# Plus: company

Canonical ID: `a1510698-0cc5-4f5d-81de-3fbf81d29d13`

## Key facts

- **Product:** PlusDrive autonomous trucking software (L2+ through L4) for long-haul freight
- **Founders:** David Liu (CEO), Shawn Kerrigan (COO), Hao Zheng (CTO), Tim Daly (Chief Architect) — all Stanford PhDs, founded 2016
- **HQ:** Santa Clara, California, USA
- **Patents:** 5 USPTO granted patents (autonomous speed/retarder control, trailer compensation, off-board perception, steering precision, event mitigation)
- **Funding:** Series A $101.7M (2018, GSR Ventures); Series B $200M (2019); Series C $420M+ (2020-2021, CPE/FountainVest/ClearVue/Amazon); Corporate $287.5M (2025); total ~$1B+
- **Valuation:** $8B (Feb 2021); SPAC attempts terminated (2021, 2026)
- **Partners:** FAW Jiefang (China), Iveco, Hyundai, Scania/MAN/Navistar (TRATON), Bosch, Amazon (strategic investor + 1,000 unit order)
- **Split:** US and China operations separated 2023; China unit became Zhijia Technology
- **Milestone:** First cross-country autonomous freight delivery (CA to PA) Dec 2019

- **Slug:** plus-ai
- **Status:** Private
- **Founded:** 2016
- **HQ:** Santa Clara, California, USA

## Models

- [Plus Flagship](/models/plus-ai-flagship.md) (robot) (id: `9205f788-6eb8-4d3c-a307-30a1bbb9cfea`)

## Current leadership (4)

- [David Liu](/people/david-liu.md) Co-Founder and CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Shawn Kerrigan](/people/shawn-kerrigan.md) Co-Founder and COO (secondary-verified)
- [Hao Zheng](/people/hao-zheng.md) Co-Founder and CTO (secondary-verified)
- [Tim Daly](/people/tim-daly.md) Co-Founder and Chief Architect (secondary-verified)

## Founders (4)

- [David Liu](/people/david-liu.md) (cofounder)
- [Shawn Kerrigan](/people/shawn-kerrigan.md) (cofounder)
- [Hao Zheng](/people/hao-zheng.md) (cofounder)
- [Tim Daly](/people/tim-daly.md) (cofounder)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (2)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_(autonomous_trucking)
2. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210331005613/en/Self-Driving-Truck-Company-Plus-Upsizes-Recent-Fundraising-to-420-Million · 2021-03-31

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