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Kodiak AI

Mountain View, California company that develops the Kodiak Driver, self-driving software and hardware for heavy trucks, and runs driverless trucks for customers in the Texas oilfields.

DirectRobotics & physical AI
What it does

Mountain View, California company that develops the Kodiak Driver, self-driving software and hardware for heavy trucks, and runs driverless trucks for customers in the Texas oilfields.

Why it matters

Kodiak is one of the first companies running paid driverless Class 8 trucks with no one in the cab, and its truck computer is built on two NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor units, making it a live test of physical AI in freight.

How it makes money

Charges customers for its autonomous driving system and driverless trucking services, mainly per truck or per operating hour, with industrial, logistics and defense customers.

Geography

United States (Mountain View, California)

AI stack position

Robotics, autonomous systems and physical AI. Companies bringing AI into the physical world: self-driving cars, humanoid robots, drones and factory automation. This is often called "physical AI." Open the robotics lens.

Connections (2)

Every connection below is tied to a readable source, date, classification and statement of its limits. A company source establishes what that company stated; it does not necessarily provide independent confirmation.

Dated or announced (1)

Kodiak AI builds its truck computer on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion and two DRIVE AGX Thor units from NVIDIA
Uses technology fromDated / announced
Kodiak said it is scaling its autonomous driving system on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion architecture using two NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor centralized computers.

Source: 2026-03-16 · reviewed 2026-10-02

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; production rollout not confirmed

Limits: Platform announcement; does not establish how many trucks run on Thor today, chip volumes, or pricing.

Kodiak AI Scales Autonomous Driving with NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion ↗

Comparisons (1)

Kodiak AI competes in driverless trucking with Aurora Innovation
Competes withComparison only
Dallas Express reported Kodiak is preparing driverless long-haul runs between Dallas and Houston, the corridor where Aurora Innovation launched commercial driverless trucking in 2025.

Source: 2026-09-25 · reviewed 2026-10-02

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Product/market overlap

Limits: Overlap in service and corridor only; does not compare fleet sizes, customers, revenue or safety records.

Kodiak Picks Dallas-Houston For Driverless Long-Haul Launch ↗

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