Self-driving
Gatik and Isuzu agreed to build self-driving trucks in volume, with Isuzu investing $30 million in Gatik.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“Isuzu will invest $30 million in Gatik to help further middle-mile autonomous driving development.”
What it means
Gatik, from Gatik AI, is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.
More on Gatik
- Gatik raised $200 million, led by the Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies.
- Gatik said it had made more than 85,000 fully driverless deliveries.
- Gatik said 10 trucks were earning money with no human driver aboard, and it had made 60,000 fully driverless deliveries since mid-2025.
- Gatik began running box trucks with no one on board for Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas, between a Walmart dark store and a Neighborhood Market.
- Arkansas's State Highway Commission let Gatik and Walmart take the safety driver out of their trucks.
- Gatik began commercial delivery work in 2019, with safety drivers on board.