Woven by Toyota

Name

Woven by Toyota

Legal name

Woven by Toyota, Inc.

Website

https://woven.toyota

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Automotive Software Platforms

NAICS

Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing (33632)

akta.pro primary industry

Micromobility Electrical/Electronic Components Manufacturing (Wiring/Displays/Telematics/IoT) (IMACAOAI)

Keywords

• Automotive software platforms
• Software-defined vehicles
• Automated driving technology
• Mobility AI infrastructure
• Connected city platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing (Arene OS): Woven by Toyota licenses its Arene software platform to Toyota and potentially other automotive manufacturers for integration into vehicles, enabling software-defined vehicle capabilities with over-the-air updates.
2. Technology Development Services: Provides software development, automated driving technology development, and AI technology development services to Toyota Group companies and Woven City Inventors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Woven by Toyota develops and licenses software platforms (Arene) for software-defined vehicles with over-the-air update capability, builds advanced automated driving (AD/ADAS) technologies, and creates AI foundation models such as the Woven City AI Vision Engine. It also operates Woven City, a real-world test course in Susono City, Japan, where it co-creates mobility products and services with external Inventor companies through the Kakezan framework.

Product overview

Woven by Toyota is a platform-plus-modules technology company developing foundational mobility technologies. The core offerings include: Arene, a software platform for automotive development powering software-defined vehicles with OTA updates; Automated Driving (AD/ADAS) technologies for advanced driver assistance; and Woven City, a living laboratory test course for mobility innovation. AI-powered technologies include the Woven City AI Vision Engine (Vision Language Model for real-time environment understanding), the Integrated ANZEN System (coordinated safety platform), Woven City Infra Hub (unified data platform), Woven City Data Fabric (privacy-respecting data management), Woven City Digital KAIZEN Platform (operational optimization), Woven City xEV-VPP (EV energy management), and Woven City Robot Platform (robotics development). Additional offerings include MISRA Copilot for automotive code compliance, the Inventor Garage physical prototyping facility, and strategic investment vehicles Woven Capital and Toyota Invention Partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Arene: A state-of-the-art software platform that unifies and accelerates automotive software development
• Woven City
• Woven City AI Vision Engine
• Woven City Integrated ANZEN System
• Woven City Inventor Garage
• Woven Capital
• Toyota Invention Partners

Products and services

• Arene Software Platform State-of-the-art automotive software platform that unifies safety systems, multimedia, navigation, and vehicle controls into a single architecture with over-the-air update capability, enabling software-defined vehicles. Targeted at Toyota and Lexus production vehicles.
• Automated Driving (AD/ADAS) Advanced data-driven automated driving and advanced driver-assistance technologies using cameras and sensors, targeted at Toyota and Lexus production vehicles for enhanced safety and peace of mind.
• Woven City Real-world test course for mobility in Susono City, Japan, where Inventors and Weavers co-create new mobility products and services, featuring a three-type road system, underground networks, and smart infrastructure.
• Woven City AI Vision Engine Large-scale AI foundation model that processes visual, behavioral, and environmental data from camera feeds, mobility systems, and user inputs to identify patterns and detect potential risks across connected systems.
• Woven City Integrated ANZEN System Coordinated safety platform that combines Behavior AI, Drive Sync Assist, and the AI Vision Engine to enable coordinated action across people, mobility technologies, and infrastructure to improve safety.
• Woven City Infra Hub Integrated data platform unifying data across people, infrastructure, and mobility technology to enable vehicles, robots, and facilities to work together seamlessly.
• Woven City Data Fabric Framework for managing personal data in a secure and flexible way, allowing individuals to grant or deny access to their information in real time based on requester, data type, and conditions.
• Woven City Digital KAIZEN Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 81.5% of MISRA compliance violations resolved automatically by MISRA Copilot AI tool
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability12 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Joby AviationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Joby Aviation joined Woven City as Inventor to explore air mobility ecosystem as part of eVTOL development and operation. This represents Woven City's expansion beyond land mobility to include aerial transportation.
• AI Robot Association (AIRoA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026AIRoA joined Woven City as Inventor to promote development and societal adoption of AI-enabled robots, exploring practical deployment through real-world challenge identification and feedback cycles.
• DAIICHIKOSHO CO., LTD.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026DAIICHIKOSHO joined Woven City as Inventor to create flexible karaoke experiences through real-world demonstration experiments, exploring entertainment integration with mobility ecosystem.
• Toyota Financial Services CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Toyota Financial Services joined Woven City as Inventor to develop new sales and financing models based on verified real-world mobility usage data from Woven City testing environment.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or Integration · 19 November 2025Collaboration with Microsoft on MISRA Copilot, an AI-powered tool leveraging Azure OpenAI for automated MISRA compliance violation correction in automotive software. Woven by Toyota worked with Microsoft to develop the multi-agent architecture and RAG-based domain knowledge integration.
• ForetellixcoreTechnology or Integration · 21 May 2025Foretellix's Foretify platform for AI-powered autonomous vehicle development is used by Woven by Toyota. The platform generates hyper-realistic synthetic sensor data for training and validating AV stacks, backed by investors including Toyota's Woven Capital.
• WaymocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2025Toyota Motor Corporation and Waymo reached preliminary agreement to explore strategic partnership with Woven by Toyota also joining. Aims to combine Waymo's autonomous driving technology with Toyota's vehicle expertise to develop new autonomous vehicle platform and enhance next-generation personally owned vehicles.
• Daikin IndustriesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 January 2025Daikin joined Woven City as Inventor testing pollen-less spaces and personalized functional environments using air conditioning technologies in real-world living conditions.
• Nissin FoodsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 January 2025Nissin Foods joined Woven City as Inventor to create and evaluate food environments to inspire new food cultures in collaboration with residents.
• UCC Japan Co., Ltd.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 January 2025UCC Japan joined Woven City as Inventor to conduct proof-of-concept study demonstrating the effect of coffee on creativity and productivity, and exploring futuristic cafe experiences. Currently using Woven City AI Vision Engine in proof-of-concept project.
• Zoshinkai Holdings Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 January 2025Zoshinkai joined Woven City as Inventor to leverage data for realizing innovative educational methods and new learning environments.
• DyDo DRINCO, INC.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 January 2025DyDo DRINCO joined Woven City as Inventor to create new value through innovative vending machine concepts integrated with mobility ecosystem.
• Panasonic Automotive SystemscoreTechnology or Integration · 7 January 2025Panasonic provides multimedia systems for Toyota vehicles including 2026 RAV4, integrated with Woven by Toyota's Arene platform enabling the first production vehicle with OTA update capability.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Waymo: Alphabet's L4 autonomous-driving technology company and Woven's named strategic partner on the preliminary Toyota AV platform agreement — competes for autonomy stack mindshare and is jointly exploring personally-owned AVs with Toyota.
• NVIDIA DRIVE: NVIDIA's AV/SDV compute and software platform (DRIVE OS, DRIVE IX, Hyperion reference architecture) sold to multiple OEMs — competing head-on with Arene for the AI + software-defined-vehicle stack inside next-generation vehicles.
• Mobileye: Leading supplier of ADAS and autonomous-driving silicon, perception software and mapping to global OEMs — directly comparable to Woven by Toyota's AD/ADAS roadmap and AI Vision Engine perception work.
• Volkswagen CARIAD: Volkswagen Group's software unit developing the unified VW software platform for software-defined vehicles across Audi, Porsche, VW and Bentley brands — the closest large-OEM analogue to Woven's Arene + ADAS stack serving Toyota/Lexus.

Emerging players

• Aurora Innovation: Autonomous-driving technology company (Aurora Driver) targeting trucking and eventually personal mobility — comparable as an L4-focused AV software peer exploring OEM integration paths similar to Toyota/Woven's Waymo agreement.
• HERE Technologies: Mapping and location-platform vendor increasingly focused on ADAS/AV data and software — adjacent and enabling to both Woven's EV Routing feature on Arene and the Woven City AI Vision Engine.

Broad incumbents

• Aptiv: Global automotive technology supplier of electrical architecture, ADAS and software solutions — overlaps with Woven's ADAS and vehicle intelligence work but serves a broad OEM base rather than a single anchor.
• BlackBerry QNX: Embedded operating system and safety-certified middleware used in automotive digital cockpits and ADAS — a more established but narrower software platform peer to Arene for safety-critical in-vehicle software.
• Harman International (Samsung): Tier-1 automotive supplier of connected car, ADAS, audio and cockpit software/hardware — overlapping Woven's multimedia, telematics and OTA ambitions but as a broader portfolio player across many OEMs.
• Bosch Mobility Solutions: Largest automotive Tier-1 with broad ADAS, sensor, software-defined-vehicle and mobility-services offerings — competes with Woven across multiple fronts but as part of a much wider portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments3 records

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