MORAI

What MORAI does

MORAI is a South Korea-headquartered simulation technology company founded in 2018 by Jiwon Jung (CEO) and Jun Hong (CTO), both KAIST researchers, that builds digital twin simulation platforms for the validation of autonomous systems. Its core technology combines HD-map-based digital twin environments with sub-10cm accuracy, a proprietary physics engine, and configurable multi-sensor models (cameras, LiDAR, GPS, radar, IMUs) to enable scenario-based virtual testing of autonomous vehicles, UAVs, UGVs, urban air mobility, and defense platforms. The product portfolio is modular: MORAI Drive (automotive), MORAI Air (eVTOL/UAM and drones), MORAI Defense (UGV, UAS, and Manned-Unmanned Teaming), MORAI Robotics (autonomous mobile robots), MORAI Traffic (3D traffic monitoring), and supporting modules for scenario creation, cloud parallel execution, and academic training. The platform supports ASAM OpenSCENARIO 1.x and OpenODD, integrates with Ansys AVxcelerate via co-simulation, is AWS Partner Software Path certified, and is ISO 26262 ASIL D certified by SGS-TÜV Saar.

MORAI sells primarily through enterprise field sales to automotive OEMs and tier-one suppliers, defense contractors, aerospace companies, government agencies, and academic research institutions, with 120+ organizations reported as customers. Named customers include Hyundai Motor Group, Samsung Heavy Industries, Naver Labs, Korean Air, Hanwha Aerospace, LIG Nex1, Korea Aerospace Industries, the Republic of Korea Army, and Seoul Metropolitan Government, spanning automotive, defense, maritime, aerospace, government, and education verticals. Revenue is generated through subscription-based licensing of the MORAI SIM platform plus custom simulation services, with all deals transacted on a quote basis through direct "Request Demo" engagement and no public pricing. Operations are anchored in Seoul (global HQ) and Daegu, South Korea, with a wholly-owned German subsidiary (MORAI GmbH, Munich) serving as EMEA headquarters and EU GDPR representative, reflecting a deliberate geographic expansion from Korea into Europe. The company has raised approximately $24.9M in disclosed funding through 2022, with an additional undisclosed strategic round in July 2025 from Atinum Investment, Korea Investment Partners, and Hyundai ZER01NE, and maintains strategic technology partnerships with AWS, NVIDIA, Ansys, Siemens, IPEK at KIT, and TÜV SÜD.

Name

MORAI

Legal name

MORAI Inc.

Website

https://morai.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

MORAI provides ISO 26262-certified digital twin simulation platforms for validating autonomous vehicles, defense systems, urban air mobility, and robotics, serving 120+ automotive OEMs, defense contractors, government agencies, and research institutions across Korea and EMEA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Autonomous Vehicle Simulation Software

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Modeling, Simulation, Digital Twins & Mission Rehearsal Systems (IMABAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Autonomy Software, AI & Mission Management (UAS/UXV) (IMABAIAH), Robot Software, Autonomy Stacks & Simulation (ROS, digital twins) (HDAAAIAK), Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) & Autonomous Maritime Surface Platforms (IMABAIAE)

Keywords

• Autonomous driving simulation
• Digital twin platform
• ADAS validation software
• Defense simulation systems
• Urban air mobility simulation

Headquarters

HQ city

Yeoksamdong

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Simulation Platform Licensing: License-based revenue from the MORAI SIM digital twin simulation platform. Provides solutions to domestic and international OEMs, component suppliers, and research institutions. The platform supports ADAS and autonomous driving development and validation, scenario-based testing, virtual homologation, and cloud-based simulation services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

MORAI builds and licenses a digital twin simulation platform that enables automotive, defense, aerospace, and robotics companies to virtually develop, test, and validate autonomous systems (AVs, UGVs, UAS, eVTOLs, mobile robots). The platform provides HD-map-based 3D environments with a proprietary physics engine, configurable sensor models (camera, LiDAR, GPS, radar, IMU), scenario generation, and cloud-based parallel simulation, delivered as licensed software to OEMs, suppliers, defense agencies, and research institutions.

Product overview

MORAI is a digital twin simulation technology company offering a modular platform for autonomous systems development and validation. The core product portfolio consists of MORAI Drive (autonomous vehicle simulation), MORAI Air (urban air mobility), MORAI Defense (military autonomous systems), MORAI Robotics (mobile robots), and MORAI Traffic (traffic monitoring). These products share a common simulation engine built on HD maps and physics engines, with supporting modules including MORAI Scenario (scenario creation), MORAI Scenario Runner (visualization/editing), MORAI Cloud (cloud execution), and MORAI Academy Suite (education). The platform emphasizes digital twin technology achieving sub-10cm accuracy, deterministic simulation for reproducible results, and support for standards including ISO 26262, ASAM OpenSCENARIO, and UNECE regulations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MORAI SIM: The company's digital twin simulation platform for autonomous systems testing and validation.
• MORAI Drive
• MORAI Air
• MORAI Drive Simulator

Products and services

• MORAI Drive High-fidelity autonomous driving simulation platform built on HD maps and a physics engine for verifying autonomous vehicles. Provides realistic vehicle dynamics, customizable sensor models (cameras, LiDAR, GPS, IMU), and scenario-based testing capabilities, and is ISO 26262 ASIL D certified. Targeted at automotive OEMs, tier-1 suppliers, and AV/ADAS developers.
• MORAI Air Simulation platform for urban air mobility, eVTOL vehicles, and drones. Provides digital twin environments for vertiport operations, flight corridors, and collision avoidance systems, and supports ATM/UTM scenario testing and cloud-based flight simulation. Targeted at UAM operators, eVTOL manufacturers, and drone operators.
• MORAI Defense Digital twin simulation platform for autonomous defense systems, including unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) operations. Supports mission rehearsal, verification, and validation for defense applications. Targeted at defense contractors, military branches, and government agencies.
• MORAI Robotics Simulation platform for autonomous mobile robot development. Provides indoor and outdoor environments, customizable ego-robot modeling, sensor simulation, and robot dynamics for delivery robots, warehouse automation, and service robots. Targeted at robotics companies developing AMRs and delivery/warehouse robots.
• MORAI Traffic 3D traffic monitoring and management system using digital twin technology. Provides real-time vehicle tracking, RSA information monitoring, V2X data integration, and traffic flow simulation for urban traffic optimization and smart city applications. Targeted at city and national transportation agencies.
• MORAI Academy Suite Comprehensive education package for autonomous driving training, including curriculum, textbooks, simulation practice environments, scale cars, and competition platforms. Targeted at universities and educational institutions for AV education and student competitions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduce development time by 50% or more
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability10 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Siemens Digital Industries Software KoreacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 September 2025MORAI signed an MOU with Siemens Digital Industries Software Korea to integrate its digital twin simulation technology with the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio. The collaboration aims to explore virtual validation and engineering solutions for automotive, robotics, aerospace, defense, and smart city industries. Joint business development, collaborative workshops, and training are planned.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationMORAI achieved AWS Partner Software Path certification and has been collaborating with AWS to provide large-scale simulation test environments powered by AWS cloud infrastructure. AWS's scalability and high-performance computing capabilities support MORAI's cloud-based simulation platform.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnership with NVIDIA supporting the MORAI platform's scalability and precision for autonomous driving simulation.
• AnsyscoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnership with Ansys supporting platform scalability. MORAI Drive integrates with Ansys AVxcelerate for co-simulation of sensor models, particularly for high-fidelity simulation data in sensor malfunction scenarios.
• IPEK at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMORAI and IPEK at KIT are jointly developing a Credibility Assessment Framework to standardize the trustworthiness of complete simulation toolchains for SAE Level 2 to Level 4+ automated vehicles. The project uses Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) as a key methodology.
• TÜV SÜDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTÜV SÜD has been appointed to independently review and verify the Credibility Assessment Framework outcomes developed by MORAI and IPEK-KIT, ensuring compliance with UNECE regulations including R157 (ALKS) and R171 (DCAS).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Applied Intuition: Applied Intuition is a direct competitor offering simulation and validation infrastructure for autonomous driving and ADAS, with a comparable enterprise go-to-market targeting global OEMs and Tier 1s.
• Ansys (AVxcelerate): Ansys AVxcelerate is both a partner and competitor in high-fidelity sensor and AV simulation, co-simulating with MORAI Drive but also offering end-to-end ADAS/AV validation tooling to similar enterprise customers.
• Cognata: Cognata provides AI-based simulation for autonomous vehicles with digital twins and synthetic data, directly comparable to MORAI Drive and MORAI Cloud for ADAS/AV validation workflows.
• rFpro: rFpro offers high-fidelity driving simulation environments for automotive OEMs, directly comparable to MORAI Drive for AV/ADAS validation and driver-in-the-loop testing.
• dSPACE: dSPACE provides simulation, validation, and SIL/HIL tooling for ADAS and autonomous driving, targeting the same automotive engineering buyers with overlapping scenario-based testing capabilities.
• Foretellix: Foretellix focuses on scenario-based coverage-driven validation for AV/ADAS, directly overlapping with MORAI Scenario and Scenario Runner for safety case and homologation workflows.
• Parallel Domain: Parallel Domain generates synthetic data and digital twins for autonomous systems training and testing, comparable to MORAI's synthetic data and digital twin capabilities for perception validation.

Broad incumbents

• NVIDIA DRIVE Sim: NVIDIA DRIVE Sim competes with MORAI in autonomous driving simulation and is also a partner, leveraging NVIDIA's GPU/cloud stack and Omniverse platform to serve large automotive customers globally.
• MathWorks: MathWorks' MATLAB/Simulink and Automated Driving Toolbox serve as broader simulation and model-based design incumbents in the same automotive and robotics engineering workflows as MORAI.
• Hexagon (MSC Software): Hexagon's MSC Software provides CAE and simulation tools (Adams, Cradle) used in automotive, aerospace, and defense dynamics modeling, an adjacent but overlapping simulation stack to MORAI's vehicle dynamics and digital twin platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors8 records

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Investments

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