Company
Outrider
Autonomous yard trucks (Class 6 switching tractors) for freight distribution centers; moves trailers from dock to dock without a human driver.
- Founded
- 2017
- HQ
- Golden, CO
Appears inLogistics robots
Models
1
Deployments
1
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Key facts
Founded
2017, Golden, Colorado
Founder
Andrew Smith (CEO, ex-Uber ATG)
Product
Autonomous yard operations - self-driving trucks for trailer hitching, moving, and staging in distribution center yards
Funding
Series A $53M; Series B $65M; total ~$118M
Customers
Georgia-Pacific, Procter & Gamble, logistics yards
Differentiation
Focused on yard automation (not highway), proprietary hitching mechanism, no infrastructure changes required
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Andrew Smith Founder & CEOsince 2017-01-01secondary-verified
- Andrew Smith 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 →
Operated deployments (1)
- Outrider Yard TruckGolden
Operator customers (1)
- Outrider1 deployment
Recent coverage
Outrider in third-party press
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.
Funding rounds (3)
- Series B2021-08-01
$65M(reported)
Investors: 8VC (lead)
- Series B2021-01-01
$65M(reported)
- Series A2019-01-01
$53M(reported)
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Outrider?
- Autonomous yard trucks (Class 6 switching tractors) for freight distribution centers; moves trailers from dock to dock without a human driver.
- What does Outrider make?
- Outrider has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Outrider Yard Truck (Outrider builds physical robots).
- Where is Outrider headquartered?
- Outrider is headquartered in Golden, CO.
- Where does Outrider operate robots?
- Outrider operates 1 verified deployment, including at Golden.
- Is Outrider a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Outrider ranks in roughly the top 72% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Outrider founded?
- Outrider was founded in 2017.
- Is Outrider safe?
- Outrider 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.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-08
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-08
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Outrider.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Outrider from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Autonomous Yard Truck Company Develops Trailer Backing Capabilities - Heavy Duty Trucking
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Outrider Autonomous Yard Trucks Can Attach Trailer Brake, Electric Lines - Heavy Duty Trucking
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Autonomous Yard Truck Developer Outrider Debuts - Heavy Duty Trucking
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Outrider's AI-Driven Autonomous Yard Management - Heavy Duty Trucking
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Outrider completes SOC 2 Type 2 audit for autonomous yard operations - FreightWaves
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The autonomous distribution yard just got safer - Commercial Carrier Journal
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Outrider builds industry-first safety system for driverless yard operations - FreightWaves
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Outrider emerges from stealth, deploys autonomous technology to distribution yards - AUVSI
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Moving Trailers With A Robot – Autonomous Yard Shifters Are On A Roll - Forbes
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The autonomous yard dog gets an AI-powered upgrade - FreightWaves
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Autonomous Yard Tractor Developer Outrider Raises $62M - Transport Topics
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Outrider Raises $62M To Power Scaling Of Logistics Yard Autonomy - Forbes
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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
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Reality vs attention
Outrider draws attention at the 24th percentile but verifies reality at the 18th percentile among truck robots. Hype Gap +6.2, 10th 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: Jul 14, 2026