# Trunk.Tech: autonomous trucking company

Canonical ID: `e4cf0320-0602-40cd-b2e5-4448b82426d3`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** [$30M+](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Founded:** 2017
- **CEO:** Tianlei Zhang
- **Chief Scientist:** [Academician Li Deyi](/people/li-deyi.md) (Chinese Academy of Engineering)
- **Total funding:** [approximately 928 million yuan (~$133 million)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Market position:** #1 L4 [autonomous truck](/trucks) provider in China closed-road scenarios (31.8% share, 2024)
- **IPO status:** Filed for HKEX listing (joint sponsors: Guotai Junan International, Haitong International)
- **Revenue 2024:** 254 million yuan (~$36.4 million)
- **Net loss 2024:** 187 million yuan
- **Cash position June 2025:** 30.7 million yuan (~$4.4 million)
- **Total trucks delivered:** 830 AiTrucks + 349 AiBox sets (as of prospectus)
- **Cumulative transport distance:** nearly 100 million kilometers
- **Post-money valuation:** 3.86 billion yuan (~$554 million) after Series B5 (Sep 2025)

- **Slug:** trunk-tech
- **Founded:** 2017
- **HQ:** Beijing, China
- **Funding total (USD):** 30000000
- **Category:** [Trucks](/trucks)

## Models

- [Trunk Highway](/models/trunk-highway.md) (truck) (id: `8c1951eb-9bf3-4eb8-b372-06ecbd1174bd`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Dr. Zhang Tianlei](/people/zhang-tianlei.md) Chairman, CEO & Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Dr. Zhang Tianlei](/people/zhang-tianlei.md) Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Academician Li Deyi](/people/li-deyi.md) Chief Scientist (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (1)

- [Velodyne Lidar x Trunk.Tech](/partnerships/velodyne-lidar-x-trunk-tech.md) with Velodyne Lidar _technology_

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is Trunk.Tech?

Trunk.Tech is a Beijing-based developer of L4 autonomous driving trucks and logistics solutions, founded in 2017. The company product ecosystem includes the Trunk Highway L4 self-driving semi truck, AiTrucker autonomous driving system, Trunk Port port-hub automation, and Trunk Pilot highway freight solutions. Trunk.Tech was ranked China largest provider of L4 autonomous trucks for closed-road scenarios by revenue in 2024 (31.8% market share, Frost and Sullivan), with deployments across major ports including Tianjin Port and Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, and has filed for a Hong Kong Stock Exchange IPO.

### What does Trunk.Tech make?

Trunk.Tech has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Trunk Highway (Trunk.Tech builds physical robots).

### Where is Trunk.Tech headquartered?

Trunk.Tech is headquartered in Beijing, China.

### How much funding has Trunk.Tech raised?

Trunk.Tech has raised approximately $30M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does Trunk.Tech operate robots?

Trunk.Tech is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is Trunk.Tech a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Trunk.Tech ranks in roughly the top 41% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (2)

1. https://www.therobotreport.com/china-autonomous-vehicle-roundup/
2. https://en.trunk.tech/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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