# Kodiak AI: company

Canonical ID: `e657f740-aaeb-4dd1-97b4-cfc9982e625f`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2018 by Don Burnette (ex-Otto/Uber)
- **Public:** Nasdaq: KDK / KDKRW (via Ares Acquisition Corp II SPAC, closed Sept 2025; rebranded Kodiak Robotics to Kodiak AI)
- **Driverless commercial:** Customer-owned driverless RoboTrucks up to 24/7 hauling frac sand for Atlas Energy in the Permian Basin (off-highway lease roads)
- **Q1 2026:** 28 driverless trucks, 23,500+ paid driverless hours, revenue +74%
- **Next:** On-highway long-haul driverless target H2 2026

- **Slug:** kodiak
- **Status:** public
- **Founded:** 2018
- **HQ:** Mountain View, California, USA

## Models

- [Kodiak RoboTruck](/models/kodiak-robotruck.md) (truck) (id: `7672bd6c-7189-4f46-bc83-fd62d8dbea7c`)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (12)

1. https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/07/self-driving-truck-startup-kodiak-robotics-raises-40-million/
2. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/07/kodiak-ai-self-driving-truck-startup-don-burnette-paz-eshel-fundraise.html
3. https://kodiak.ai/company
4. https://www.therobotreport.com/kodiak-robotics-autonomous-trucking-developer-goes-public-via-spac/
5. https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/autonomous-trucking-startup-kodiak-robotics-to-go-public-via-spac/
6. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001853138/000119312525079657/d948522dex991.htm
7. https://investors.kodiak.ai/news-releases/news-release-details/kodiak-completes-business-combination-ares-acquisition
8. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001853138/000119312525202878/d945093dex991.htm
9. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/autonomous-kodiak-goes-public
10. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kodiak-ai-now-a-public-company-looks-to-deliver-an-autonomous-trucking-future
11. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kodiak-ai-q1-2026-earnings-28-driverless-trucks
12. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/07/kodiak-ai-raises-100m-at-a-steep-discount-sending-its-stock-tumbling-37/

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