Gatik :: Commercial Deployment of Autonomous Freight

Gatik is a Silicon Valley-based company focused exclusively on the commercial deployment of autonomous freight. It operates a revenue-generating fleet of driverless trucks that perform daily middle-mile deliveries for major retail, grocery, and consumer packaged goods companies across North America. Unlike many autonomous vehicle developers that remain in testing phases, Gatik has achieved full driver-out operations on public roads and now runs the largest-scale commercial autonomous trucking network in the industry.

The company’s core robot-based product is its proprietary Gatik Driver™ autonomy system, which enables SAE Level 4 driverless operation on standardized regional routes. The technology is deployed on purpose-built Class 3–6 box trucks (primarily Isuzu models) equipped with multiple sensor suites, high-performance computing, and redundancy systems. These vehicles handle repetitive, high-frequency routes between warehouses, distribution centers, retail stores, and fulfillment locations without a safety driver.

Gatik’s operations currently span Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, with active deployments for customers including PepsiCo, Walmart, Kroger, Tyson Foods, and Loblaw. The company recently announced a major multi-year contract with PepsiCo and a 50-truck expansion agreement with Loblaw. Key technology milestones include a partnership with Isuzu for mass production of Level 4 trucks, integration of NVIDIA DRIVE AGX compute platforms, and the launch of its Arena™ simulation environment to train and validate the autonomy stack at scale.

By focusing on fixed-route, middle-mile freight rather than long-haul or urban robotaxi operations, Gatik has achieved the industry’s first repeatable, fully driverless commercial service. Its trucks move goods for the same customers on the same routes every day, delivering measurable improvements in reliability, cost, and supply-chain resilience.