Overview
Phantom Auto was a San Francisco-based teleoperation platform for remote driving, founded by Shai Magzimof, Elliot Katz, and Ohad Dvir. Raised $95M total. Shut down in March 2024 after a funding round fell through.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Technology
Shutdown (reported, Mar 2024)
Total raised (reported)
Headcount (reported, Mar 2024)
Logistics pivot (reported)
Customers (reported)
Data & sources
News coverage
2
Web sources
1
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Founders (1)
- Shai Magzimofcofounderfounded 2017-01-01no longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Shai Magzimof Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Phantom Auto.
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Recent coverage
Phantom Auto in third-party press
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names Phantom Auto.
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $25.0M
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Funding rounds (1)
- Series B2023-05-25
$25M(reported)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Phantom Auto’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2023-05-25Series B raising $25000000
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 2026-10-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-22
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Phantom Auto.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Phantom Auto from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/phantom-auto.md
- RSS feed: /companies/phantom-auto/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/8c622854-0bc3-41dc-8a1d-e07e07a595b7
- Revision history: /companies/phantom-auto/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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 Auto 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 6, 2026