Gatik, a KDT portfolio company, has become the first company in North America to deploy fully driverless trucks in commercial operations at scale.
Nearly 24-hours a day, Gatik fully autonomous box trucks are now on the roads safely delivering their cargo without a human driver. The Koch Disruptive Technologies’ portfolio company is now the first in North America to deploy full driverless trucks in commercial operations at scale.
“Autonomous trucking is no longer a promise. It’s a business,” said Gautam Narang, CEO and co-founder of Gatik. “With more than $600 million in contracted revenue, Gatik has proved that autonomous trucking is not only possible but commercially viable.”
Getting to this point hasn’t been easy, but after many years of development, Gatik is now ready to begin rapidly scaling its operations. It currently has 10 fully autonomous trucks performing driverless deliveries in the Dallas-Ft. Worth region of Texas, the Phoenix metro area in Arizona and in Northwest Arkansas. Narang says they’ll expand to 60 trucks early this year.
The successful deployment of commercial-scale operations marks the beginning of a new era for autonomous trucking, moving the technology beyond limited trial and testing operations to serving real customers. Gatik is focused on serving so-called middle-mile trucking routes which connect retailers with their warehouses and distribution centers.
A major factor in the successful deployment is Gatik’s ongoing partnership and collaboration with Isuzu Motors Limited which includes Gatik integrating its SAE Level 4 autonomous driving system into Isuzu medium-duty truck platforms.
“This represents an important step in bringing autonomous driving technologies into commercial logistics operations,” said Hiroshi Sato, senior executive officer and vice president, engineering division, Isuzu Motors Limited. “Through our collaboration with Gatik, Isuzu is contributing reliable vehicle platforms to support this progress and continuing preparations for future autonomous-ready vehicle programs.”
Since launching freight-only operations in mid-2025, Gatik has completed 60,000 fully driverless orders without incident, helping customers meet the growing demand for safe, reliable and cost-efficient freight capacity while addressing persistent driver shortages.
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