Deployment
Kodiak Driverless Truck at Atlas Energy Services, Texas, USA
Mountain View, CA-based autonomous trucking company founded in 2018 by Don Burnette (CEO), a former Waymo co-founder. Kodiak develops the Kodiak Driver autonomous driving system for long-haul freight, partnering with carriers like [Uber Freight](/companies/uber-freight) for scaled deployment. The company has raised 65M total including a 25M Series B from Battery Ventures and Bridgestone Americas.
Kodiak Driverless Truck by Kodiak Robotics · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Trucks
Recent coverage
- Atlas grows Kodiak driverless truck fleet to 100 rigsFreightWaves · 2026-07-31
- Atlas Expands Kodiak Driverless Truck Fleet in Permian BasinTrucking Info · 2026-07-31
- Autonomous Trucking Leaders Say Virtual Drivers Are Ready for ScaleBen Smith, Deploy Editor · 2026-06-15
Kodiak delivered two additional customer-owned and -operated driverless trucks to Atlas, enabling up to 24/7 driverless operations. Since launching commercial operations in December 2024, Atlas's Kodiak Driver-powered trucks have delivered over 800 loads and conducted over 1,600 hours of driverless service.
Key facts
- Operator
- Atlas Energy Services
- Loads delivered
- 800+
- Driverless hours
- 1,600+
- Operations
- Up to 24/7
Safety record
No incidents on record for Kodiak Driverless Truck at Atlas Energy Services, Texas, USA.
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-09
- Company
- Kodiak Robotics
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2025-06-10
- ID
01fd43b2-8552-4ead-bf09-6af7a6963da1
Timeline
- Jun 2025First recordedKodiak Driverless Truck first documented operating at Atlas Energy Services, Texas, USA.
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
Claimed vs. verified
Kodiak Robotics claims 100 Kodiak Driverless Truck units in the field. DEPLOY has independently verified 3 deployment sites and 2 units.
The gap between claimed and verified is the Fleet Reality signal. See the Fleet Reality Index.
On the deployment map
Operates worldwide
Kodiak Driverless Truck is deployed globally rather than at a single verified site, so there is no map pin.
Kodiak Driverless Truck operates in Atlas Energy Services, Texas, USA. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (1)
- Kodiak AI Delivers More Driverless Trucks to Atlas for up to 24/7 Use · https://kodiak.ai/news/kodiak-delivers-two-additional-driverless-trucks · 2025-06-10
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-09
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: truck
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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