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Rich Steiner retweeted
Texas has been an important home for our growth, and we deeply appreciate leaders like @HagenbuchTX who understand what it takes to bring autonomous freight into everyday commercial use.
I enjoyed the opportunity to speak to industry leaders at the Autonomy Summit 2026 today in Austin about the future of autonomy and how safety and innovation in autonomous vehicles can help Texas meet the infrastructure demands of our growing state. Thankful to @theavindustry and my friends at @Gatik_AI for the invitation to participate! #txlege
It was an honor to spend time with Senator Hagenbuch yesterday in Austin and discuss how Gatik is bringing the real benefits of autonomous trucking to Texans every single day. Thank you for your leadership @HagenbuchTX.
I enjoyed the opportunity to speak to industry leaders at the Autonomy Summit 2026 today in Austin about the future of autonomy and how safety and innovation in autonomous vehicles can help Texas meet the infrastructure demands of our growing state. Thankful to @theavindustry and my friends at @Gatik_AI for the invitation to participate! #txlege
Rich Steiner retweeted
As we commercialize our operations with @PepsiCo in Texas, we are grateful for @HagenbuchTX's leadership in advancing autonomous trucking across the state.
I enjoyed the opportunity to speak to industry leaders at the Autonomy Summit 2026 today in Austin about the future of autonomy and how safety and innovation in autonomous vehicles can help Texas meet the infrastructure demands of our growing state. Thankful to @theavindustry and my friends at @Gatik_AI for the invitation to participate! #txlege
Rich Steiner retweeted
Rising costs and continued pressure across the supply chain don’t change the fact that groceries and everyday essentials still have to get to store shelves every day.
That’s the problem Gatik is solving for customers like @PepsiCo and @loblawco in North America today: making those movement of goods more reliable and more economical, at a time when both matter more than ever.
@CNBC asked a fair question recently: the technology works, but is autonomous trucking a business?
A few days later, @EstheFung piece in @WSJ showed why the answer matters. Moving goods keeps getting more expensive. Fuel, labor, capacity and supply-chain volatility are all adding pressure.
It's the same question. Stores still need to be stocked every day, whatever it costs to move the goods.
At @Gatik_AI, we built around that problem from day one. Our customers need to move goods more often and more reliably, at a cost that works. If the technology didn't solve for that, it wasn't worth building.
Today we've done three things.
1. We removed the driver on public roads in commercial service. Our trucks run driverless for Fortune 50 customers like PepsiCo.
2. We did it at scale. Three markets, complex customer networks, day and night, on highways and surface streets.
3. We proved the business model. Today we have more than $600M in contracted revenue.
You need all three for this to be a business. At Gatik, we do.
Rich Steiner retweeted
$600M+ in contracted revenue. Fortune 50 customers like @PepsiCo .
Commercial operations across Texas, Arizona, Arkansas and Canada.
And now, following our $200M Series D, backing from Qatar Investment Authority, KDT and @CathieDWood ARK Invest.
The question of whether autonomous freight can be a real business has been behind us for a while.
Thanks to @Ash_TV and @NYSE for having Gautam on the floor today.
Rich Steiner retweeted
Alli Goldenberg joins Gatik as Head of People Operations.
Over a decade building the people systems behind autonomous ocean vehicles at Saildrone and driver and dispatch teams at Vesta.
As we scale driverless operations, the team infrastructure matters as much as the technology.
Rich Steiner retweeted
Gautam sat down with @GemmaAllenSays at @NYSEWired today.
On the advice to hire seasoned leaders and step back: "Completely wrong advice. Be hands-on, know your numbers, know your business cold."
Full conversation below.
@Furrier @theCUBE @bjbaumann2014
Rich Steiner retweeted
QIA spent years studying autonomous trucking before building conviction. That rigor and long-term perspective have stood out in every conversation with their team. It’s what makes QIA a great long-term partner for @Gatik_AI. Excited for the journey ahead!
Rich Steiner retweeted
QIA's investment in our Series D is a strong signal that autonomous freight is going mainstream.
Today, this category is fueled by real customer demand, revenue-generating commercial operations and Gatik's own ability to scale reliably into some of the world's most complex supply chains, like @PepsiCo.
Proud to have QIA backing Gatik.
Rich Steiner retweeted
@CathieWood and I have talked a lot about what it takes for a technology to move from early promise to commercial adoption.
That transition is now visible at Gatik as we build the business of autonomous freight: real operations, real customers, and a business that is scaling. Glad to have @ARKInvest alongside us for this next phase.
@ARKInvest has spent years studying the point when emerging technologies move from demos to scaled adoption.
In autonomous freight, that shift is happening for us with Fortune 50 customers like @PepsiCo, daily revenue-generating operations and real commercial scale.
Proud to have ARK and @CathieDWood in our Series D round.
Rich Steiner retweeted
@ARKInvest has spent years studying the point when emerging technologies move from demos to scaled adoption.
In autonomous freight, that shift is happening for us with Fortune 50 customers like @PepsiCo, daily revenue-generating operations and real commercial scale.
Proud to have ARK and @CathieDWood in our Series D round.
Rich Steiner retweeted
Great discussion with @Jason and the panel on This Week in AI on where agents are heading. One question kept coming back: who decides when a system is allowed to act. Capability and authority are separate things. Clip below on how that works on our trucks. Full episode in the comments.
Rich Steiner retweeted
Our CEO @gautam_narang joined @Jason and the panel on This Week in AI for a conversation on where agents are heading. One question ran through it: who decides when an AI system is allowed to act. Clip below on how that works on a Gatik truck.
Rich Steiner retweeted
Celeste Dauner, Managing Director at @DisruptiveKoch, on why KDT co-led our Series D. Thank you, Celeste and team. Glad to have you with us.
Rich Steiner retweeted
Always great to talk, @TashaARK and @DMaguireARK.
The real test in autonomy is whether you can build a revenue-generating business, but also one customers can depend on every day. We have shown that we are both.
Grateful for you, @CathieDWood and the @ARKInvest team for the conviction and partnership.
Every year the average age of US truck drivers gets higher, and replacements aren't showing up. @Gatik_AI CEO @gautam_narang believes autonomous trucking is filling a gap the industry can't on its own. He joins @TashaARK on FYI to explain where Gatik fits in.