# Applied Intuition

> Applied Intuition supplies simulation, data and validation tools, vehicle operating-system software, and self-driving systems to automakers, industrial-equipment manufacturers and defense organizations. Founded by Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig in 2017, it has expanded from autonomy tooling into the software infrastructure for intelligent machines.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Sunnyvale, United States
- **Founders:** Qasar Younis (Co-founder and CEO), Peter Ludwig (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** Tools for Vehicle Intelligence, Vehicle OS, Self-Driving System (SDS), Dana, Data Engine
- **Notable:** Company reports serving 18 of the top 20 global automakers., Company’s 2025 review reports more than 50 million customer simulations that year., Series F and tender offer valued the company at US$15 billion in June 2025.

## Products & services

- **Tools for Vehicle Intelligence** — Simulation, fleet-data management, evaluation and validation infrastructure for vehicle and physical AI engineering.
- **Vehicle OS** — Vehicle operating-system software and development infrastructure connecting onboard software, offboard services and cloud tooling.
- **Self-Driving System (SDS)** — Autonomy software for passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles and industrial or defense machines.
- **Dana** — Agentic platform for building, testing, deploying and operating physical AI applications; launched July 21, 2026.
- **Data Engine** — Fleet-data ingestion, quality assessment, discovery and preparation connected to simulation and validation workflows.

## Achievements

- Company reports serving 18 of the top 20 global automakers.
- Company’s 2025 review reports more than 50 million customer simulations that year.
- Series F and tender offer valued the company at US$15 billion in June 2025.
- Acquired EpiSci in February 2025, adding tactical autonomy expertise.
- Reported AEB resimulation batch failure reduction from 73% to 3% after quality filtering and interval-based recovery; a bounded case, not a universal benchmark.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Honda partnership and expanded Nissan collaboration announced October 6.
- **2026-09** — Echelon partnership to scale physical AI across Saudi Arabia announced September 21.
- **2026-08** — HUMAIN strategic collaboration announced August 31.
- **2026-07** — Dana launched July 21, with Komatsu and Isuzu among early users.

## Links

- Website: https://www.appliedintuition.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/applied-intuition-inc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/appliedint
- GitHub: https://github.com/Applied-Intuition-Open-Source
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC387DsaWqxA5CFOLXcNkqkA
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/appliedint/

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Last updated: 2026-10-07