The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Gatik: 2 models, 12 deployments across 5 regions, $85.0M raised. 16 sources back the record.
Gatik holds 1 Regulatory filing, per the DEPLOY registry.
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Appears inLogistics robots
Overview
American autonomous middle-mile trucking company (founded 2017 by Gautam Narang, Arjun Narang, and Apeksha Kumavat). Runs L4 autonomous Class 6/7 box trucks on fixed, repeatable short-haul routes for retail and grocery. Achieved a world-first fully driverless (no safety driver) middle-mile delivery for Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas in 2021; driverless-at-scale has been ramping since mid-2025 at still-modest cumulative volume, atop a larger safety-driver-supervised commercial footprint dating to 2019.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 12 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
Founded
Fundingsee investors →
Focus
Driverless
Autonomy
Data & sources
Press releases
5
News coverage
3
Patent documents
4
Web sources
4
16 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Gatik Autonomous Drive
Gatik Autonomous Drive is a Level 4 system for fixed B2B middle-mile logistics routes, operating box trucks and straight trucks. Gatik targets short, repeatable multi-stop routes between distribution centers and retail stores, avoiding the complexity of last-mile delivery.
Current platform
Gatik Autonomous Box Truck
Gatik's autonomous Class 6/7 medium-duty box truck (Isuzu FTR chassis, Cummins B6.7 powertrain, refrigerated/cold-chain boxes), running the Gatik Driver on fixed middle-mile routes. Purpose-built with redundancy for driverless operation; explicitly not a Class 8 long-haul tractor.
Partnerships
Every company Gatik has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Loblaw2× joint
- 2PepsiCo2× joint
- 3PepsiCo1× joint1 total
- 4Walmart1× joint
Most recent
- Gatik x PepsiCo Driverless Freight2026-06-15with PepsiCooperating
- PepsiCo x Gatik autonomous freight2026-06-15with PepsiCooperating
- Gatik x PepsiCo2026-06-08with PepsiCooperating
- with Loblawoperating
- with Loblawoperating
Gatik on the deployment map
View the global map12 verified deployments across 5 regions, newest verified Aug 2026. Explore where Gatik's robots are operating, by place and type.
- NewoperationalGatik Autonomous Box Truck at Dallas, Texas, USA →Southwest · verified Aug 2026
- operationalGatik Autonomous Box Truck at Greater Toronto Area, Canada (Loblaw 50 trucks) →Ontario · verified Jan 2026
- operationalGatik Autonomous Box Truck at United States →United States · verified Jan 2026
- operationalGatik Autonomous Box Truck at United States →United States · verified Jan 2026
- operationalGatik Autonomous Box Truck at Canada →North America · verified Jan 2026
- scaledGatik Autonomous Box Truck at United States (multiple hotel chains) →United States · verified Jan 2026
- operationalGatik Autonomous Box Truck at Greater Toronto Area, Canada (Loblaw 50 trucks) →Ontario · verified Jan 2026
- operationalGatik Autonomous Box Truck at Arkansas →Southeast · verified Sep 2023
- operationalGatik Autonomous Box Truck at Texas →Southwest · verified Mar 2023
- operationalGatik Autonomous Box Truck at Toronto →North America · verified Jan 2022
- operationalGatik Autonomous Box Truck at Arkansas →Southeast · verified Nov 2021
- operationalGatik Autonomous Box Truck at Texas →Southwest · verified Jan 2021
View the full Gatik deployment record →
Relationships
Claims ledger
Public, dated claims by Gatik, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.
- VerifiedTimeline · claimed 2026-02-01 · deadline 2026-12-31
“By end of 2026 they're going fully driverless on real highways”
"The Wall Street Journal confirms Gatik's driverless trucks are running at scale on public roads for PepsiCo" (June 2026). Gatik has been driverless since 2020 with Walmart in Arkansas. The claim is verified — Gatik is already fully driverless on public roads. https://gatik.ai/
- VerifiedCapacity · claimed 2024-01-01
“Gatik's vehicles make 4-6 trips per day on a route that is 7.1 miles round trip”
The Robot Report confirmed operational metrics. 4-6 trips/day, 7.1 mile route, driverless. These are specific, measurable, and verified.
- VerifiedCustomer · claimed 2021-11-01
“Fully driverless autonomous trucking becomes reality as Gatik and Walmart remove the safety driver”
Walmart confirmed driverless operation in Bentonville, Arkansas. Gatik was the first to achieve fully driverless autonomous trucking. Later expanded to PepsiCo. https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2020/12/15/walmart-and-gatik-go-driverless-in-arkansas
Disagree with a status? Gatik can submit a correction with evidence and we log the response on the record. Methodology and the full industry ledger live at /stats/claim-integrity.
Current leadership (3)
- Gautam Narang Co-founder & CEOIR-verified
- Arjun Narang Co-founder & CTOIR-verified
- Apeksha Kumavat Co-founder & Chief EngineerIR-verified
Founders (3)
- Gautam Narangcofounderfounded 2019-01-01
- Arjun Narangcofounderfounded 2019-01-01
- Apeksha Kumavatcofounderfounded 2019-01-01
Board (1)
- Dror Berman director
Safety record
No incidents on record for Gatik.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (2)
Brains developed (1)
- Gatik Driverfoundation-model · commercial
Recent coverage
Gatik in third-party press
Peers
92 peers across 2 segments. Every Gatik competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
av(88)
57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%
- Aurora Innovationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- AutoXdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Baidudirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Bot Autodirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Caterpillardirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Cruisedirect competitor(inferred)strong
autonomous vehicle(4)
- Nurodirect competitor(reported)strong
- Aurora Innovationadjacent competitor(reported)moderate
- Kodiak AIadjacent competitor(reported)moderate
- Plusadjacent competitor(reported)moderate
Supplied by (3)
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIAvia Gatik Autonomous Box TruckNVIDIA DRIVE AGX in-vehicle compute (DRIVE Thor SoC; powers Gatik L4 class-6/class-7 autonomous trucks for Fortune 500 freight customers; mass production announced March 2025)supplies
- NVIDIAvia Gatik Autonomous DriveNVIDIA DRIVE AGX (Drive Thor SoC) -- Level 4 AI compute up to 1,000 TOPS for autonomous class 6/7 box truckssupplies
Sensors
- Velodyne LiDARcompany-levelVelodyne Alpha Prime + Ultra Puck LiDAR -- multi-year sales agreement for Gatik middle-mile trucks (2021)supplies
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Total funding
- $85.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
6 total · 6 operating
Every company Gatik has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Gatik x PepsiCo Driverless Freight2026-06-15with PepsiCooperating
- PepsiCo x Gatik autonomous freight2026-06-15with PepsiCooperating
- Gatik x PepsiCo2026-06-08with PepsiCooperating
- with Loblawoperating
- with Loblawoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Loblaw2× joint
- 2PepsiCo2× joint
- 3PepsiCo1× joint1 total
- 4Walmart1× joint
All 6 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Gatik x PepsiCo Driverless FreightwithPepsiCodeployment2026-06-15operating
- deployment2026-06-15operating
- Gatik x PepsiCowithPepsiCodeployment2026-06-08operating
- deployment2026-05-27operating
- deployment2025-09-28operating
- Gatik x WalmartwithWalmartdeployment2021-01-01operating
Funding rounds (2)
- Multi-year Agreement2026-06-08
- Series C2025-06-01
$85M(reported) · $700M post
Investors: Koch Disruptive Technologies (lead), Isuzu Motors (strategic)
Regulatory filings (1)
- CA-DMV-TEST-GATIKother · othergranted2023-01-01
Patent estate (4)
- US12065155B2usptograntedgranted 2024-08-20assignee
- US12409824B1usptograntedgranted 2025-09-09assignee
- US11034364B1usptograntedgranted 2021-06-15assignee
- US11157010B1usptograntedgranted 2021-10-26assignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Gatik’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Velodyne LiDAR
2026-06-27Supply: Velodyne Alpha Prime + Ultra Puck LiDAR -- multi-year sales agreement for Gatik middle-mile trucks (2021) from Velodyne LiDAR
PartnershipPepsiCo x Gatik autonomous freight
2026-06-15PepsiCo and Gatik announced a multi-year commercial agreement to deploy fully autonomous middle-mile freight operations across PepsiCos North American logistics network. This expands Gatik's autonomous box truck deployments beyond Walmart to a major CPG company.
PartnershipGatik x PepsiCo Driverless Freight
2026-06-15Gatik and PepsiCo deploying driverless freight across the US. B2B autonomous middle-mile logistics for one of the world's largest food and beverage companies.
Funding roundMulti-year Agreement funding round
2026-06-08Multi-year Agreement raising $0
PartnershipGatik x PepsiCo
2026-06-08PepsiCo and Gatik announced a multi-year strategic partnership to deploy driverless freight across PepsiCo's North America food and beverage supply chain, described as the largest commercial autonomous freight deployment to date. Gatik already operates driverless trucks for PepsiCo across Arkansas, Arizona, and Texas.
PartnershipGatik x Loblaw autonomous truck deployment
2026-05-27Gatik and Loblaw signed a five-year agreement to deploy 50 autonomous trucks across the Toronto area by 2026, marking the largest autonomous truck deployment in North America. Gatik operates fully driverless trucks for commercial deliveries.
PartnershipGatik x Loblaw autonomous truck deployment Canada
2025-09-28Gatik and Loblaw expanded commercial partnership to deploy 20 autonomous trucks by end of 2025 and 30 more by end of 2026 for driverless delivery across 300+ retail stores in greater Toronto area. Full regional network handling multiple brands. Not a fixed-route pilot — commercial and complex.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2025-06-01Series C raising $85000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Deployment recordedAug 25, 2026
Gatik Autonomous Box Truck at Dallas, Texas, USA
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
We Are Gatik: Relentless
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Gatik's Autonomous Trucks Making Daily Deliveries for Customers in...
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Gatik Announces Collaboration with Kroger to Future-Proof Supply Chain
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Gatik and Loblaw Make History with First Fully Driverless Deployment...
Sources (12)
- https://gatik.ai/about/
- https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/07/gatiks-gautam-narang-on-the-importance-of-knowing-your-customer/
- https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/31/gatik-expands-autonomous-box-truck-operations-to-texas-with-85-million-in-new-funds/
- https://gatik.ai/news/press-releases/gatik-and-walmart-achieve-fully-driverless-deliveries-in-a-first-for-autonomous-trucking-industry-worldwide/
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211108005409/en/Gatik-and-Walmart-Achieve-Fully-Driverless-Deliveries-in-a-First-for-Autonomous-Trucking-Industry-Worldwide
- https://www.ccjdigital.com/equipment-controls/article/15281126/walmart-takes-safety-driver-out-of-autonomous-middlemile
- https://gatik.ai/news/press-releases/gatik-becomes-first-us-company-to-operate-fully-driverless-trucks-at-scale-for-commercial-deliveries/
- https://www.pymnts.com/news/delivery/2026/gatik-autonomous-trucks-complete-10000-miles-fully-driverless-deliveries/
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-27/autonomous-trucking-firm-gatik-inks-contracts-worth-600-million
- https://www.act-news.com/news/first-of-its-kind-freight-only-driverless-truck/
- https://gatik.ai/news/press-releases/isuzu-invests-us30-million-in-gatik-to-develop-autonomous-driving-logistics-business/
- https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatik-fully-driverless-trucks
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Methodology: Verified · 12 sources (5 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Gatik.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Gatik from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Gatik brings in $200M to continue expanding autonomous trucking operations
Gatik said the funding will help it expand its model built around high-frequency regional routes connecting distribution centers and stores. The post Gatik brings in $200M to…
Startup Funding News Today, August 26, 2026: Emerald AI, Gatik, Stellaria & More
Startup investors put more than $546 million in disclosed dollar-denominated capital, plus €11.6 million, into the 10 most significant qualifying rounds identified in the latest…
Gatik raises US$200m in Series D for autonomous trucking
Gatik has raised US$200m in a Series D led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies to scale its autonomous freight operations. The post Gatik raises US$200m…
Gatik raises $200M to grow driverless fleet past 100 trucks this year
Autonomous trucking company Gatik AI Inc. today announced a $200 million Series D round to expand its driverless fleet. Gatik said the money will take it from dozens of trucks on…
Gatik Raises $200 Million to Scale Driverless Trucks
Autonomous trucking startup Gatik has raised $200 million in its largest funding round yet as it moves from developing its technology to scaling commercial operations. CEO and…
Gatik raises $200M to scale driverless freight to thousands
Gatik runs dozens of driverless trucks today and wants thousands. A $200 million Series D led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies funds the jump. The…
Self-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200M following PepsiCo deal
The funding, Gatik's largest so far, was led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies.
Gatik AI raises $200 million in its largest funding series
Autonomous trucking startup Gatik AI raised $200 million in a round led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies, bringing total funding to about $500…
Gatik secures $200 million in funding as autonomous freight market accelerates
Autonomous trucking startup Gatik raised $200 million in a Series D round led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies, with participation from Millennium…
Gatik to bring autonomous freight to PepsiCo's North American supply chain
PepsiCo announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Gatik AI to bring autonomous freight into its North American food and beverage supply chain, with Gatik already operating…
TechCrunch Mobility: A new robotaxi scorecard shows China's dominance
Autnmy AI released a Road to Autonomy Index ranking Baidu Apollo Go as the top robotaxi operator ahead of Waymo, with Tesla in fifth; Texas AV tracker shows Waymo at 620 vehicles,…
Gatik and PepsiCo deploy driverless freight across the U.S.
Gatik and PepsiCo deploying driverless freight. B2B autonomous middle-mile logistics. Bringing driverless trucks into one of the world's largest food and beverage companies.
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- Revision history: /companies/gatik/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Video
Gatik is operating daily deliveries without a safety driver behind the wheel on its delivery route for Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas, moving customer orders between a Walmart dark store and a Neighborhood Market in it
Quick look at the Gatik perception stack on the front of the autonomous vehicle.
Gatik AI co-founder and CEO Guatam Narang joins "Squawk Alley" to discuss the new partnership between the company and Walmart to provide new self-driving delive
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An overview of the new Arena development framework for autonomous trucks from Gatik.
Today's robotics briefing covers three fresh stories from the last 72 hours: 1. Gatik and PepsiCo announce a multi-year strategic agreement to scale autonomous
Heat Index
Category contender87/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Gatik draws attention at the 79th percentile but verifies reality at the 89th percentile among truck robots. Hype Gap -10, 30th widest among truck robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 13 verified deployments. Strong deployment footprint with 13 operational sites across 9 countries. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 29, 2026