The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies KargoBot: 1 model, 4 deployments across 1 region, $244.0M raised. 5 sources back the record.
CategoryTrucks
Overview
KargoBot is an autonomous trucking company spun out from DiDi Global in 2021, developing L4 autonomous driving technology for long-haul freight logistics. The company pioneered a hybrid intelligent platooning model where a human-driven lead truck guides multiple driverless L4 follow trucks, enabling commercial freight operations across 10+ Chinese provinces.
With 400+ autonomous trucks, 50+ commercial operation licenses, and 35M+ km of cumulative testing mileage, KargoBot is among China's leading L4 autonomous trucking operators. Its KargoOmni software platform integrates end-to-end algorithms with reinforcement learning, claiming 83-300% improvement in human efficiency.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
CEO
Fleet size
Cumulative mileage
Commercial licenses
Funding totalsee investors →
Parent
Target fleet
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
4
5 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company KargoBot has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Arbe Robotics1× joint
- 2Hesai Technology1× joint
- 3SuperPanther1× joint
- 4Weifu High-Technology Group1× joint
Most recent
- KargoBot x SuperPanther2025-09-08with SuperPantherjust announced
- KargoBot x Arbe Robotics x Weifu Group2023-04-28with Arbe Roboticsoperating
- KargoBot x Hesai Technology2023-04-21with Hesai Technologyoperating
KargoBot on the deployment map
View the global map4 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2025. Explore where KargoBot's robots are operating, by place and type.
- pilotKargoBot Autonomous Truck at Beijing, China →East Asia · verified Jan 2025
- pilotKargoBot Autonomous Truck at Hebei, China →East Asia · verified Nov 2024
- pilotKargoBot Autonomous Truck at Tianjin Port, China →East Asia · verified Nov 2024
- operationalKargoBot Autonomous Truck at Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China →East Asia · verified Jun 2021
View the full KargoBot deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Wei Junqing CEO
- Junqing Wei CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for KargoBot.
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 (1)
- KargoBot4 deployments
Recent coverage
KargoBot in third-party press
Peers
88 peers across 1 segment. Every KargoBot 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%
- Humble Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Ikedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Kodiak Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Locomationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Trunk.Techdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $244.0M
- Employees
- 12
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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
3 total · 2 operating · 1 just announced
Every company KargoBot has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- KargoBot x SuperPanther2025-09-08with SuperPantherjust announced
- KargoBot x Arbe Robotics x Weifu Group2023-04-28with Arbe Roboticsoperating
- KargoBot x Hesai Technology2023-04-21with Hesai Technologyoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Arbe Robotics1× joint
- 2Hesai Technology1× joint
- 3SuperPanther1× joint
- 4Weifu High-Technology Group1× joint
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- KargoBot x SuperPantherwithSuperPantherdevelopment2025-09-08just announced
- KargoBot x Arbe Robotics x Weifu GroupwithArbe Robotics,Weifu High-Technology Grouptechnology2023-04-28operating
- KargoBot x Hesai TechnologywithHesai Technologytechnology2023-04-21operating
Funding rounds (3)
KargoBot’s 2 disclosed rounds, $183M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2026-03-02
$100M(reported) · $800M post
Investors: Horizon Robotics (co_lead), Gaorong Ventures (co_lead), Hongqi Investment, Fengshion Capital, Orient Renaissance Capital
- Series A+2025-05-14
Investors: Ordos State-Owned Assets Investment Holding Group (lead), Shenzhen Capital Group, Shaanxi Auto Fund, Orinno Capital
- Series A2024-06-28
$83M(reported) · $496M post
Investors: Ordos State-Owned Assets Investment Holding Group (lead), Ordos Group, CIMC Vehicles and Shenzhen Investment Holding Cooperation Fund, Horizon Robotics
Timeline
Every recorded move in KargoBot’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2026-03-02Series B raising $100000000
PartnershipKargoBot x SuperPanther
2025-09-08KargoBot partners with SuperPanther to develop new energy L4 autonomous heavy-duty trucks, combining KargoBot autonomous driving technology with SuperPanther new energy vehicle platform.
Funding roundSeries A+ funding round
2025-05-14Series A+
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2024-06-28Series A raising $82600000
PartnershipKargoBot x Arbe Robotics x Weifu Group
2023-04-28Arbe Robotics and Weifu Group provide 4D imaging radar systems based on Arbe chipset for KargoBot L4 autonomous trucks. The three parties established a cooperation platform in China to jointly promote R&D and commercial application of 4D imaging radar for autonomous driving.
PartnershipKargoBot x Hesai Technology
2023-04-21Hesai provides AT128 automotive-grade hybrid solid-state lidar for KargoBot L4 autonomous trucks. KargoBot is the first L4 commercial truck to use automotive-grade lidar in China, achieving 360-degree FOV coverage with 5 AT128 units per truck.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 13, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 16, 2025
KargoBot Autonomous Truck at Beijing, China
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedNov 1, 2024
KargoBot Autonomous Truck at Hebei, China
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedNov 1, 2024
KargoBot Autonomous Truck at Tianjin Port, China
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2021
KargoBot Autonomous Truck at Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China
Sources (5)
- https://www.kargobot.ai/
- https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/03/03/chinas-kargobot-raises-100m-usd-to-scale-deployment-of-autonomous-trucking-platform/
- https://www.caproasia.com/2026/03/03/china-ride-hailing-giant-didi-global-robo-truck-unit-kargobot-raised-100-million-in-series-b-funding-round-founded-in-2021-as-an-independent-unit-of-didi-investors-include-china-ordos-state-owned/
- https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/seeds-kargobotai-secures-over-100-million-in-series-b-financing-2028723242779308033
- https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/19/ceo-on-the-challenges-and-opportunities-for-autonomous-trucking.html
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Methodology: Verified · 5 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for KargoBot.Peer companies
- Tesla4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Waymo3 models
- BelAZ2 models
- Caterpillar2 models
- Caterpillar Mining2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning KargoBot from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
KargoBot.ai Secures Over $100 Million in Series B Financing
KargoBot raises over 100M USD in Series B co-led by Horizon Robotics and Gaorong Ventures, with 400+ trucks and plans for 1,000 by end of 2026.
Chinas autonomous trucking firm KargoBot.ai closes Series A+ funding
KargoBot completes Series A+ round bringing 2025 funding to nearly 300M yuan, with operations spanning 7 cities and 20 customers.
KargoBot greenlighted for truck platooning test with driverless follow vehicles in Beijing
KargoBot secures approval for driverless truck platooning road tests in Beijings BJHAD, advancing toward fully unmanned operations.
KargoBot Completes CNY 600 Million Series A Financing
KargoBot closes 600M yuan Series A with Ordos state-owned investors, CIMC Vehicles, and Horizon Robotics, targeting scaled autonomous freight.
A revolution is coming: CEO shares the challenges and opportunities in autonomous trucking
KargoBot CEO Junqing Wei discusses the companys hybrid L4 platooning solution and operations in Inner Mongolia with 100+ autonomous trucks.
Arbe and Weifu Group Announce Strategic Cooperation with DiDi Globals KargoBot, Empowering Safety for L4 Autonomous Trucks
Arbe Robotics and Weifu Group partner with KargoBot to provide 4D imaging radars for L4 autonomous trucks, enhancing safety perception.
Hesai Reaches Strategic Cooperation with KargoBot, Empowering the Mass Production of Autonomous Trucks
Hesai partners with KargoBot to deploy AT128 automotive-grade lidar on L4 autonomous trucks, the first such use in China.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/kargobot.md
- RSS feed: /companies/kargobot/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/e511a88c-e41a-454c-bae4-a9f628aa12a8
- Revision history: /companies/kargobot/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Tesla4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Waymo3 models
- BelAZ2 models
- Caterpillar2 models
- Caterpillar Mining2 models
Video
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Reality vs attention
KargoBot draws attention at the 24th percentile but verifies reality at the 68th percentile among truck robots. Hype Gap -44, 40th widest among truck robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 4 verified deployments. Well-capitalized with $183M raised and recent funding activity. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to 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.
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Last computed: Aug 27, 2026