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Self-driving

Kodiak picked the Dallas to Houston highway as the first long route where its trucks will drive with no one aboard.

A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported

What the source says

“Kodiak AI Names Dallas-Houston As Long-Haul Driverless Launch Lane, Consistently Completes Intervention-Free, End-to-End Deliveries”
Kodiak news, 25 Sept 2026

What it means

Kodiak Driver, from Kodiak AI (Kodiak Robotics), is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. 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.