Kodiak Robotics getting more than tire data from Bridgestone partnership

Tiremaker Bridgestone Americas will integrate its smart-sensing technologies into autonomous trucks from Kodiak Robotics and make an undisclosed minority investment in the startup software developer..

The partnership announced Wednesday includes an observer role for the Japan-based company on San Francisco Bay area-based Kodiak’s board of directors. Kodiak hauls freight on Texas freeways with high-autonomy software monitored by a safety driver.

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