Overview
Phantom AI was a Mountain View-based autonomous driving company co-founded by ex-Tesla ADAS engineer Hyunggi Cho and ex-Hyundai engineer Chan Kyu Lee. Raised $36.5M. Acquired by Harbinger Motors for ADAS technology integration.
Reality check
Business (company-claimed)
Builds cost-effective Level 2 and Level 3 ADAS and autonomy software, sold mainly to Tier 1 automotive manufacturers.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Acquisition (Feb 2026)
Co-founder
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
2
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Relationships
Founders (1)
- Hyunggi Chono longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Hyunggi Cho Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Phantom AI.
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
Phantom AI in third-party press
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Phantom AI.
Robots and products (1)
People (1)
Funding rounds (1)
- Series C2023-02-02
$37M(reported)
Investors: Samsung Venture Investment (follow), Shinhan Investment (follow), Celeres Investments (follow), DSC Investment (follow), Ford Motor (follow), InterVest (follow), KT Investment (follow), Renaissance Asset Management (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Phantom AI’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundOther funding round
2024-01-01Other
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 3 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
- 2
- 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 Phantom AI.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Phantom AI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Harbinger Acquires Autonomous Driving Company Phantom AI
Harbinger Motors acquired Phantom AI for autonomous driving technology, with co-founders Hyunggi Cho and Chan Kyu Lee bringing Tesla and Hyundai ADAS experience.
Phantom AI brings in $36.5M
Phantom AI, co-founded by ex-Tesla ADAS engineer Hyunggi Cho and ex-Hyundai engineer Chan Kyu Lee, raised $36.5M for autonomous driving tech.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/phantom-ai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/phantom-ai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/0135a4b7-b55a-414f-8e97-f4ec9f53f53e
- Revision history: /companies/phantom-ai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious50/100
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 Phantom AI 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.
Signal flags
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 7, 2026