Gatik

Gatik builds Level 4 autonomous driving systems for Class 3 to 6 box trucks and runs the freight itself, moving goods between distribution centers, dark stores and retail locations on fixed, repeatable routes. The company was founded in 2017 by Gautam Narang, Arjun Narang and Apeksha Kumavat, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Its customer list has included Walmart, Loblaw and PepsiCo, and its trucks have operated without a safety driver on public roads in Arkansas, Texas and Ontario.

The middle mile is the part of the supply chain that sits between a regional warehouse and the store that sells the product. Routes are short, they repeat on a schedule, and they run on roads the company can map once and reuse. That predictability is what let Gatik put driverless trucks into commercial service before developers chasing cross-country highway autonomy. Gatik describes itself as being in the business of autonomous freight rather than in the business of selling autonomy software, and it staffs accordingly: operations, dispatch and fleet maintenance carry as much weight inside the company as the perception and planning stack.

Funding has followed the operations. A $200 million Series D announced on August 25, 2026, led by the Qatar Investment Authority and KDT, came two months after a multi-year agreement with PepsiCo to deploy autonomous freight across North America. ARK Invest, the firm run by Cathie Wood, has also invested. Gatik does not publish revenue figures, and its valuation has not been disclosed, though PitchBook maintains a record of its funding rounds. [edit]