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The 23 Automotive & Mobility companies that produced the most founders (2026)

A founder factory is a company whose people leave to start companies of their own. This ranks every company in the graph by how many of its alumni — people who founded it or worked there — went on to found at least one company, counting only ventures started no earlier than the company itself.

Refreshed 2026-10-05 · updates nightly
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Founder factories · Automotive & MobilityAlumni who went on to found companiesUber: 15 alumni founded 16 companiesUber15Tesla: 14 alumni founded 22 companiesTesla14Waymo: 7 alumni founded 12 companiesWaymo7VOI: 4 alumni founded 2 companiesVOI4Voi Technology: 4 alumni founded 2 companiesVoi Technology4Ola: 3 alumni founded 6 companiesOla3Cars45: 3 alumni founded 3 companiesCars453Aurora: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesAurora3Aurora Innovation: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesAurora Innovation3Gojek: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesGojek3Five: 2 alumni founded 4 companiesFive2TaxiForSure: 2 alumni founded 3 companiesTaxiForSure2Cruise: 2 alumni founded 2 companiesCruise2Otto: 2 alumni founded 2 companiesOtto2Swvl: 2 alumni founded 2 companiesSwvl2
Founder factories · Automotive & Mo…Alumni who went on to found companiesUber: 15 alumni founded 16 companiesUber15Tesla: 14 alumni founded 22 companiesTesla14Waymo: 7 alumni founded 12 companiesWaymo7VOI: 4 alumni founded 2 companiesVOI4Voi Technology: 4 alumni founded 2 companiesVoi Technology4Ola: 3 alumni founded 6 companiesOla3Cars45: 3 alumni founded 3 companiesCars453Aurora: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesAurora3Aurora Innovation: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesAurora Innovati…3Gojek: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesGojek3Five: 2 alumni founded 4 companiesFive2TaxiForSure: 2 alumni founded 3 companiesTaxiForSure2Cruise: 2 alumni founded 2 companiesCruise2Otto: 2 alumni founded 2 companiesOtto2Swvl: 2 alumni founded 2 companiesSwvl2
# Company SectorHQFounded Founders Companies started
1 Uber Automotive & Mobility San Francisco, USA 2009 15 16
2 Tesla Automotive & Mobility Austin, USA 2003 14 22
3 Waymo Automotive & Mobility Mountain View, USA 2009 7 12
4 VOI Automotive & Mobility — — 4 2
5 Voi Technology Automotive & Mobility Stockholm, Sweden 2018 4 2
6 Ola Automotive & Mobility Bengaluru, India 2010 3 6
7 Cars45 Automotive & Mobility — — 3 3
8 Aurora Automotive & Mobility Pittsburgh, USA 2017 3 1
9 Aurora Innovation Automotive & Mobility Pittsburgh, USA 2017 3 1
10 Gojek Automotive & Mobility Jakarta, Indonesia 2010 3 1
11 Five Automotive & Mobility — — 2 4
12 TaxiForSure Automotive & Mobility — — 2 3
13 Cruise Automotive & Mobility San Francisco, USA 2013 2 2
14 Otto Automotive & Mobility United States 2016 2 2
15 Swvl Automotive & Mobility — — 2 2
16 Argo AI Automotive & Mobility Pittsburgh, USA 2016 2 1
17 Autonomy Automotive & Mobility — — 2 1
18 BlaBlaCar Automotive & Mobility Paris, France 2006 2 1
19 Roadster Automotive & Mobility — — 2 1
20 Sonalika Group Automotive & Mobility — 1969 2 1
21 Sonalika International Tractors Limited Automotive & Mobility India 1969 2 1
22 Stack AV Automotive & Mobility — — 2 1
23 Zimride Automotive & Mobility San Francisco, USA 2007 2 1
How this is counted. A person counts as an alumnus of a company if they founded it or worked there. They count towards the company’s score if they went on to found at least one other company that was started no earlier than the company itself. Universities and other non-commercial organisations are pruned from the graph where we can identify them. Data is community-corrected — fix something.