CategoryTrucks
Appears inLogistics robots
Overview
Autonomous yard trucks (Class 6 switching tractors) for freight distribution centers; moves trailers from dock to dock without a human driver.
Reality check
System (company-claimed)
Combines yard management software, electric autonomous yard trucks and site infrastructure, including automated brake-line connection.
Georgia-Pacific milestone (company-claimed)
Completed its 1,000th autonomous zero-emission trailer move at a Georgia-Pacific distribution center.
YMX Logistics deal (company-claimed)
A non-exclusive five-year agreement announced Oct 1 2026: YMX will finance, operate and support the Outrider System at large enterprise yards.
YMX deployments (company-claimed)
Initial deployments from 2026 target food and beverage, retail, CPG and automotive customers. Site-by-site scale not disclosed.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founder background
Product
Approach
Customers
Data & sources
Web sources
6
6 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Outrider has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1YMX Logistics1× joint1 total
Most recent
- with YMX Logisticsjust announced
Outrider on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Outrider's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Outrider deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Andrew Smith Founder, Founder & CEOsince 2017-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Andrew Smithsolefounded 2017-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Outrider.
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)
- Outrider1 deployment
Recent coverage
Outrider in third-party press
Peers
88 peers across 1 segment. Every Outrider competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
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57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%
- Aurora Innovationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- AutoXdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Avridedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Baidudirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Bot Autodirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Caterpillardirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Outrider.
Companies (1)
People (1)
Supplied by (2)
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIAvia Outrider Yard TruckNVIDIA DRIVE compute platform (Outrider yard truck autonomy stack for distribution yard operations; 360-degree perception processing; selected for next-generation autonomy kit 2022)supplies
Sensors
- Oustervia Outrider Yard TruckOuster OS0 digital lidar sensors (high-resolution lidar for 360-degree perception; multi-year strategic customer agreement; centimeter-level accuracy for trailer dock backing and hitching)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
- $118.0M
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 total · 1 just announced
Every company Outrider has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with YMX Logisticsjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1YMX Logistics1× joint1 total
Funding rounds (2)
Outrider’s 2 disclosed rounds, $118M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2020-10-01
$65M(reported)
Investors: 8VC (lead)
- Seed + Series A2020-02-19
$53M(reported)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Outrider’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2020-10-01Series B raising $65000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2019-01-01Series A raising $53000000
Key hireAndrew Smith joins as Founder & CEO
2017-01-01Andrew Smith appointed Founder & CEO (current)
Key hireAndrew Smith joins as ceo
2017-01-01Andrew Smith appointed ceo (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Outrider Autonomous Yard Operations
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 7, 2026
Outrider Autonomous Yard Operations
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Outrider Yard Truck at Golden
Sources (6)
- https://outrider.ai
- https://www.outrider.ai/
- https://www.outrider.ai/press-releases/outrider-completes-its-1000th-autonomous-zero-emission-trailer-move-at-georgia-pacific-distribution-center/
- https://ymxlogistics.com/press-releases/ymx-and-outrider-accelerate-autonomous-yard-operations · 2026-10-01
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ymx-logistics-and-outrider-establish-strategic-partnership-to-accelerate-autonomous-yard-operations-302895923.html · 2026-10-01
- https://electrek.co/2026/10/04/autonomous-orange-ymx-adds-outrider-self-driving-tech-to-its-electric-yard-trucks/ · 2026-10-04
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Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 6
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Outrider.Peer companies
- Waymo5 models
- Tesla4 models
- Volvo Autonomous Solutions4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Plus3 models
- Caterpillar2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Outrider from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Autonomous Orange: YMX adds self-driving tech to its electric yard trucks
The logistics experts at 3PL provider YMX know a thing or three about running an efficient fleet, but even they are feeling the nationwide shortage of qualified yard operators. To…
Autonomous Yard Truck Company Develops Trailer Backing Capabilities
Outrider Autonomous Yard Trucks Can Attach Trailer Brake, Electric Lines
Autonomous Yard Truck Developer Outrider Debuts
Outrider's AI-Driven Autonomous Yard Management
Outrider completes SOC 2 Type 2 audit for autonomous yard operations
The autonomous distribution yard just got safer
Outrider builds industry-first safety system for driverless yard operations
Outrider emerges from stealth, deploys autonomous technology to distribution yards
Moving Trailers With A Robot – Autonomous Yard Shifters Are On A Roll
The autonomous yard dog gets an AI-powered upgrade
Autonomous Yard Tractor Developer Outrider Raises $62M
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/outrider.md
- RSS feed: /companies/outrider/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/3a7c4306-744c-49eb-ba22-d22a9c230c07
- Revision history: /companies/outrider/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Waymo5 models
- Tesla4 models
- Volvo Autonomous Solutions4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Plus3 models
- Caterpillar2 models
Video
Pricing and more info: https://outriderusa.com This video takes a deep dive into a thorough comparison of the Action Track chair all terrain wheelchair versus the Outrider Coyote all terrain wheelchair. These off road
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Outrider's proprietary technology enables autonomous yard trucks to back trailers into tight spaces with precision and without modifications to trailers.
Outrider raises $73 million to scale up autonomous yard trucks #outrider Outrider raised $73 million in funding to scale up its autonomous trucks operating in
Outrider is reinventing distribution yards – the critical links in the supply chain – to be more efficient, safer, and more sustainble.
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Outrider achieved yet another industry first – the completion of the safety system required for autonomous yard operations
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In this episode, host Kevin Lawton talks to the CEO of Outrider, Andrew Smith, about their autonomous, zero emission yard operations solution. They discuss how
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Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
Outrider draws attention at the 68th percentile but verifies reality at the 10th percentile among truck robots. Hype Gap +57.2, 1st widest among truck robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited 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: Oct 29, 2026