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Applied Intuition

Software stack for simulating, testing and deploying autonomous vehicle systems
AI 📍 Mountain View, CA Founded 2017
Current Valuation
$15B
as of 2025-Q2
DECACORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Applied Intuition going public?
No. Applied Intuition is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Applied Intuition's valuation in 2026?
Applied Intuition is valued at $15B as of 2025-Q2, set by its Series F ($600M, Jun 2025). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Applied Intuition filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Applied Intuition.
Who are Applied Intuition's investors?
Applied Intuition's investors include BlackRock, Kleiner Perkins, Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Applied Intuition builds the simulation, validation and onboard-autonomy software used by major automakers, truck makers, and defense customers to ship self-driving systems. Founded by ex-Y Combinator COO Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig, the company has expanded from passenger autos into trucking, mining, construction, and defense, and closed a $600M Series F at a $15B valuation in June 2025.

Company Profile

CEO
Qasar Younis
Founded
2017
HQ
Mountain View, CA
Employees
~1300
Total Raised
$1.0B
Est. Revenue
$830M (2025)
Growth
~100% YoY (ARR ~2x from $415M in 2024 to $830M in 2025)
Last Round
Series F — $600M (Jun 2025) · Lead: BlackRock
IPO Status
none

Fundraising Status

Series F · $600M · 1y 2mo ago
noneTotal raised $1.0B

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$153.83
Open interest
7
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month+11.4%6-month+13.6%1-year+17.1%All-time+305%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series F$600MJun 2025BlackRock

Vertical Intelligence — Defense / Aerospace

Federal awards
2
prime contracts, last 36 months
Obligated
$1.16M
top: Department of Defense
Largest award
$1.16M
Department of Defense
Latest award
2023-09-29
Largest award: SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PHASE II, TOPIC A21.4-042: SYNTHETIC SENSOR DATA GENERATION. (W5170122C0023)
Name-verified against recipient "APPLIED INTUITION, INC." on USASpending.gov as of 2026-08-19. Prime awards only — subcontracts and classified work are not visible in the public registry. Verify on USASpending.gov ↗

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
274
via ashby
Product-build share
76%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
heavy product build — 76% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 145 of 274 open roles are engineering.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month274Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering145Sales & GTM24Product17Ops & People16Other16Research15Hardware12Data & ML7Security6
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Hardware Test EngineerLead Software Engineer - Physical AI (Defense)Senior Software Engineer - Defense SimulationSoftware Engineer - Motion Planning (Fallback Stack)ML Runtime Optimization EngineerSoftware Engineer - Performance Optimization
Counted from Applied Intuition's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Qasar YounisPeter Ludwig

Investors

BlackRock · Kleiner Perkins · Lux Capital · Andreessen Horowitz · General Catalyst

Products

  • Vehicle simulation platform
  • Autonomy stack for OEMs and trucking
  • Defense autonomy software (Applied Defense)
  • Construction / mining / aerospace autonomy

Competitors

NVIDIA DRIVE Sim · Foretellix · dSPACE · Cognata
AIAutonomous VehiclesPhysical AIDefenseDecacorn
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.