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Microsoft reportedly planning Gatik investment

In a tough fundraising environment for technology startups, Microsoft is reportedly nearing an investment in middle-mile autonomous trucking company Gatik.

Privately held Gatik, the middle-mile developer of autonomous trucking software, last raised $85 million in a Series B round in August 2021. Gatik’s Class 3-6 driverless box trucks operate revenue-generating routes in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Ontario, Canada.

Partnership would follow Gatik’s business model

Microsoft would invest $10...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/microsoft-reportedly-planning-gatik-investment

Pilot Co. invests in Kodiak Robotics to develop autonomous trucking hub

Red Kodiak Robotics sleeper cab under Pilot canopy

Kodiak Robotics is developing a highway-adjacent autonomous trucking hub in Atlanta with Pilot Co. that could foreshadow the startup’s approach to eventual long-haul driverless freight movement using an undetermined number of Pilot and Flying J locations.

Knoxville, Tennessee-based Pilot operates 750 truck stops and travel plazas in 44 states and six Canadian provinces. It made an undisclosed “strategic investment” in privately held Kodiak. Pilot will have a seat on the Mountain View,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pilot-co-invests-in-kodiak-robotics-to-develop-autonomous-trucking-hub