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Excelfore Corporation
Excelfore Corporation is a Fremont, California software company that builds the connectivity layer for software-defined vehicles. Its flagship eSync platform delivers secure over-the-air (OTA) updates and bi-directional data pipelines between the cloud and every electronic control unit inside a vehicle, while its in-vehicle networking stacks (Automotive Ethernet, TSN/AVB) and eDatX data-aggregation and edge-AI products round out an end-to-end cloud-to-edge toolkit. Founded by the brothers behind MARGI Systems, Excelfore helped create the industry-wide eSync Alliance and today has technology deployed across more than 17 million vehicles worldwide.
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies (RV Tech) is a 50/50 joint venture launched in November 2024 that fuses Rivian's software and electrical-hardware know-how with Volkswagen Group's global manufacturing scale. Co-headquartered in Palo Alto, it builds the zonal electrical architecture, operating systems, in-vehicle AI, and cloud-connectivity stack that will power next-generation software-defined vehicles across Volkswagen, Audi, Scout, Rivian, and more - aiming to make every new car smarter, cheaper to build, and continuously upgradable over the air.
Sonatus
Sonatus is a Sunnyvale-based automotive software company building the AI-powered, software-defined vehicle. Its Digital Dynamics platform - including Sonatus Updater, Automator, Collector AI, and AI Director - lets automakers deploy, monitor, and update vehicle software and edge AI models without rewriting code. Sonatus technology is in production in over 6 million vehicles, including models from Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis.