Overview
Developer of autonomous driving software for consumer vehicles. Open-driving model and highway autonomy stack.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Shutdown (reported, Apr 2024)
Scale at shutdown (reported, Apr 2024)
OpenAI Startup Fund (reported, Apr 2024)
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
1
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Partnerships
Every company Ghost Autonomy has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- John Hayes Co-founder & CEOsince 2017-01-01secondary-verified
- Volkmar Uhlig Co-founder & CTOsince 2017-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- John Hayescofounderfounded 2017-01-01
- Volkmar Uhligcofounderfounded 2017-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Ghost Autonomy.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Ghost Autonomy in third-party press
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Ghost Autonomy.
People (2)
Partnerships
4 total · 3 operating · 1 just announced · 2 ended
Every company Ghost Autonomy has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
All 4 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—operating
- ghost-autonomy x awswithAWS30technology—just announced
- Ghost Autonomy x Alliance for Automotive InnovationwithAlliance for Automotive Innovationother—concludedoperating
- Ghost Autonomy x OpenAI Startup FundwithOpenAI Startup Fundinvestment—concludedoperating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Ghost Autonomy’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Key hireJohn Hayes joins as Co-founder & CEO
2017-01-01John Hayes appointed Co-founder & CEO (current)
Key hireVolkmar Uhlig joins as Co-founder & CTO
2017-01-01Volkmar Uhlig appointed Co-founder & CTO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
What is Ghost Autonomy?
What does Ghost Autonomy make?
Who is the CEO of Ghost Autonomy?
Where is Ghost Autonomy headquartered?
Is Ghost Autonomy a top robotics company?
Is Ghost Autonomy safe?
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Ghost Autonomy.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Ghost Autonomy from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
2024 in review: Milestones in autonomy
OpenAI backed autonomous driving startup Ghost Autonomy shuts down
Bay Area tech startup Ghost Autonomy shuts down, lays off 100 workers
CEO interview: Why Mountain View autonomous vehicle startup shuttered
Waymo Starts Driverless Uber Eats Deliveries As OpenAI-Backed Rival Folds
Exclusive: OpenAI-backed Ghost Autonomy shuts down
Autonomous driving startup Ghost Autonomy gives up the ghost
Vehicles of The Future: John Hayes Of Ghost Autonomy On The Leading Edge Technologies That Are…
Consumers want more advanced, autonomous safety features, survey says
Ghost, now OpenAI-backed, claims LLMs will overcome self-driving setbacks -- but experts are skeptical
Ghost Autonomy Announces Investment from OpenAI Startup Fund to Bring Multi-Modal LLMs to Autonomous Driving
This company wants to make your next car automated for freeway driving for $1,500
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/ghost-autonomy.md
- RSS feed: /companies/ghost-autonomy/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/395a17f9-37bc-4782-b0fd-21d9dff8abbd
- Revision history: /companies/ghost-autonomy/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
On 19 March 2026, the most important minds in autonomous vehicles gathered at County Hall, London for the European AV Summit 2026, one day, one room, and an ind
Running a pilot is one thing. Managing a fleet is another entirely. This session moves past the theory of autonomous vehicle deployment to address the operation
Heat Index
Serious58/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Ghost Autonomy against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 4, 2026