The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Ike: $52.0M raised. 3 sources back the record.
Overview
Ike was a self-driving truck startup founded by former Uber autonomous trucking engineers (from Otto). The company raised $52M in Series A funding and took a systems approach to autonomous trucking before being acquired by Waymo in 2021.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Ike on the deployment map
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Ike.
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Recent coverage
Ike in third-party press
Stealth bomber sinks ship in Pacific: B-2 Spirit and F-15E Strike Eagle team up to demonstrate U.S. naval strike power near China
Lockheed Martin CEO says $1.4 billion in contract modifications will speed Conventional Prompt Strike as new hypersonic glide body advances
Pentagon wants new hypersonic missile that outruns enemy defenses
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-09
Sources by quality tier
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- secondary-trade-publication
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- unclassified
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- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Ike.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Ike from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Stealth bomber sinks ship in Pacific: B-2 Spirit and F-15E Strike Eagle team up to demonstrate U.S. naval strike power near China
U.S. Air Force said the mission demonstrated the ability to conduct operations against enemy naval forces and maintain what it called a decisive edge over regional adversaries.
Lockheed Martin CEO says $1.4 billion in contract modifications will speed Conventional Prompt Strike as new hypersonic glide body advances
Lockheed Martin is accelerating development and demonstration of the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic weapon after a series of successful flight tests, Chief Executive Jim…
Pentagon wants new hypersonic missile that outruns enemy defenses
The Pentagon’s most futuristic research arm has put out a call for a missile that can outrun and outsmart the very air defenses that increasingly threaten American pilots and…
BROADCAST BIAS: Networks cover for radical Hasan Piker despite ties to Senate nominee
Networks downplay Abdul el-Sayed's ties to radical podcaster Hasan Piker despite 9/11 comments, as the Michigan Senate race heads to the general election.
Socialist wave 'ripping America apart' will hit a wall with Michigan voters: Rising star House candidate
Mike Bouchard Jr. slams Abdul El-Sayed's campaign with Hasan Piker and vows Michigan voters will reject socialism in the 10th Congressional District.
Psychology says procrastination about retirement may be less about discipline than identity — brain scans found people often represent their future selves more like strangers than like themselves, and experiments using age-progressed faces made tomorrow’s person feel real enough for participants to save more money for them
Research on future self-continuity suggests retirement delay can involve identity as well as discipline, though early face-ageing studies measured hypothetical choices.
MIKE DAVIS: Chuck Grassley's behind-the-scenes work proved decisive in Todd Blanche confirmation fight
Chuck Grassley's behind-the-scenes role proved decisive in securing Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general despite full Democrat opposition.
Ex-Formula 1 engineers built Britain’s new cheap cruise missile
A British engineering company that spent decades building Formula 1 race cars has announced it will start delivering a weapon that flies faster than 460 mph, carries a…
Nitecore’s latest power bank is the lightest and most compact yet
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Russia’s only anti-war party eyes support boost at elections
While the liberal Yabloko party is unlikely to win any seats in elections next month, they nonetheless relish the opportunity to push their anti-war message on a national scale.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/ike-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/ike-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/985d45e6-825b-4036-9e6c-c1eca84aeafe
- Revision history: /companies/ike-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Ike against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
Analysis
Moderate signals across dimensions. Continued tracking recommended.
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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 9, 2026