Sequoia Capital and a Palo Alto company that Ford Motor Co. bought earlier this year are getting behind a company founded by former Apple and Uber mapping and navigation engineers.
San Francisco-based rideOS (sort of rhymes with iOS) came out of stealth on Friday to say that it raised $9 million in a Series A round led by Sequoia and joined by Graph Ventures and SV Angel. Sequoia partner Mike Vernal has joined the startup's board.
At the same time, the company said it is partnering with Autonomic,…