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Kodiak Driverless Truck at Mountain View, California, 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

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Kodiak AI received California DMV permit to test autonomous trucks in California on August 13, 2026. Mountain View company frames it as first phase of scaling autonomous trucking coast-to-coast.

Key facts

Permit date
August 13, 2026
Issuer
California DMV
HQ
Mountain View, CA
Framing
First phase of coast-to-coast scaling

Exposure

Customer segment
logistics
Scale tier
pilot lt10

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Kodiak Driverless Truck at Mountain View, California, USA.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-17
Model
Kodiak Driverless Truck
Company
Kodiak Robotics
Location
United States/California/Mountain View, California, USA
Operator
Kodiak Robotics
Status
announced
Operator type
maker operated
ID
02e3c960-147b-429f-92af-62c2252ee709

Timeline

  1. Aug 2026
    Current status: announced, reviewed
    Latest 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 6 deployment sites and 2 units.

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.marketsinsider.com/2026/08/14/kodiak-california-dmv-permit
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-17

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-17

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: truck

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the Kodiak Driverless Truck deployment at Mountain View, California, USA?
Kodiak Driverless Truck, built by Kodiak Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Mountain View, California, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Kodiak Robotics operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Kodiak Driverless Truck at Mountain View, California, USA?
Kodiak Robotics, the manufacturer of Kodiak Driverless Truck, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
Is the Kodiak Driverless Truck deployment at Mountain View, California, USA still active?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is announced but not yet operating.
Have there been incidents at the Kodiak Driverless Truck deployment at Mountain View, California, USA?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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