# Stack AV: company

Canonical ID: `1416ccb9-98f3-4375-add3-47ee2454a63e`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** September 2023, Pittsburgh, by Bryan Salesky, Peter Rander, Brett Browning (all ex-Argo AI)
- **Backing:** SoftBank (reported commitment north of $1B; figure Bloomberg-sourced)
- **Status:** Development-stage; emerged from stealth at ACT Expo May 2026 with a Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR collaboration). No verified driverless commercial freight; no named customers.
- **Focus:** Level-4 autonomy for Class 8 long-haul

- **Slug:** stack-av
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2023
- **HQ:** Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

## Models

- [Stack AV Autonomous Truck (Peterbilt 579)](/models/stack-av-truck.md) (truck) (id: `f540f65e-6355-4e19-9dd7-56183516afd9`)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Sources (10)

1. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230907651841/en/Stack-AV-Launches-Autonomous-Trucking-Business-to-Revolutionize-the-Transportation-of-Goods
2. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-07/ford-volkswagen-self-driving-founders-start-autonomous-trucking-firm-stack
3. https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/07/softbank-group-backs-former-argo-ai-founders-on-new-self-driving-trucks-startup/
4. https://fortune.com/2023/09/07/softbank-backs-ai-startup-stack-av-as-it-tries-to-automate-trucking/
5. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/qa-with-stack-av-autonomous-trucking-founder-bryan-salesky
6. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/former-executives-stack-av
7. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/autonomous-trucking-development
8. https://www.truckinginfo.com/photo-galleries/autonomous-trucks-at-act-expo-2026
9. https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/stack-av-unveils-new-autonomous-truck-after-years-stealth-mode/7JOYF7JJ3BBZFHCDVLZZRRA5F4/
10. https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/autonomous-truck-program-to-begin-in-pittsburgh/

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