Draft:Applied Intuition
American autonomous vehicle software company
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Applied Intuition is an American software company based in Sunnyvale, California that develops simulation, testing, and development tools for autonomous vehicles (AVs) and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS).[2][1] Founded in 2017, the company's software is used by automakers and other manufacturers to develop and test autonomous systems for passenger cars, trucks, and industrial and defense vehicles.[2][1]
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 Applied Intuition headquarters in Sunnyvale, California | |
| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 2017 |
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| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California, U.S. |
Number of employees | About 1,300[1] |
| Website | www |
History
Applied Intuition was co-founded in 2017 by Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig.[1] Younis, who emigrated from Pakistan as a child and grew up in the Detroit area, studied engineering at Kettering University, later worked at Bosch in Japan, and founded startups including TalkBin, which Google acquired in 2011; he subsequently served as chief operating officer at Y Combinator and as a group product manager at Google.[3][1] Ludwig also grew up near Detroit and worked as a product manager on Google's Maps team, where the two first worked together. The founders started the company to provide simulation and software tools for automakers developing self-driving systems.[1]
The company's early products included a motion simulator and related software that allow AV developers to test systems in simulation rather than only on public roads. Early customers included the robotaxi startup Voyage and the autonomous-trucking company Kodiak, with later customers including General Motors and Toyota.[1]
Applied Intuition raised $40 million in 2019.[4] In March 2024, it raised $250 million in a round that valued the company at about $6 billion.[2] In June 2025, a $600 million Series F round and tender offer valued the company at $15 billion.[5]
Acquisitions
In 2022, Applied Intuition acquired Mechanical Simulation Corporation, the maker of CarSim, software used by automakers to simulate vehicle dynamics.[6] In 2023, it acquired the autonomous-trucking company Embark Trucks for approximately $71 million.[7]