group

  May Mobility raised $105 million in Series D funding led by NTT Group to scale autonomous transit services. - source: maymobility.com

• 2022-01-26 - Series C initial close - $83M - May Mobility announces $83 million initial Series C close

  May Mobility announced an $83 million initial Series C close led by Mirai Creation Fund II to scale autonomous mobility services and Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS deployments. - source: maymobility.com

• BMW i Ventures - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-01-26 - latest 2023-11-07
• Millennium Technology Value Partners - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-01-26 - latest 2023-11-07
• Toyota Ventures - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - strategic/corporate - first seen 2022-01-26 - latest 2023-11-07
• 1843 Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-01-26
• Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-11-07
• Bay Lake Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-01-26
• Cyrus Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-11-07
• Cyrus Capital Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-01-26
• Mirai Creation Fund II - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-01-26
• NTT Group - Lead - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2023-11-07
• State Farm Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-11-07
• Tokio Marine - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-01-26
• Toyota Tsusho - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2022-01-26
• Trucks Venture Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-11-07

• Sid Venkatesan - Chief Strategy Officer & General Counsel - Venkatesan leads corporate strategy, safety and compliance processes, legal work and protection of May Mobility's intellectual property and data.
• Jacob Crossman - Senior Vice President of Autonomy - Crossman leads May Mobility's autonomy and robotics engineering functions and the development and deployment of its autonomous vehicles.
• Lukas Schrader - Vice President of Vehicle Platform Engineering - Schrader leads the vehicle platforms underpinning May Mobility's autonomy stack, including work with automotive OEM and Tier 1 partners.
• Matthew Wood - Vice President of Autonomy Engineering Verification & Validation - Wood leads autonomy engineering verification and validation, including safety and performance evidence for commercial deployments.
• Edwin Olson - Chief Executive Officer - Olson leads May Mobility autonomous vehicle technology and deployment strategy.
• Tom Tang - Chief People & Customer Operations Officer - Tang leads May Mobility's people and customer operations, connecting workforce scale with field execution and fleet performance for ride-hail and city services.
• Manik Dhar - Chief Commercial Officer - Dhar develops and executes May Mobility's commercial growth strategy.
• Thomas Fennimore - Chief Financial Officer - Fennimore oversees May Mobility's finance functions and investor relations.
• Balajee Kannan - Senior Vice President of Autonomy Core Engineering - Kannan oversees autonomy performance, integration, machine learning, perception, behavior, mapping and localization for May Mobility.
• Frank Renwick - Vice President of Marketing and Communications - Renwick leads May Mobility's marketing and communications.
• Daisy Wall - Vice President of Ride-Hail - Wall leads May Mobility's ride-hail commercial partnerships, policy and advocacy.

Events

• 2026-09-16 - Market Signal - May Mobility agrees to proposed Nasdaq listing through ACP Holdings merger

  The transaction could deliver up to $337M in gross proceeds, including a committed $120M PIPE. The combined company is expected to trade on Nasdaq as MAY if the deal closes. Closing remains subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals; May Mobility remains private until completion.

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• 2026-09-14 - Deployment - NTT Mobility and May Mobility begin Toyota City autonomous-driving trial

  The first route runs between Toyota City Station and Toyota Stadium East through February 26, 2027, with free reserved rides for up to four passengers. A rural Sienna phase is planned for November, followed by an e-Palette route in a suburban district in February 2027. The programme evaluates Level 2 driving safety, remote supervision, transport-service viability and operating practices needed for eventual Level 4 service.

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• 2026-09-03 - Demonstration - May Mobility and NTT Mobility start e-Palette public-road testing

  The test operates around NTT Mobility's Co-Creation Hub in Musashino, Tokyo. NTT Mobility contributes communications, remote operations and in-cabin operating support. The partners plan additional Japanese demonstration sites this fiscal year; nationwide service and Level 4 operation remain future targets.

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• 2026-08-12 - Contract Award - May Mobility joins Aichi-commissioned Nagoya autonomous-vehicle trial

  The planned route links five stops including Nagoya Station, STATION Ai, Aichi Arts Center, IG Arena and the city science museum. The operating system will integrate on-demand dispatch and test vehicle control at intersections as part of work toward Level 4 service. NTT Docomo Business, NTT Mobility and NTT Docomo are delivering the Aichi Prefecture-commissioned programme.

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• 2026-09-11 - Demonstration - May Mobility and NTT begin Nagoya autonomous-driving trial operations

  Three vehicles are operating across 20 routes covering approximately 33 kilometres and five passenger stops. The programme links May Mobility autonomous-driving software with on-demand vehicle dispatch through the Nagoya MaaS application. Testing covers intersection control, traffic-light timing prediction and operating processes intended to support eventual Level 4 service.

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• 2026-06-29 - Executive Hire - May Mobility appoints Balajee Kannan to lead autonomy core engineering

  Kannan oversees autonomy performance, integration, machine learning, perception, behavior, mapping and localization. He joined after leading autonomy, mapping, sensor and systems teams for a global Level 4 programme at Motional. His earlier robotics and autonomy work included senior roles at Argo AI, Amazon and GE.

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• 2026-06-24 - Partnership - May Mobility and CaoCao partner on international robotaxi commercialization

  The companies will conduct joint feasibility studies, commercial exploration and pilot programmes beginning in selected European markets. CaoCao will contribute ride-hailing operations, fleet management, vehicle support and maintenance as fleet owner and operator. May Mobility will provide its Autonomy-as-a-Service platform for the planned robotaxi services.

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• 2026-05-20 - Product Launch - May Mobility launches fifth-generation AV architecture

  The new system fuses deep learning, a predictive world model and May Mobility's reasoning engine into an on-vehicle architecture. May Mobility framed the architecture as a hybrid between modular AV stacks and pure end-to-end models, using reasoning to handle real-world context differences. The launch supported the company's path toward scalable driverless ride-hail and transit operations.

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• 2026-05-19 - Partnership - ECARX and May Mobility announce autonomous ride-hail fleet framework

  The May 2026 framework targets a third-party vehicle platform for initial deployment starting in 2027 and commercialization scale-up in 2028. ECARX is expected to develop central computing platforms and a full sensor suite for May Mobility's next-generation autonomy system. The companies target at least 50% cost reduction by 2028, with total project value estimated at about $750 million subject to definitive agreements.

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• 2026-02-01 - Deployment - May Mobility and MONET launch Toyota City AV pilot

  MONET and May Mobility launched an autonomous driving pilot in Toyota City, Japan. The pilot used fixed-route and on-demand service patterns across about 10 miles of city routes. The deployment validated autonomous driving technology on busy streets for first- and last-mile mobility.

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• 2024-03-26 - Deployment - Deepen AI calibration suite is deployed across May Mobility's fleet workflows

  May Mobility uses Deepen AI software and a custom in-house station to calibrate fleet sensors in minutes instead of hours. Calibration time fell by almost 80 percent compared with traditional methods.

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• 2023-12-18 - Deployment - May Mobility starts driverless rider service in Sun City

  May Mobility launched its first driverless service for riders on public roads in Sun City, Arizona. The rider-only vehicles operated without an operator in the driver seat during weekday service. The launch used May Mobility’s MPDM autonomy stack in a public-road transit service.

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• 2023-11-08 - Commercial Order - May Mobility selects Aeva as long-range LiDAR supplier

  The multi-year supply agreement included five-year volume commitments through 2028. Deliveries were scheduled to begin in 2023 with production ramping in 2025.

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• 2023-11-07 - Funding - May Mobility raises $105M Series D led by NTT Group

  May Mobility raised $105 million in Series D funding led by NTT Group to scale autonomous transit services. Toyota Ventures, Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance, State Farm Ventures, BMW i Ventures and others participated. The capital supported commercialization of autonomous vehicle services in the U.S., Canada and Japan.

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• 2023-11-07 - Partnership - May Mobility and NTT partner on autonomous driving services in Japan

  NTT gained exclusive Japan sales rights for May Mobility’s autonomous driving system. The collaboration followed May Mobility’s driverless autonomous operations in North America. The partnership connects the company to a named customer, supplier, platform or go-to-market channel.

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• 2023-04-25 - Deployment - May Mobility launches on-demand autonomous transit in Sun City

  May Mobility is expanding its diverse service environments, ranging from the Northeast to the Midwest and the South, with its first deployment in the West. The service will be powered by Via , the global leader in TransitTech.

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• 2022-01-26 - Funding - May Mobility announces $83 million initial Series C close

  Mirai Creation Fund II led the $83 million initial Series C close, with Tokio Marine and Toyota Tsusho joining as new investors. May Mobility said it had provided more than 300,000 revenue-generating rides and launched services in nine cities, including its first Japan deployment. The company planned to increase engineering headcount, expand its customer pool and invest in driver-out operations and Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS deployments.

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Profile notes

• May Mobility remote assistants advise the driving system rather than directly driving the vehicle

  reviewed 2026-07-18 - May Mobility's remote assistants can suggest a path or speed when a vehicle encounters an unusual situation, but they cannot directly steer, accelerate or brake the vehicle. The onboard autonomous-driving system evaluates the suggestion and may accept or reject it.

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• May Mobility reached driver-out service by narrowing autonomy to repeatable transit routes

  reviewed 2026-07-20 - May Mobility built defined shuttle and microtransit services rather than unrestricted consumer autonomy. Its first commercial driver-out operation followed years of supervised service on constrained routes. The milestone is real, but it validates a route-bounded operating model and should not be generalised to arbitrary-road robotaxi capability.

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Relationships

• ECARX

  Autonomous Fleet Technology Partner - ECARX agreed to develop central compute and sensor-suite technology for May Mobility's next-generation autonomous ride-hail fleet.

• Grab

  Southeast Asia Autonomous Mobility Partner - Grab and May Mobility are integrating AV technology with Grab fleet management, routing and GrabMaps for Southeast Asian services.

• NTT Group

  Japan Commercialization Partner - May Mobility and NTT Group collaborated on autonomous driving services in Japan.

• NTT Mobility

  Japan Deployment Partner - May Mobility provides autonomous-driving software for NTT Mobility's Nagoya demonstration.

• Sun City, Arizona

  Deployment Community - May Mobility deployed autonomous transit service in Sun City, Arizona.

• Mcity / Ann Arbor SPARK

  Deployment Partner - May Mobility launched the A2GO autonomous shuttle service with Mcity and Ann Arbor SPARK.

• Aeva Technologies

  Autonomous Vehicle LIDAR Customer - May Mobility selected Aeva as exclusive long-range LiDAR supplier for autonomous vehicles.

• Aichi Prefecture

  Autonomous Vehicle Programme Participant - Aichi Prefecture commissioned the central Nagoya autonomous-vehicle programme using May Mobility technology.

• CaoCao Mobility

  International Robotaxi Commercialization Partner - May Mobility and CaoCao are jointly exploring and piloting international robotaxi commercialization, beginning with Europe.

• Uber

  Autonomous Ride Hail Platform Partnership - May Mobility and Uber have a multi-year partnership to bring May autonomous vehicles to Uber's ride-hail platform.

• Toyota Motor Corporation

  Autonomous Vehicle Platform Partnership - May Mobility and Toyota Motor Corporation collaborate on autonomy-ready vehicle platforms including the Toyota Sienna and e-Palette.

Shared workflows

• Zoox

  workflow adjacency - Autonomous Urban Driving

• Helm.ai

  workflow adjacency - Autonomous Urban Driving

• QCraft

  workflow adjacency - Autonomous Urban Driving

Context tags

• Autonomous mobility platform OEM - Peer Group - Korthos context supports Autonomous mobility platform OEM.
• Autonomous urban driving - Workflow - Korthos context supports Autonomous urban driving.

• May Mobility joins Aichi-commissioned Nagoya autonomous-vehicle trial

  2026-08-12 · Order / contract · The six-month programme will use three May Mobility-powered vehicles across central Nagoya from 11 September 2026 to 19 March 2027.

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• May Mobility selects Aeva as long-range LiDAR supplier

  2023-11-08 · Order / contract · May Mobility selected Aeva as the exclusive long-range LiDAR sensor supplier for its autonomous vehicles globally.

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