DriveU.auto
Teleoperation Grade Connectivity for Robots & AVs
Startup Seed Automotive & Mobility Technologies Est. 2019
Total Raised
$4M
Seed
Last Round
Undisclosed
4 rounds
Investors
10
10 public
Team
3
11-50 employees
Confidence
98/100
News
10
articles
Patents
1
About
DriveU.auto, has deploying a software-based connectivity platform for teleoperation of robots and autonomous vehicles. The DriveU.auto solution enables both remote driving (direct drive) or high-level commands (remote assistance), at very low latency and high reliability based on proprietary cellular bonding and dynamic video encoding technologies. DriveU.auto customers and partners—autonomous vehicles' developers (cars, trucks, and shuttles), makers of delivery robots, OEMs, and tier 1s—have been using the DriveU platform on roads in the EU, US, China, Japan and Israel. DriveU.auto is a spin-off company of LiveU.
Classification
Sector
Automotive & Mobility TechnologiesAutonomous & Connected
Core Technology
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningPlatforms & InterfacesSoftware
Target Customer
Industrial ManufacturingDiscrete IndustriesAutomotive
Business Model
B2B
Tags
automotiveinfotainmentconnected-vehiclessmart-mobilityoemfleet-management
Funding & Events
Jun 2020
Seed $4M
Zohar Zisapel (Late) (Lead), Two Lanterns Venture Capital, Yigal Jacoby, Kaedan Capital, Francisco Partners
Jan 2025
Seed Undisclosed
theDOCK
Jan 2022
Undisclosed Round Undisclosed
Proeza, 12A Venture Capital
Apr 2023
A Round Undisclosed
Ascend Capital Partners (Lead), Mobilion Ventures
News (10)
Jun 12, 2025 · www.calcalistech.com
growth-positive
With support from DriveU.auto, Coco’s AI-powered robots are scaling from LA to Helsinki.
InvestmentPartnersCustomersExpand
Aug 18, 2024 · www.ynet.co.il
growth-positive
טכנולוגיה ישראלית מפעילה את רובוט המשלוחים החדש של שייק שאק
PartnersExpand
Jun 3, 2024 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
Serve Robotics integrates DriveU.auto's connectivity platform to support scale deployment of fleet
Partners
Jun 28, 2022 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
Segway Robotics and DriveU.auto announce partnership to accelerate deployment of last mile delivery robots
Partners
May 10, 2022 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
Teraki™ chooses DriveU.auto connectivity platform for the remote control of its delivery robots
PartnersCustomersExpand
Feb 23, 2022 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
DriveU.auto Announces Remote Operation Platform for Robots
Partners
Jan 21, 2022 · www.proezaventures.com
growth-positive
DriveU.auto to power remote piloting of EasyMile’s autonomous shuttles, Coco’s sidewalk robots - Proeza Ventures
Partners
Jan 4, 2021 · techcrunch.com
growth-positive
DriveU.auto to power remote piloting of EasyMile's autonomous shuttles, Coco's sidewalk robots
Partners
Aug 17, 2020 · venturebeat.com
growth-positive
Smooth teleoperator: The rise of the remote controller
AcquisitionExpand
Jun 24, 2020 · www.calcalistech.com
growth-positive
Zohar Zisapel backs autonomous car connectivity startup DriveU in $4 million round
Investment
Details
Product Stage
Released
Employees
11-50
Exact Count
36
District
Center District
Founded
2019
Registrar
516090842
Crunchbase
driveu-tech
Locations
Ha-Tidhar St 2, Ra'anana, Israel
Links
Website
LinkedIn
Admin
Last Update
Jun 29, 2025
Verified by
Yotam Maman
Claimed
Yes
Missing
markets
Team (3)
Alon Podhurst
CEO
Rony Ohayon
Founder (Left the company)
Founder
Doron Elinav
VP BD
Founder
Internal
Created by
Doron Elinav (doronelinav@gmail.com)
Created
2019-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
Last editor
Maor Perlov (maor.perlov@sncentral.org)