# Mars Auto: autonomous trucking company

Canonical ID: `d2735b3d-d55d-432a-bc93-b8825b7dcf29`

- **Slug:** mars-auto
- **Founded:** 2019
- **HQ:** Seoul, South Korea
- **Funding total (USD):** 12500000
- **Category:** [Trucks](/trucks)

## Models

- [Mars Auto Self-Driving Truck](/models/mars-auto-class-8.md) (truck) (id: `685db14a-6b7d-41bb-84de-75ea592ffda2`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Ilsoo Park](/people/ilsoo-park.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Mars Auto?

[Mars Auto](/companies/mars-auto) is a Seoul-based Y Combinator W19 startup building camera-based, map-free autonomous Class 8 trucks for long-haul freight. The company was the first in South Korea to receive government approval for Level 3 self-driving trucks on highways.

### What does Mars Auto make?

Mars Auto has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Mars Auto Self-Driving Truck (Mars Auto builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

### Where is Mars Auto headquartered?

Mars Auto is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

### How much funding has Mars Auto raised?

Mars Auto has raised approximately $13M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does Mars Auto operate robots?

Mars Auto is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is Mars Auto a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Mars Auto ranks in roughly the top 82% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was Mars Auto founded?

Mars Auto was founded in 2019.


## Sources (3)

1. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mars-auto
2. https://www.techtimes.com/articles/319479/20260701/koreas-mars-auto-pitches-camera-based-self-driving-trucks-korea-us.htm
3. https://bizfortune.com/2026/05/self-driving-truck-mars-auto-expansion

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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