Gatik CEO Gautam Narang Discusses $200 Million Series D and Driverless Truck Expansion

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Gatik, the Silicon Valley-based autonomous trucking company, secured $200 million in Series D funding in late August, a round led by Qatar Investment Authority and joined by Koch Disruptive Technology, Millennium, and Cathie Wood's Ark Invest. CEO Gautam Narang said the capital will go toward scaling the company's driverless freight network, which currently operates across Pepsi's network in three markets in Texas, Arkansas, and Arizona. Gatik has over $600 million in contracted revenue, Narang said, against a total addressable opportunity of more than $300 billion. The company's dock-to-dock delivery model moves goods from customer distribution centers to retail stores using driverless trucks running 24/7 on highways and surface streets, managed through its Gatik Omni fleet platform and a human AV interface called HAVi. Narang said Gatik aims to scale to hundreds of driverless trucks by the end of this year and thousands next year, citing strong demand from commercial partners including Pepsi.

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