Gatik

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.

Operated deployments (2)

• Gatik Autonomous DriveBentonville
• Gatik Autonomous Box TruckToronto

Operator customers (4)

• Gatik2 deployments
• Kroger1 deployment
• Tyson Foods1 deployment
• Walmart1 deployment

Brains developed (1)

• Gatik Driverfoundation-model · commercial

Peer companies

• Tesla4 models
• Aurora Innovation3 models
• Nuro3 models
• Waymo3 models
• Avride2 models
• Baidu2 models

Financial state

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 (1)

• Gatik x PepsiCo Driverless Freight with PepsiCodeployment

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

Sources (12)

1. https://gatik.ai/about/ ↗
2. https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/07/gatiks-gautam-narang-on-the-importance-of-knowing-your-customer/ ↗
3. https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/31/gatik-expands-autonomous-box-truck-operations-to-texas-with-85-million-in-new-funds/ ↗
4. https://gatik.ai/news/press-releases/gatik-and-walmart-achieve-fully-driverless-deliveries-in-a-first-for-autonomous-trucking-industry-worldwide/ ↗
5. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211108005409/en/Gatik-and-Walmart-Achieve-Fully-Driverless-Deliveries-in-a-First-for-Autonomous-Trucking-Industry-Worldwide ↗
6. https://www.ccjdigital.com/equipment-controls/article/15281126/walmart-takes-safety-driver-out-of-autonomous-middlemile ↗
7. https://gatik.ai/news/press-releases/gatik-becomes-first-us-company-to-operate-fully-driverless-trucks-at-scale-for-commercial-deliveries/ ↗
8. https://www.pymnts.com/news/delivery/2026/gatik-autonomous-trucks-complete-10000-miles-fully-driverless-deliveries/ ↗
9. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-27/autonomous-trucking-firm-gatik-inks-contracts-worth-600-million ↗
10. https://www.act-news.com/news/first-of-its-kind-freight-only-driverless-truck/ ↗
11. https://gatik.ai/news/press-releases/isuzu-invests-us30-million-in-gatik-to-develop-autonomous-driving-logistics-business/ ↗
12. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatik-fully-driverless-trucks ↗

Common questions

What is Gatik?

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.

Where is Gatik based?

Gatik is based in Mountain View, California, USA.

When was Gatik founded?

Gatik was founded in 2017.

What does Gatik make?

Gatik has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Gatik Autonomous Drive, Gatik Autonomous Box Truck (Gatik builds physical robots).

Where does Gatik operate robots?

Gatik operates 2 verified deployments, including at Bentonville, Toronto.

Is Gatik safe?

Gatik has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.