Early-stage investor Trucks VC received pitches from 81 new autonomous vehicle startups in 2026, up...

Early-stage investor Trucks VC received pitches from 81 new autonomous vehicle startups in 2026, up two-thirds from last year.

If you build autonomous software, open-source vision models mean small teams can deploy systems in months with under $1 million raised.

Would you rather build on open-source AI models or develop proprietary tech from scratch?

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