Kodiak Driver

[commercial]

truck · food-service · 9 deployments in catalog

Manufacturer

Kodiak AI

Form Factor

truck

Lifecycle

commercial

Operational Reality

Audited

Deployments

9

Target Price

Custom Quote

  • COMMERCIAL
  • PILOT

Description

Autonomous driving system (retrofit kit + compute stack) for Class 8 semi-trucks; LiDAR + radar + camera sensor fusion.

Key facts & specs

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website
https://kodiak.ai/technology
maturity
commercial
lifecycle
active
form factor
truck
manufacturer
Kodiak AI
deployments count
9
Maturity stage
commercial
Founded
2018 by Don Burnette (ex-Otto/Uber)
Public
Nasdaq: KDK / KDKRW (via Ares Acquisition Corp II SPAC, closed Sept 2025; rebranded Kodiak Robotics to Kodiak AI)
Driverless commercial
Customer-owned driverless RoboTrucks up to 24/7 hauling frac sand for Atlas Energy in the Permian Basin (off-highway lease roads)
Q1 2026
28 driverless trucks, 23,500+ paid driverless hours, revenue +74%
Next
On-highway long-haul driverless target H2 2026
C E O
Don Burnette
S P A C merger
Ares Acquisition Corp II (AACT)
Key customers
Atlas Energy Solutions, JB Hunt, C.R. England
First customer-owned driverless fleet
Atlas Energy Solutions, Permian Basin

Safety record

Safety Status
Zero incidents on record

No incidents on record for Kodiak Driver.

Risk Metrics
Incidents: 0
Recalls: 0

Hardware architecture

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  • NVIDIA DRIVE ThorCOMPUTE SOC[Safety Critical]
    (primary safety)

    centralized AV compute

Supply chain

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  • Robert Bosch Bosch automotive-grade cameras, radar sensors, and vehicle actuation hardware (steering) -- sensor suite for Kodiak Driver SensorPod autonomous platform

    Robert Bosch Bosch automotive-grade cameras, radar sensors, and vehicle actuation hardware (steering) -- sensor suite for Kodiak Driver SensorPod autonomous platform

Software & AI models

1 entry

FAQ

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What is Kodiak Driver?

Autonomous driving system (retrofit kit + compute stack) for Class 8 semi-trucks; LiDAR + radar + camera sensor fusion.

Is Kodiak Driver actually deployed in the real world?

Yes. Kodiak Driver is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Who makes Kodiak Driver?

Kodiak Driver is made by Kodiak AI, based in Mountain View, California, USA, founded in 2018.

Where is Kodiak Driver deployed?

9 verified deployments of Kodiak Driver are on the DEPLOY registry, including at San Antonio to San Francisco Bay Area, USA, Alberta, Canada, California.

Can you buy Kodiak Driver?

Kodiak Driver is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.

What AI powers Kodiak Driver?

Kodiak Driver runs Kodiak Driver. Each brain assignment is verified at the registry level via primary sources.

What are alternatives to Kodiak Driver?

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable truck robots to Kodiak Driver include Gatik Autonomous Box Truck, Kodiak Driverless Truck, Aurora Driver on International LT (2nd-gen), Plus SuperDrive Autonomous Truck.

How does Kodiak Driver compare to Gatik Autonomous Box Truck?

Kodiak Driver and Gatik Autonomous Box Truck (Gatik · 12 deployments) are both truck robots on the DEPLOY registry. Kodiak Driver has 9 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

Is Kodiak Driver a top truck?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Kodiak Driver ranks in roughly the top 6% of truck models tracked by the registry.

What is Kodiak Driver's maturity stage?

Kodiak Driver is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

Is Kodiak Driver safe?

Kodiak Driver has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

What is the Kodiak Driver?

The Kodiak Driver is an autonomous driving system that combines AI-driven software with modular, vehicle-agnostic hardware into a unified platform. It handles highways, surface streets, and off-road terrain. Kodiak partnered with Bosch at CES 2026 to scale autonomous trucking hardware. Publicly traded as NASDAQ: KDK.

Deployments

9 entries

Sectors & applications

1 entry