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Maker's videoGatik · 13 July 2026

Ep. 3: The Truck Follows the Freight | The Business of Autonomous Freight

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Against the record

Gatik, from Gatik AI, is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. Cleared where approval applies, or widely sold. The latest milestone on its record is from 26 Aug 2026: Gatik raised $200 million, led by the Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies.

This video comes from the maker's own channel, and makers show their robots at their best. The stage above comes from dated public records, not from the video.

From the video's description

Gatik runs Class 6 and 7 box trucks. That was a freight decision before it was an engineering one. Chief Commercial Officer Paul DiLaura on how the vehicle class gets decided. The docks the trucks move through, the volumes moving each day, and how product travels from distribution centers to store shelves. You learn what a freight business needs by running one, and the freight sets the truck. The Business of Autonomous Freight is a series on what it takes to run driverless freight as a commercial operation inside Fortune 50 supply chains. Subscribe to follow the series. _ About Gatik Gatik is in the business of autonomous freight, operating driverless trucks daily for Fortune 50 retailers and grocers, moving freight between distribution centers and stores across Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, and Canada. Website: https://www.gatik.ai/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gatik_ai/…

Written by Gatik on YouTube.