Applied Intuition
ACTIVEAmerican company building software and simulation tools for developing and validating autonomous systems and physical AI across vehicles, machines, and defense systems.
Applied Intuition
Founded 2017 · Mountain View, United StatesApplied Intuition, Inc. is an American software company founded in January 2017 by Qasar Younis (CEO) and Peter Ludwig (CTO), headquartered in Mountain View, California. It provides an end-to-end software platform and simulation tools for designing, testing, and validating autonomous systems and physical AI. Its products span simulation, data management, and validation, and are used across automotive (ADAS and autonomous driving), trucking, defense, mining, construction, and agriculture. In June 2025 the company raised $600 million in a Series F round at a $15 billion valuation. It employs roughly 1,300 people (2025).
Founders
Co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition. Previously COO of Y Combinator (2015–2017) and co-founder and CEO of TalkBin (acquired by Google). Graduate of Kettering University and Harvard Business School.
Co-founder and CTO of Applied Intuition. Previously a product manager and software engineer at Google; engineering graduate of the University of Michigan.
Domain of activity
3 areas · 3 technologies · 5 industries- Autonomous systems
- Simulation & training environments
- Embodied AI
- Simulation
- Computer vision
- Robotics
- Automotive
- Transport & mobility
- Defense & security
- Construction
- Agriculture
Global presence
HQ Mountain View · 2 regionsScale & funding
founded 2017 · Series EProfile & metadata
4 classification · 5 external linksClassification
- Statusactive
- Development stagegrowth
- Listed onNo
- Organization typePlatform company
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