Platform Science, Inc.

I'll verify the company's profile with web searches.

Now let me verify the litigation context and the Trimble acquisition.

Platform Science, Inc. is a privately held Delaware corporation headquartered at 9560 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, California. It was founded in 2015 by CEO Jack Kennedy and CTO Jake Fields. It is venture-backed and remains private; reported funding totals roughly $300M–$425M across rounds through a February 2025 Series D-1, and PitchBook/Forge data put a post-money valuation near $470M–$780M depending on round. Third-party employee estimates vary widely (roughly 140 to 750), so headcount is not reliably verifiable; revenue is not disclosed.

Products / operations. Platform Science sells an OEM-native connected-vehicle software platform for commercial trucking fleets, branded Virtual Vehicle®. It runs factory-installed telematics and an application layer on the truck, letting fleets, OEMs, and third-party developers deploy apps without aftermarket hardware. Its catalog includes ELD/compliance, driver vehicle inspection reporting (DVIR), workflow, hours-of-service, navigation, and messaging applications. It has OEM partnerships with Daimler Truck North America, Navistar, and PACCAR, and in February 2025 completed the acquisition of Trimble's global transportation telematics business units, with Trimble taking equity and a board seat (ABI Research reported a ~32.5% stake).

Litigation posture. The case data shows 3 plaintiff-side cases and 0 defendant-side cases, all in S.D. Cal. This is not a patent-assertion posture: Platform Science is an operating company using declaratory-judgment actions defensively. Its adversary, Fleet Connect Solutions LLC, is a Texas-formed, Melville, New York–based non-practicing entity that Platform Science's complaint states is owned and controlled by Empire IP LLC and has filed 50+ infringement suits.

Notable cases. Platform Science, Inc. v. Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC (S.D. Cal., 3:25-cv-00457, filed Feb. 27, 2025) seeks declarations that Platform Science's products and their instructed use do not infringe Fleet Connect's patents. Fleet Connect had first sued Platform Science customers C.R. England (C.D. Cal.), Schneider National Carriers (C.D. Cal.), and Werner Enterprises (N.D. Tex.), triggering Platform Science's indemnity obligations. Patents in suit include the '810, '388, '040, '153, '391, '845, '223, '837, '968, '586, '751, '184, '044, and '565 patents.