Pony.ai

Pony.ai (Pony AI Inc., 小马智行) is a Chinese autonomous-driving technology company, with teams co-located in Silicon Valley, Beijing and Guangzhou. It was founded in December 2016 by James Peng (CEO) and Tiancheng Lou (CTO). Its headquarters (as of 2025) is in Guangzhou, Guangdong. The company develops a full-stack Level 4 autonomous-driving system and commercializes it across two main business lines: robotaxi (autonomous passenger rides) and robotruck (autonomous freight trucking). In 2024 it employed around 1,300 people. Pony.ai is a public company listed on NASDAQ under the ticker PONY and on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX: 2026).