{"id":"93ced050-e754-44e9-b8da-ff3bd553d50a","modelId":"bd288269-2c2b-4b4a-a091-80d1a1c2a425","versionId":null,"locationId":"8f2eea51-5c56-4a96-901c-fc99371a2449","operatorId":"fea2809b-1e5e-45ba-8b3d-5572f9c55d0e","ownerId":null,"slug":"gatik-drive-walmart-arkansas","status":"operational","firstSeen":"2020-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","statusChangeReason":null,"contractType":null,"pilotOutcome":null,"endedAt":null,"unitsOnSite":null,"tasksPerformed":["delivery"],"shiftStructure":null,"hoursPerDay":16,"siteType":"airport","operatorConfirmed":false,"humanSupervisionOnsite":null,"locationPrecisionTier":"verified_coordinates","deploymentScale":"medium_11_100","siteEnvironment":"outdoor","operatorType":"maker_operated","sourceQualityTier":2,"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://gatik.ai/news/walmart-and-gatik-successfully-complete-two-years-of-fully-driverless-operations/","label":"Gatik Walmart 2-year fully driverless milestone"}],"notes":"Gatik and Walmart have completed two years of fully driverless autonomous operations, marking a milestone for this deployment. The autonomous vehicles operate on routes between Walmart facilities in the Bentonville, Arkansas area.","keyFacts":[{"label":"Operator","value":"Gatik"},{"label":"Partner","value":"Walmart"},{"label":"Technology","value":"Gatik Autonomous Drive"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"Bentonville, Arkansas area"},{"label":"Route","value":"Between Walmart facilities"},{"label":"Status","value":"Two years of fully driverless autonomous operations"}],"reviewNote":null,"exposureHours":null,"deploymentMilesEstimate":null,"exposureBasis":null,"customerSegment":"logistics","scaleTier":"commercial_10_99","contractValueUsd":null,"contractValueBasis":null,"customerCompanyId":"fea2809b-1e5e-45ba-8b3d-5572f9c55d0e","customerExternalName":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-11T01:30:52.643Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-21T14:22:49.453Z","model":{"id":"bd288269-2c2b-4b4a-a091-80d1a1c2a425","companyId":"2d141fe3-5d33-4c6d-a6cc-cef24d006389","modelName":"Gatik Autonomous Drive","slug":"gatik-drive","description":"Gatik Autonomous Drive is a Level 4 system for fixed B2B middle-mile logistics routes, operating box trucks and straight trucks. Gatik targets short, repeatable multi-stop routes between distribution centers and retail stores, avoiding the complexity of last-mile delivery.","formFactor":"av","industryVertical":"passenger_transport","environment":"road","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"autonomy_level":"Level 4"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://gatik.ai/technology","label":"Gatik technology overview"},{"url":"https://gatik.ai/news/","label":"Gatik news"}],"aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"keyFacts":[{"label":"Autonomy level","value":"Level 4"},{"label":"Form factor","value":"av"},{"label":"Maker","value":"Gatik"}],"createdAt":"2026-06-11T01:27:44.291Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-12T04:24:54.914Z","unitsInFieldClaimed":null,"unitsInFieldVerified":null,"unitsManufacturedClaimed":null,"unitsManufacturedVerified":null,"unitsAsOf":null,"unitsSource":null,"salesModel":null,"priceUndisclosedSince":null,"autonomyClass":null,"autonomyStatement":null,"autonomyStatementSource":null,"demoForensics":null,"exportControlClass":null,"minCommitment":null,"warrantyTerms":null,"serviceModel":null,"productionRateClaimed":null,"productionRateEvidenced":null,"teleopRatioDisclosed":null,"interventionRateDisclosed":null,"company":{"id":"2d141fe3-5d33-4c6d-a6cc-cef24d006389","name":"Gatik","slug":"gatik","description":"American autonomous middle-mile trucking company (founded 2017 by Gautam Narang, Arjun Narang, and Apeksha Kumavat). Runs L4 autonomous Class 6/7 box trucks on fixed, repeatable short-haul routes for retail and grocery. Achieved a world-first fully driverless (no safety driver) middle-mile delivery for [Walmart](/companies/walmart) in Bentonville, Arkansas in 2021; driverless-at-scale has been ramping since mid-2025 at still-modest cumulative volume, atop a larger safety-driver-supervised commercial footprint dating to 2019.","status":"private","founded":2017,"hq":"Mountain View, California, USA","hqLat":37.3893889,"hqLng":-122.0832101,"hqGeocodedAt":"2026-08-05T14:30:35.027Z","hqAddress":null,"hqPrecision":null,"website":"gatikwe.com","fundingTotal":"85000000","type":"hardware","roles":["robot_maker","robot_operator"],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","heatIndex":87,"lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://gatik.ai/about/","title":"About Gatik (founders, middle-mile mission)","sourceName":"Gatik (official)"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/07/gatiks-gautam-narang-on-the-importance-of-knowing-your-customer/","title":"Gatik CEO Gautam Narang on the middle-mile strategy (Mar 7, 2023)","sourceName":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/31/gatik-expands-autonomous-box-truck-operations-to-texas-with-85-million-in-new-funds/","title":"Gatik raises $85M Series B (Koch-led); expands to Texas (Aug 31, 2021)","sourceName":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://gatik.ai/news/press-releases/gatik-and-walmart-achieve-fully-driverless-deliveries-in-a-first-for-autonomous-trucking-industry-worldwide/","title":"Gatik and Walmart achieve world-first fully driverless middle-mile deliveries (Nov 8, 2021)","sourceName":"Gatik (official)"},{"url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211108005409/en/Gatik-and-Walmart-Achieve-Fully-Driverless-Deliveries-in-a-First-for-Autonomous-Trucking-Industry-Worldwide","title":"Gatik and Walmart achieve fully driverless deliveries (Nov 8, 2021)","sourceName":"Gatik (Business Wire)"},{"url":"https://www.ccjdigital.com/equipment-controls/article/15281126/walmart-takes-safety-driver-out-of-autonomous-middlemile","title":"Walmart removes the safety driver from a Gatik middle-mile route (Nov 2021)","sourceName":"Commercial Carrier Journal"},{"url":"https://gatik.ai/news/press-releases/gatik-becomes-first-us-company-to-operate-fully-driverless-trucks-at-scale-for-commercial-deliveries/","title":"Gatik first US company to operate driverless trucks at scale; names Gatik Driver 3rd-gen (Jan 27, 2026)","sourceName":"Gatik (official)"},{"url":"https://www.pymnts.com/news/delivery/2026/gatik-autonomous-trucks-complete-10000-miles-fully-driverless-deliveries/","title":"Gatik completes 10,000 miles of fully driverless deliveries (Jan 2026)","sourceName":"PYMNTS"},{"url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-27/autonomous-trucking-firm-gatik-inks-contracts-worth-600-million","title":"Gatik inks contracts worth $600M (Jan 27, 2026)","sourceName":"Bloomberg"},{"url":"https://www.act-news.com/news/first-of-its-kind-freight-only-driverless-truck/","title":"Gatik: first-of-its-kind freight-only driverless truck network at commercial scale (2026)","sourceName":"ACT News"},{"url":"https://gatik.ai/news/press-releases/isuzu-invests-us30-million-in-gatik-to-develop-autonomous-driving-logistics-business/","title":"Isuzu invests ~$30M in Gatik (strategic)","sourceName":"Gatik (official)"},{"url":"https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatik-fully-driverless-trucks","title":"Gatik launches fully driverless commercial operations (2026)","sourceName":"FreightWaves"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Founded","value":"2017 by Gautam Narang, Arjun Narang, Apeksha Kumavat"},{"label":"Funding","value":"Private; $85M Series B (2021, Koch Disruptive Technologies-led); Isuzu ~$30M strategic investment"},{"label":"Focus","value":"L4 middle-mile autonomy; Class 6/7 medium-duty box trucks (Isuzu chassis), not Class 8 long-haul"},{"label":"Driverless","value":"World-first middle-mile driverless (Walmart, Bentonville AR, Nov 2021); driverless-at-scale ramping since mid-2025, modest cumulative volume (10,000+ driverless miles, 60,000+ driverless orders); broader supervised commercial footprint since 2019"},{"label":"Customers","value":"Walmart, Sam's Club (Georgia-Pacific/KBX), Tyson Foods, Kroger, Loblaw (Canada)"},{"label":"Autonomy","value":"Gatik Driver (L4, 3rd-gen) + Gatik Arena simulation (on NVIDIA Cosmos); compute on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor"}],"aliases":["Gatik AI","Gatik Inc"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"atsProvider":null,"atsSlug":null,"factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"tickerSymbol":null,"stockExchange":null,"secCik":null,"revenueUsd":null,"revenueBasis":null,"revenueAsOf":null,"employeeCount":null,"employeeCountBasis":null,"employeeCountAsOf":null,"marketCapUsd":null,"marketCapAsOf":null,"marketCapSource":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-31T05:15:36.213Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-21T22:20:20.002Z"}},"version":null,"location":{"id":"8f2eea51-5c56-4a96-901c-fc99371a2449","name":"Bentonville","slug":"bentonville","kind":"city","parentLocationId":"b0132a5a-96f7-4586-b11b-a77ae1673ab7","region":"Arkansas","lat":36.3723,"lng":-94.2083,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":"Anchoring deployments: Zipline Platform 2 (P2) drone delivery in Bentonville (operational); Gatik Drive autonomous trucks operating driverless routes between Walmart facilities in the Bentonville, Arkansas area for Walmart (operational, first-seen 2020-08-01).","createdAt":"2026-06-08T04:41:30.600Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-14T11:30:31.340Z"},"operator":{"id":"fea2809b-1e5e-45ba-8b3d-5572f9c55d0e","name":"Walmart","slug":"walmart","description":"US multinational retail corporation. [World](/companies/world-labs)'s largest retailer by revenue. Public company (NYSE: WMT).","status":"active","founded":1962,"hq":"Bentonville, AR","hqLat":36.3728608,"hqLng":-94.208787,"hqGeocodedAt":"2026-08-05T14:54:31.532Z","hqAddress":null,"hqPrecision":null,"website":"walmart.com","fundingTotal":null,"type":"both","roles":["data_center_operator","robot_operator"],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","heatIndex":65,"lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.walmart.com/","title":"Walmart","date_accessed":"2026-06-07"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Focus","value":"US multinational retail corporation"},{"label":"Scale","value":"World's largest retailer by revenue"},{"label":"Stage","value":"Public company listed on NYSE under ticker WMT"}],"aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":"Reviewed 2026-07-14: source-gated bulk flip (non-empty sources[]). Ben-approved.","atsProvider":null,"atsSlug":null,"factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"tickerSymbol":"WMT","stockExchange":"NASDAQ","secCik":null,"revenueUsd":null,"revenueBasis":null,"revenueAsOf":null,"employeeCount":null,"employeeCountBasis":null,"employeeCountAsOf":null,"marketCapUsd":null,"marketCapAsOf":null,"marketCapSource":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-08T04:40:39.452Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-21T22:20:07.536Z"},"owner":null,"derived":{"trustTier":"unverified","currentPosture":null},"jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Event","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/gatik-drive-walmart-arkansas","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/gatik-drive-walmart-arkansas","name":"Gatik Autonomous Drive at Bentonville","identifier":"93ced050-e754-44e9-b8da-ff3bd553d50a","startDate":"2020-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","location":{"@type":"Place","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/locations/bentonville","name":"Bentonville"},"organizer":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/walmart","name":"Walmart"},"about":{"@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/gatik-drive","name":"Gatik Autonomous Drive"},"publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":"commercial","lifecycle_state":"active","architectural_position":{"cohort":"av","sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":1,"primary_source_types":[]}}}