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Gatik will autonomously deliver groceries for Kroger in Dallas

Autonomous short-haul logistics provider Gatik will begin moving grocery orders from Kroger’s customer fulfillment center in Dallas to area stores to meet the increasing demand for pickup of online orders.

Mountain View, California-based Gatik will use medium-duty box trucks for the deliveries as it moves to replace harder-to-maneuver Class 8 day cabs with 53-foot trailers with straight trucks. Gatik trucks feature a cold chain-capable 20-foot box designed to transport ambient, refrigerated and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatik-will-autonomously-deliver-groceries-for-kroger-in-dallas

How soon will we see an autonomous trucking shakeout?

It is pretty much acknowledged across the trucking industry that a consolidation of players in autonomous trucking is coming. Money is tight. Borrowing is expensive. Share prices and corresponding book values are in the dumper. 

The coming shakeout

No single factor proves a shakeout among autonomous trucking players is coming. But an accumulation of evidence suggests that not all of today’s entrants will survive as independents.

PitchBook writes of mobility tech in its 2023 Industry and Technology...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-soon-will-we-see-an-autonomous-trucking-shakeout

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

Supply chain, logistics firms show out on Time’s Best Inventions of 2022

If you follow the supply chain and logistics space, it should come as no surprise that the industry is finally entering the modern era.

Every year for the past two decades, Time magazine has compiled a list of the 100 best, most exciting and most unique inventions from around the world. Last year’s list featured innovations from a few supply chain and logistics companies, like Nuro’s self-driving R2 delivery robot and Watershed’s Carbon Cutter.

But supply chain and logistics companies have never...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/supply-chain-logistics-firms-show-out-on-times-best-inventions-of-2022

Gatik’s autonomous fleet is proving driverless trucks can make roads safer

In June, for the first time, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data on crashes involving vehicles equipped with automated driving system (ADS) technology and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). The nation’s top highway safety agency said that between July 2021 and May 2022, it received reports on 130 collisions involving ADS-equipped vehicles. 

One company that was most notable by its absence in the report was Gatik, the market leader in autonomous middle-mile...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatiks-autonomous-fleet-is-proving-driverless-trucks-can-make-roads-safer

Walmart wants to combine robot and drone delivery

Walmart store

When you’re the world’s largest retailer, customers expect a premium delivery experience — without paying a premium. But being the biggest seller on the planet also comes with a few perks. 

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has a war chest of institutional funding at its disposal, and its massive scale allows it to spend that money on any number of speculative ventures without undertaking potentially disastrous risk. Already, the company has experimented with solutions like drone delivery, food delivery robots

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/walmart-wants-to-combine-robot-and-drone-delivery

FOSC chat: Gatik leading the way in middle-mile automation

Gatik's Fireside Chat

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Automating the middle mile for B2B logistics and the importance of industry partnerships.

DETAILS: The middle mile isn’t the sexiest part of the supply chain. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t rife with innovation — and Gatik is at the forefront. The company’s middle-mile vehicles operate without a driver —...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-gatik-leading-the-way-in-middle-mile-automation

Narang is a keynote industry speaker at The Future of Supply Chain

Gautam Narang, CEO and co-founder of Gatik.

The CEO and Co-Founder of Gatik, Gautam Narang, will take the stage as an industry keynote speaker on May 10, the second day of the Future of Supply Chain. 

Narang will provide insights regarding the impacts of self-driving retail delivery vehicles on the industry and economy. The innovation and integration of autonomous vehicles on regular, daily routes are not the latest fad; they are the cusp of a new industry standard for enterprise fleets and beyond. 

According to Craig Fuller, founder and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/narang-is-a-keynote-industry-speaker-at-the-future-of-supply-chain

GSCW chat: Automating the middle and final miles for retailers

GSCW chat: last and middle mile automation for retail supply chains

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Opportunities for automation abound over the middle and last miles

SPEAKER: Sam Saad, VP of strategic initiatives for Gatik

BIO: Saad currently heads up strategic initiatives for Gatik, a company offering AVs for B2B short-haul logistics. He has a 15-year track record of delivering complex projects across diverse sectors. Prior to Gatik, Saad co-founded the Innovation Factory’s Centre for Integrated Transportation and Mobility, a five-year initiative to accelerate the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-automating-the-middle-and-final-miles-for-retailers

Gatik fully removes the driver from its autonomous trucks

Gatik removes safety driver from self-driving truck

If you are traveling the roads in Bentonville, Arkansas, don’t be surprised if that Walmart box truck that passes you on the street appears to be driverless. It is.

Autonomous vehicle company Gatik announced Monday that it is now moving freight for Walmart in its box trucks with no one in the driver’s seat.

“This is not a one-off thing. This is not a demo. This is us doing commercial deliveries for Walmart,” Gautam Narang, CEO and co-founder of Gatik, told Modern Shipper. “Obviously the team is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatik-fully-removes-the-driver-from-its-autonomous-trucks

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