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Company

Motional

Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts [1]
Latest Form D
$239,663,165 sold (filed 2026-01-23) [2]
latest_round
$475M from Hyundai (2024) [3]
Latest round investors
Hyundai [3]
Open roles
74 [4]

Leadership

  • Laura Major Executive Officer Form D
  • Jaehoon Chang Director Form D
  • Kevin Clark Director Form D
  • Heung Soo Kim Director Form D
  • Sookyung Jung Director Form D
  • Hokeun Chung Director Form D
  • Sean Park Executive Officer Form D
  • Daekwon Ko Executive Officer Form D

Timeline

  1. Motional puts AI at center of robotaxi reboot as it targets 2026 for driverless service TechCrunch
  2. Hyundai is spending close to $1B to keep self-driving startup Motional alive TechCrunch
  3. Hyundai-backed autonomous company Motional cuts 5% of workforce TechCrunch
  4. Autonomous vehicle company Motional is about to lose a key backer TechCrunch

References

  1. motional.com — retrieved Aug 5, 2026
  2. sec.gov — retrieved Aug 5, 2026
  3. techcrunch.com — retrieved Aug 6, 2026
    The Korean automaker invested $475 million directly into Motional
  4. boards.greenhouse.io — retrieved Sep 17, 2026