A Deep-Tech Start-Up From Finland
Automation for the Most Demanding Environments
Founded in 2017, Sensible 4 is a deep-tech start-up that develops pioneering vehicle automation solutions for the most demanding environments and conditions.
2017
Founding year
80+
Employees
€3M
Revenue in 2021
€17M
Funding
Street-Smart Industrial Automation
Our story started on the open roads, where we have a history of successful deployments around the world.
Our journey has taken us to the industrial environment where we are applying our experience and expertise to automate mass-produced trucks with our DAWN™ automated driving software platform.
Our Software Enables All-Weather Self-Driving
We have solved one of the biggest problems in autonomous driving — the issue of bad weather.
Our innovation uses a unique probabilistic approach that enables vehicles to drive in varying weather conditions — unlike any other company in the space.
Sensible 4 story
Sensible 4 is born
Sensible 4 was founded by Harri Santamala, Jari Saarinen, Tommi Rimpiläinen and Jussi Suomela.
First automated driving vehicle working prototype
The same year, they hired the first engineers and built the first automated vehicle prototype. Following promising tests, the team began working on a bigger model: an automated shuttle bus.
2017
First customer
Collaboration with T-Engineering (Dongfeng Motor, China) to automate one of their vehicles.
Launch of GACHA, Best Design and Best Startup Awards
The world’s first autonomous shuttle bus for all weather conditions in collaboration with Muji, the reknown Japanese designer. The same year, GACHA won the Beazley Designs of the Year award for Best Transport Design!
In addition, Sensible 4 won Best Startup at the Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Cars and received $1 million as a reward.
Series A investment round, Finnish Engineering award and first project abroad
Sensible 4 closed the Series A investment round at $7 million by Nordic Ninja and ITOCHU.
After receiving a Finnish Engineering Award, the first autonomous driving operation abroad started in Oslo, Norway.
2021
Deployments in Europe and international cooperations
More deployments in Norway, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.
Cooperation signed with T-Engineering on bringing Dongfeng Motors’ Level 4 Sharing-VAN to Europe.
Cooperation signed with Moove for automating their Level 4 PeopleMover shuttle.
2021
8M€ EIB funding & new Japan office
We received 8Me from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to boost sustainable transport with our technology.
Simultaneously, we celebrated the opening of a new office in Tokyo and sent our automated driving GACHA bus to Chiba for a 2-week project open to the public.
2022
Launch of DAWN™, new A-round funding & UD Trucks partnership
We released our commercially ready Autonoumous Driving Platform DAWN™. We also welcomed a new investor, taking the total raised to 17M€.
In December, we proudly partnered with truck manufacturer UD Trucks in Japan with a DAWN™ equipped truck transporting material on an industrial site in Japan.
2022
Sensible 4 New Chapter
Sensible 4 new chapter begins.
In April 2025, new founders joined Sensible 4 to lead its next chapter—transforming proven tech into global impact. With a renewed vision, we’re harnessing AI to bring reliable autonomy to harsh weather and extreme environments..
2025