ClearMotion
Series C+Raised Since FeaturedMotion cancelling for cars
Active suspension technology that cancels unwanted vehicle motion like noise-cancellation cancels sound.
About
ClearMotion builds the world's most advanced fully proactive suspension system, combining hardware actuators and AI-driven software to eliminate unwanted vehicle motion in milliseconds. Founded by MIT engineers Shakeel Avadhany, Zack Anderson, and Vlad Tarasov under the name Levant Power in 2009, the company replaces traditional shock absorbers with electrohydraulic actuators at each wheel corner that read the road ahead and cut cabin motion by roughly 75% compared to the best passive systems. Their CM1 suspension hardware pairs with RoadMotion, a cloud-based API that crowdsources road surface data from equipped vehicles to build high-definition surface maps for proactive chassis control. ClearMotion acquired Bose's legendary SoundActive suspension business in 2017, inheriting decades of research. The technology is now in production with NIO on the flagship ET9 sedan (a 750,000-vehicle lifetime contract) and in technical collaboration with Porsche for future sports cars.
DailyDropout Take
ClearMotion caught our eye as the company doing for vehicle motion what Bose did for sound — and then they literally acquired Bose's suspension division. With $307M raised from blue-chip investors like J.P. Morgan and Franklin Templeton, a 750,000-vehicle contract with NIO, and a Porsche partnership, they're turning a decades-old MIT lab concept into the standard for how premium vehicles ride.
Discovery signal: Massive NIO production contract (750K vehicles), Porsche technical collaboration, acquisition of Bose's legendary suspension IP, $307M raised from institutional investors.
What Makes Them Unique
ClearMotion is the only company to combine fully active electrohydraulic suspension hardware with a cloud-based road-mapping API, delivering proactive motion cancellation rather than reactive damping. Their acquisition of Bose's legendary suspension IP gave them a multi-decade research head start no competitor can replicate.
$307M
Total Raised
750,000 vehicles
NIO ET9 Contract
~75% vs best passive
Motion Reduction
~$56.4M
Revenue (2025)
Target Markets
Founders
Shakeel Avadhany
Co-Founder
MIT graduate who co-founded ClearMotion (originally Levant Power) to develop active suspension technology. Met Zack Anderson at MIT Campus Preview Weekend in 2006.
Zack Anderson
Co-Founder
MIT EECS graduate. Built and sold electric go-karts in high school, competed in the first DARPA Grand Challenge. Stepped down as CTO in November 2024 to pursue robotics and AI ventures.
Vlad Tarasov
Co-Founder
MIT graduate who co-founded ClearMotion alongside Avadhany and Anderson.
Key People
Previously: Continental (25+ years in powertrain and chassis systems)
Previously: ZF (25+ years in automotive systems)
Previously: Jaguar Land Rover (22-year career, headed APAC)
Previously: Robotic actuators R&D
Previously: Joost (Skype co-founders)
Funding History
Lead: Undisclosed
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Lead: Bridgestone Americas
Lead: Franklin Templeton Investments
Lead: NIO Capital
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