Deployment
Kodiak Driverless Truck at Texas
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 deployed seven additional driverless trucks during Q2 2026, bringing customer-owned fleet to 35 vehicles. Q2 results highlight progress toward long-haul driverless commercial launch.
Key facts
- Fleet size
- 35 customer-owned driverless trucks
- Q2 additions
- +7 trucks in Q2 2026
- Status
- Advancing toward long-haul driverless launch
Exposure
- Customer segment
- logistics
- Scale tier
- commercial 10 99
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Kodiak Driverless Truck at Texas.
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-17
- Company
- Kodiak Robotics
- Location
- United States/Texas
- Operator
- Kodiak Robotics
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- customer deployed
- ID
a092ceba-248d-42d3-be0f-e9ccef41d31e
Timeline
- 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 6 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
Kodiak Driverless Truck operates in Texas. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (1)
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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