Just a few years ago the idea of a self driving car was seen as a futuristic technology that would take decades to arrive. Now it is only a matter of when it will be available and this thanks to startups that are shaping this segment. Here’s  a list (incomplete) of autonomous driving related companies, hardware, software and services, some of which have recently raised money from vc and investors :

• lvl5 : computer vision software to crowdsource high-accuracy maps for self-driving cars.
• starsky robotics , embark : self driving trucks
• ouster (raised 27M$ ) : best lidar to date
• AIMotive (raised 38M$ ) : full stack autonomous driving software
• Nauto (raised 159M$ ) : self driving safety
• drive.ai (raised 50M$ ) : self driving full stack
• cruise ( GM bought for 1B$) : self driving full stack
• pony.ai (raised 112M$ ) : claim safest self driving full stack
• zoox.com raised 250M$ ) : self driving automaker