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Mars Auto

Active · Autonomous trucks to fully automate long-haul freight shipping

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Why it ranks

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10signal of 100 · rising 2
  • team of 15Team size · YC's directory+6.2
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4

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Competitors

OtherInactiveStarsky RoboticsShared: autonomous truck, automotiveYC S16San FranciscoStartup →AIAutobon AIShared: automate long, long haul, truckPlug and PlayUnited StatesStartup →AIAsymmetric SecurityShared: fully automateEF 2025LondonStartup →AITrueMileShared: autonomous truck, freight, fullyYC F26San FranciscoStartup →OtherPublicEmbark TrucksShared: autonomous trucking, automotiveYC W16San FranciscoStartup →
Companies closest to Mars Auto
Company
Starsky RoboticsShared: autonomous truck, automotiveYC S16InactiveOther
Autobon AIShared: automate long, long haul, truckPlug and Play Not statedAI, Devtools
Asymmetric SecurityShared: fully automateEF 2025Not statedAI
TrueMileShared: autonomous truck, freight, fullyYC F26ActiveAI, Data
Embark TrucksShared: autonomous trucking, automotiveYC W16PublicOther

Adjacent

Otherredfly.aiShared: fully automateAlchemist Class 37NashuaStartup →OtherAcquiredTeleoShared: autonomous trucking, roboticsYC W20San FranciscoStartup →OtherHermes RoboticsShared: autonomous trucking, roboticsYC W21San FranciscoStartup →OtherInterstellar Space TechnologiesShared: building autonomousMassChallenge UK 2025United KingdomStartup →AIValgoShared: autonomous truck, buildingYC W26San FranciscoStartup →
Companies next to Mars Auto
Company
redfly.aiShared: fully automateAlchemist Class 37Not statedOther
TeleoShared: autonomous trucking, roboticsYC W20AcquiredOther
Hermes RoboticsShared: autonomous trucking, roboticsYC W21 +1ActiveOther
Interstellar Space TechnologiesShared: building autonomousMassChallenge UK 2025Not statedOther
ValgoShared: autonomous truck, buildingYC W26ActiveAI

Also from W19 in AI

All of W19
AISorting RoboticsWe create automation technology for the cannabis industry.YC W19Los AngelesStartup →AI1910Multimodal AI Platform for Modality Agnostic Drug Discovery™YC W19BostonStartup →AIAcquiredAccept.inc (formerly BoardRE)BoardRE is a new type of mortgage company that upgrades any offer…YC W19DenverStartup →AIAccioJobOffline-first tech skilling and placement for IndiaYC W19GurugramStartup →AIAI InsuranceAI Insurance is the platform that runs insurance companiesYC W19New York CityStartup →AIAllSome FulfillmentFulfillment platform to build Southeast Asia e-commerce operationsYC W19Kuala LumpurStartup →
Company
Sorting RoboticsWe create automation technology for the cannabis industry.team of 12hiringActiveAI
1910Multimodal AI Platform for Modality Agnostic Drug Discovery™team of 20ActiveAI
Accept.inc (formerly BoardRE)BoardRE is a new type of mortgage company that upgrades any offer…team of 80acquiredAcquiredAI
AccioJobOffline-first tech skilling and placement for Indiateam of 120ActiveAI
AI InsuranceAI Insurance is the platform that runs insurance companiesteam of 16ActiveAI
AllSome FulfillmentFulfillment platform to build Southeast Asia e-commerce operationsteam of 18ActiveAI

About Mars Auto

Mars Auto is building autonomous trucks to fully automate long-haul freight shipping.

YC batch
W19 · Winter 2019
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI
Team size
15
Location
Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
Checked
13h ago

YC tags: Autonomous Trucking, Robotics, AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

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Mars Auto in W19: 194 companies, 27% AI

Mars Auto: questions

Which YC batch was Mars Auto in?

Mars Auto was in Y Combinator's Winter 2019 batch (W19).

Is Mars Auto still active?

Y Combinator lists Mars Auto as active.

Where is Mars Auto based?

Mars Auto lists Seoul, Seoul, South Korea as its location on YC's directory.