$200 million says autonomous trucking is far from dead
Gatik has raised $200 million in Series D funding, backing a middle-mile model of autonomous freight rather than universal autonomy.
Autonomous freight company Gatik raised $200 million in Series D financing during August.
The round was led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies, with participation from Millennium Management, ARK Invest and Intact Private Capital.
Gatik says it has completed more than 85,000 fully driverless orders and has more than $600 million of contracted revenue.
Rather than attempting to automate every possible trucking journey, Gatik focuses on repeatable middle-mile routes - moving goods between distribution centres, fulfilment facilities and retail locations.
WHY IT MATTERS
The autonomous-trucking debate is often framed around one question: when will trucks no longer need drivers? That may be the wrong question. The more useful question is which journeys are easiest to automate economically. Repetitive commercial routes with known destinations, predictable operating environments and high utilisation may provide the answer.
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This story first appeared in The Fleet Brief Issue 001, published 31 August 2026.