Applied Physics

We're on a mission to make driverless vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. Founded in 2020 as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional combines decades of autonomous vehicle experience with the backing of major industry players. Our team dates back to some of the earliest AV pioneers - we were behind the world's first robotaxi pilot in Singapore and have completed over 100,000 rides in Las Vegas. At Motional, we're developing SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles for both ride-hailing and delivery services. We partner with major platforms like Lyft, Uber Eats, and Via to integrate our AVs into real-world transportation networks. Our IONIQ 5 robotaxi represents our next-generation vehicle platform, designed from the ground up for driverless operation. With locations across the U.S. and in Singapore, our team of engineers, researchers, and operators work together to build technology that can fundamentally improve road safety by eliminating human error.

Applied Intuition, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, develops vehicle intelligence software and toolchains for building and deploying autonomous systems across automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture sectors. The company's core offering consists of three integrated components: a Vehicle OS, a Self-Driving System, and a comprehensive toolchain that addresses the full development lifecycle - from initial system development through validation and field deployment. These tools are designed to shorten time to market for customers building AI-driven vehicles and autonomous machines. The company's platform addresses the critical validation problem in autonomous systems through simulation and testing infrastructure that enables engineers to develop and validate self-driving capabilities before real-world deployment. Applied Intuition's software supports the complete autonomy stack, providing customers with solutions for both developing new autonomous capabilities and validating system performance across edge cases and constrained operating environments. The toolchain architecture allows teams to iterate on autonomous behavior while maintaining systematic verification protocols required for safety-critical applications. Applied Intuition has achieved significant scale in the autonomous vehicle sector, with 18 of the top 20 global automakers using its solutions. The company also serves major Department of Defense programs, reflecting the dual-use nature of its vehicle intelligence technology. Following a recent Series F funding round, the company reached a post-money valuation of $15 billion. Applied Intuition maintains a global presence with offices spanning North America (Washington D.C., San Diego, Ft. Walton Beach, Ann Arbor), Europe (London, Stuttgart, Munich, Stockholm), and Asia (Bangalore, Seoul, Tokyo), supporting customers across multiple time zones and regulatory environments.

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials engineering solutions for semiconductor and advanced display manufacturing. For over five decades, the company has provided the equipment, software, and services that enable the production of virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Under CEO Gary E. Dickerson, the U.S.-headquartered company operates worldwide, serving an industry facing unprecedented demand driven by AI, smartphones, electric vehicles, and cloud computing applications. The company's core technical focus spans materials engineering, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, advanced display manufacturing, and manufacturing software and services. Applied Materials works at the extreme edge of scaling challenges - from shrinking transistors to atomic scales to developing new materials that enable faster, more efficient computing. Their solutions address the fundamental materials engineering problems that make next-generation chip manufacturing possible, operating at the boundary between physics, chemistry, and precision manufacturing. Applied Materials' product portfolio centers on three integrated offerings: manufacturing equipment used in semiconductor and advanced display production, software products that support chip manufacturing processes, and engineering services for materials challenges. The company positions these capabilities as essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation chips. Their work involves solving complex process integration challenges where materials properties, atomic-scale precision, and high-volume manufacturing requirements intersect - problems that require sustained engineering effort across hardware systems, process control software, and manufacturing methodology.

Relativity Space exists to revolutionize how humanity accesses space. For too long, getting to orbit has been prohibitively expensive, unreliable, and slow - limiting scientific discovery, commercial innovation, and human exploration to a privileged few. The company is building the first entirely 3D-printed rockets to make space access routine and affordable, transforming the economics of launch in ways that will unlock new possibilities for satellite constellations, space infrastructure, and ultimately multi-planetary life. By pioneering large-scale additive manufacturing through their proprietary Stargate printers, Relativity Space compresses the traditional two-year rocket production timeline into just 60 days. Their reusable Terran R vehicle represents a leap forward in launch capability, designed to deliver payloads with unprecedented flexibility and frequency. This approach doesn't just reduce costs - it creates a new paradigm for space industrialization, enabling rapid iteration and innovation that mirrors the software development cycles of the tech industry, all while positioning humanity to become an interplanetary species.

At Latitude AI, we believe the future of driving isn't about removing the driver - it's about giving them time back. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, we operate with the agility of a tech startup while having the resources to make a real impact. Our team of world-class experts across machine learning, robotics, cloud infrastructure, sensors, and safety engineering is united by a passion to transform travel into something safer, less stressful, and more enjoyable for everyone. We're developing hands-free, eyes-off automated driving technology that will redefine the relationship between people and their vehicles. Our culture thrives on big challenges and collaborative problem-solving. Whether you're on the motion planning team designing trajectory algorithms, or in fleet operations collecting real-world data, your work directly shapes the driving experience for millions of Ford customers. We move fast, test relentlessly, and aren't afraid to push boundaries - from our Pittsburgh headquarters to our engineering centers in Dearborn and Palo Alto.

In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, Fortune 1000 companies across agriculture, transportation, manufacturing, healthcare, and energy sectors face unprecedented challenges in innovation and adaptation. Applied Invention exists to bridge this gap - a multidisciplinary innovation company that partners with leading corporations to design and build transformative technologies that solve real-world problems at scale. Since being spun-off from Applied Minds in 2014, the team has developed over 1,000 issued patents, creating solutions from computer vision and robotics to biotechnology and medical devices. Founded by renowned computer scientist Danny Hillis, Applied Invention brings together an interdisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, and artists with deep expertise in mathematics, physics, biology, electronics, mechanics, systems engineering, software development, and industrial design. The company's leadership has worked together for over 30 years, successfully building technology companies including Thinking Machines, Applied Proteomics, Metaweb Technologies (acquired by Google), and The Dark Sky Company. By working at startup speed with enterprise-grade quality, Applied Invention tackles complex problems that matter - from systems that help farmers grow crops more efficiently and sustainably, to cutting-edge security protocols that protect cloud infrastructure from network breaches.