Aston Martin DIGITAL

Domain: Digital / Technology
Entity scope: Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc (“AML”), company no. 11488166, is registered in England and Wales at Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwick CV35 0DB.^{1, 2} AML’s principal operating subsidiary, Aston Martin Lagonda Limited, manufactures and sells luxury sports cars, parts, brand licences and motorsport activities.¹ The Aston Martin Aramco Formula One team is legally separate from the AML Group; F1-specific suppliers are attributed to that team unless a source establishes AML procurement, product transfer, or control.^{1, 3, 4}
Compiled: 2026-09-08
Method: Preserved prior audit expanded with live web research and transport-captured provenance.

Enterprise Technology Stack & Vendor Relationships

Aston Martin’s documented enterprise stack includes Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Power BI, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Agentforce, PageUp ATS, Google Cloud Run for its vehicle configurator with MHP, and Sitecore CMS.^{5, 6, 7} Existing evidence of Salesforce use does not establish procurement of Salesforce Field Service, Click Field Service Edge, or ClickSoftware technology.⁸

For in-vehicle technology, mainstream models historically used Mercedes-Benz-derived infotainment systems, including COMAND and a revised MBUX implementation in the 2024 DBX707.^{9, 10} Aston Martin introduced an in-house instrument cluster and infotainment display for 2025 vehicles, with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.¹¹ Mercedes-Benz AG continues to provide powertrain and E/E architectures under the strategic technology relationship, while AML’s disclosures also describe Mercedes-supplied engines, electrical architecture and entertainment systems.^{12, 13, 14, 15} The 2020 agreement covers access to conventional, hybrid and electric powertrain architectures, E/E architecture, licensed IP, and anticipated hardware and software supply under commercial agreements.¹³

No public evidence identified of an AML licence or delivered component from Mobileye, Plasan, Salesforce Field Service, Click Field Service Edge, or ClickSoftware.^{16, 13, 8} No primary source identifies a Mercedes component supplied to AML as developed by a Mercedes Israeli entity; the confirmed Mercedes relationship must not be treated as evidence of an Israeli-developed module or Israel-linked data-processing path.^{13, 14, 15}

Connected-car telematics and the Aston Martin App have been described as operated directly by Aston Martin.¹¹

Surveillance, Biometrics & Retail Technology

No public evidence identified that AML has deployed facial-recognition, biometric-authentication, AI-surveillance, retail analytics, or predictive-monitoring systems in its showrooms, dealerships, or online retail channels.^{17, 8} No public evidence identified of an Israeli-origin system in those categories.^{17, 8}

Cloud Infrastructure, Data Residency & Sovereign Cloud Participation

AML’s documented cloud footprint includes Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Run.^{5, 6} No public evidence identified of AML participation in Project Nimbus, provision of cloud or resilience services to Israeli state bodies, operation of Israeli data centres, or a disclosed Israeli data-residency arrangement.^{17, 1, 8}

SentinelOne’s platform architecture generally ingests, correlates and queries structured and unstructured data from external and internal sources, with AI operating locally and on its cloud platform; this supports the limited conclusion that a deployed SentinelOne service can process endpoint-security telemetry.¹⁸ No public contract, tenant-region disclosure, data-processing addendum, subprocessor schedule, support-access log, or other evidence identifies AML’s SentinelOne data-storage location, telemetry routing, or personnel access location.^{19, 20, 18}

The separately owned F1 team announced CoreWeave as its Official AI Cloud Computing Partner in May 2025.²¹ That partnership is not evidence that AML itself procures CoreWeave services.^{1, 3, 4}

Defence, Intelligence & Security Sector Technology Relationships

SentinelOne (US-incorporated). SentinelOne’s 3 June 2020 primary announcement identifies Aston Martin Lagonda as its customer and says its endpoint-protection platform was deployed to secure AML’s manufacturing, headquarters, supply chain and field offices while replacing legacy antivirus.²² SentinelOne’s 2021 SEC registration statement states that AML began its selection process in 2018 and rapidly deployed Singularity Complete and Vigilance following a proof of concept; it describes Vigilance MDR analysts as providing 24/7/365 protection and dates AML’s “Official Cybersecurity Partner” designation to 2019.²³ This is carmaker-level evidence, distinct from the F1 team’s cybersecurity partnership announcements.^{24, 25, 26}

SentinelOne’s current public Aston Martin case study continues to identify the carmaker as a UK automotive customer using the Singularity Platform, referring to threat hunting and Vigilance XDR for expert threat response while keeping AML’s team informed.¹⁹ This is current public representation of a customer relationship, not evidence of a disclosed renewal date, contract term, price, endpoint count, particular factory systems, customer-data systems, vehicle-telemetry scope, or invoicing entity.¹⁹

SentinelOne is incorporated in Delaware with principal offices in Mountain View, California, and its FY2026 filing states that R&D employees are located primarily in Israel, India and the Czech Republic.²⁰ Its FY2025 filing identifies a Tel Aviv office and states that it draws on Israeli cybersecurity and intelligence talent.²⁷ US incorporation does not establish that all delivery, development, support, or data access occurs outside Israel; conversely, the Israeli R&D footprint does not establish that Israeli personnel receive or can access AML telemetry.^{20, 18, 27} No public evidence identified of AML’s SentinelOne tenant location, telemetry-routing path, Vigilance/XDR analyst location, or access by Israeli R&D personnel.^{19, 20, 18}

SentinelOne separately publishes an Aston Martin F1 customer resource, which remains attributable to the F1 team unless a source identifies AML as the relevant customer or contracting party.²⁸ No public evidence identified of a relationship between AML and Israeli-domiciled defence, intelligence, or security-sector technology firms including Check Point, Cybereason, Cellebrite, Paragon, Wiz, CyberArk, NICE, Verint, Claroty, or comparable vendors.^{17, 8}

AI, Algorithmic & Autonomous Systems

AML maintains an in-house ADAS/autonomous-driving software function.²⁹ No public evidence identified of a direct AML–Mobileye supply, licence, design-win, or delivered-component relationship.^{16, 13} Mercedes-Benz’s E/E supply relationship does not identify Mobileye hardware or software in Aston Martin vehicles.^{13, 14, 15} Mercedes-Benz has publicly moved its software-defined-vehicle stack toward NVIDIA, but no public evidence confirms Mobileye components reaching AML through that supply chain.³⁰

AML’s June 2023 EV technology partnership with Lucid covers Lucid powertrain, battery-system and software technologies, integration with Aston Martin’s BEV chassis, component supply, and an AML minimum component-spend commitment of $225 million.^{12, 31, 32} Lucid’s FY2024 filing confirms that arrangement remained active as of 31 December 2024.³² No Israeli-technology component of the Lucid supply arrangement was identified.^{31, 32}

The F1 team’s disclosed AI partners include Arm, CoreWeave, Cognition, Cohere and Cognizant.^{21, 33, 34, 35, 36} Those partnerships remain team-level evidence and do not establish AML procurement or transfer of those suppliers’ products to road-car operations.^{1, 3, 4} Aston Martin Performance Technologies, described as the F1 team’s consulting arm, has been stated to assist AML road-car programmes with F1 knowledge and methods; this establishes a general knowledge-transfer channel, not transfer of SentinelOne, CoreWeave, or another F1 commercial partner’s technology.^{12, 14}

Technology Ecosystem & R&D Footprint

AML’s principal automotive R&D is associated with Gaydon, while the F1 team’s campus is at Silverstone.^{37, 1, 4} AML participates in UK vehicle-technology programmes including the £5.8 million PIVOT project with Sarginsons and Altair.³⁸ No public evidence identified of AML investments in Israeli-domiciled technology start-ups, participation in Israeli accelerator or innovation programmes, or an AML R&D presence in Israel.^{1, 39}

AML’s 2025 group-subsidiary disclosure lists entities in England and Wales, Jersey, the United States, Germany, Japan, Singapore and the PRC, including Aston Martin Lagonda of Europe GmbH and Aston Martin Lagonda (China) Automobile Distribution Co., Ltd; no Israeli-incorporated or Israeli-addressed group subsidiary appears in that disclosed list as at 31 December 2025.¹ Aston Martin Israel is an authorised official dealership, and its privacy wording distinguishes the franchised dealer from Aston Martin group entities.³⁹ This supports characterising the Israeli presence as dealer/franchise distribution rather than an AML-owned operating company, R&D centre, technology-transfer arrangement, or co-development relationship.^{40, 39}

AML’s 2025 accounts state that AMR GP and its legal structure are separate from the AML Group and that AML neither controlled nor significantly influenced AMR GP or its affiliates.¹ AML disposed of the significant part of its AMR GP investment on 29 September 2025 for approximately £106 million in net proceeds, then completed disposal of the remaining holding on 16 January 2026, while retaining a long-term sponsorship relationship.¹ The February 2026 circular describes AMR GP Holdings as the company owning and operating the F1 team and concerns a proposed £50 million F1-only naming and branding-rights licence.³ AML recorded £22.3 million of sponsorship expense with AMR GP in 2025 and £3.1 million of engineering-design costs with Aston Martin Performance Technologies Ltd, an AMR GP associate, but the disclosures do not identify a named digital-technology transfer.¹

As at 31 December 2025, notified substantial voting interests included Lawrence Stroll at 32.99%, Li Shufu/Geely at 14.08%, Saudi PIF at 13.88%, and Mercedes-Benz AG at 7.54%.¹ No primary public record was identified in the reviewed material demonstrating a personal or family-office investment by Stroll, Bertarelli, Li Shufu, or the named AML shareholder-representative directors in an Israeli-domiciled surveillance, cyber, AI, SIGINT, or military-technology company; this does not address indirect fund exposure or all investment holdings.¹

Civil Society Scrutiny & Regulatory History

No public evidence identified of civil-society campaigns, NGO reports, or regulatory actions specifically targeting AML’s technology relationships with Israel.¹⁷ The supplied full-text screening found no Aston Martin mention in UN report A/HRC/59/23, the 2025 OHCHR settlement-business database update, and PAX’s June 2024 arms-supplier report; this does not establish absence outside those documents.^{41, 42, 43}

Aston Martin’s Connected Car privacy policy acknowledges GDPR and the UK ICO.⁴⁴ No completed ICO or EU data-protection enforcement action against Aston Martin Lagonda was identified in the reviewed evidence.⁴⁴

Principal-linked technology investments - source follow-up, 8 September 2026

AMLGHL’s FY2025 annual report attributes 14.92% voting rights to Ernesto Bertarelli and identifies board representation for his interests. B-FLEXION’s current people page names him Chairman; Forestay identifies itself as the enterprise-software fund of B-FLEXION, established by the Bertarelli family. Forestay’s current mandate includes Europe and Israel, with AI, data infrastructure and cybersecurity among its themes.^{45, 46, 47}

Forestay’s current portfolio identifies K2View (HQ Israel; first investment 2020), vCita (HQ USA/Israel; first investment 2019) and Fornova (HQ Israel; first investment 2017). These entries are displayed without the exit label used for former holdings. They establish publicly presented ongoing portfolio relationships, not an exact current ownership percentage or new 2026 cash contribution.^{48, 49, 50}

K2View’s 11 August 2020 announcement records a $28 million funding round led by Forestay with Genesis Partners, for growth of its enterprise DataOps platform. B-FLEXION’s 18 July 2019 release records a $15 million vCita round led by Forestay for global expansion and product development. These are total round sizes, not disclosed Forestay-only cheques or Aston Martin expenditure.^{51, 52}

Forestay identifies Veriti as an Israeli cybersecurity investment first made in 2023 and marks it exited. Check Point’s second-quarter 2025 financial results confirm its acquisition of Veriti and report $84 million net cash consideration. This documents the financing history and subsequent acquisition; it does not show an ongoing Forestay equity holding in Veriti or Check Point.^{53, 54}

The named portfolio pages describe enterprise data management, small-business administration, hospitality intelligence and cybersecurity. No public evidence identified in those sources of a named Israeli military customer, a Palestinian-targeted deployment, Aston Martin’s operational use of these products, or an Aston Martin corporate ownership stake in the funds. The affirmative connection is the disclosed major-shareholder/Bertarelli-family investment chain; it is not a claim that the carmaker and fund are one legal entity.^{45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53}