Gatik Raises $200 Million as Autonomous Freight Moves from Pilot to Revenue
The middle-mile trucking startup says it has completed 85,000 fully driverless deliveries and generated more than $600 million in contracted revenue, putting hard commercial numbers behind a sector that has spent years promising scale.
SAN FRANCISCO: Gatik, the autonomous trucking startup that moves freight between distribution centers and stores, has raised $200 million in Series D funding led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies, with participation from Millennium Management, ARK Invest, and Intact Private Capital. The round signals that investors are now backing companies with proven revenue, not just promising technology.
Gatik said it has generated more than $600 million in contracted revenue and completed 85,000 fully driverless orders across its operations in Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, and Canada. The company moves freight for major supply chains including PepsiCo in the United States and Loblaw in Canada, and it is targeting more than 100 driverless trucks by the end of 2026. "We have built Gatik with real revenue, deep customer demand, and AI-driven autonomous technology proven every day in live supply chains," CEO and Co-Founder Gautam Narang said.
The funding will expand Gatik's commercial operations and fleet while supporting continued investment in technology, infrastructure, and workforce. The company declined to disclose its valuation. Abdulla Al-Kuwari, head of industrials at QIA, framed the investment in terms of the broader logistics transformation. "Autonomous freight is transforming the global logistics industry, making it more efficient and reliable," he said.
Gatik's focus on middle-mile routes, fixed, repeatable runs between warehouses and retail locations, has allowed it to avoid the complexity of long-haul highway driving and dense urban streets that have slowed other autonomous vehicle companies. The business model also generates a steady stream of data from repeat routes, which feeds directly back into system performance and safety metrics.
BuiltWorld AI Operational Take: Gatik's numbers matter because they come from live operations, not demos. For infrastructure operators, the scaling question is less about the trucks themselves and more about the physical and digital support systems: dedicated lanes, loading dock automation, charging or fueling infrastructure, and edge compute for real-time route data. As Gatik moves toward 100-plus driverless trucks, its customers will need to adapt their warehouse flows and yard management systems to accommodate vehicles that never take breaks and arrive on tighter windows than human-driven freight ever did.