Kodiak Driver

Kodiak AI is an autonomous trucking company founded in April 2018 and headquartered in California, with a Texas operations center. It targets trucking, industrial and defense uses.

The Kodiak Driver combines AI, modular hardware and offboard services into one integrated platform. The site names IKEA as its driverless launch partner and lists news on autonomous trucking between Dallas and Laredo with Charger USA, and a choice of AWS for technology development.

• Kodiak Driver: AI driving system for autonomous trucks.
• Modular hardware: Hardware is designed to be modular across vehicles.
• Offboard services: Services outside the vehicle support operations.
• Trucking use: Long-haul lanes such as Dallas to Laredo.
• Industrial use: Autonomy for industrial vehicle settings.
• Defense use: Autonomy for defense applications.

Reference for pilot of autonomous haulage inside quarries, mines and large industrial sites. Technology benchmarking for operators studying long-haul driverless freight.

Combines hardware, software and offboard services in one platform. Shows long uptime on an unsupervised driverless truck. Applies across trucking, industrial and defense settings.

Long-haul and industrial freight operators look for driverless trucks to cover driver shortages and extend uptime. Vietnamese mining, quarry and industrial-site haulage could follow similar paths for off-highway use.

Founded in April 2018, headquartered in California with a Texas operations center. Leadership: Don Burnette, founder and CEO. An investor relations site is linked from the company page.