Gatik

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Gatik
Company typePrivate
Industry Vehicular automation, delivery
Founded2017;7 years ago (2017)
FounderGautam Narang
Arjun Narang
Apeksha Kumavat
Headquarters
Mountain View, California
,
United States
Key people
Gautam Narang (CEO)
Website gatik.ai

Gatik is an autonomous trucking and delivery company that operates in the United States and Canada. [1] The company creates Level 4 autonomous trucking technology for vehicles making middle mile commercial deliveries. [2] [3] [4]

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History

Gatik was established in 2017 by Gautam Narang, [5] Arjun Narang, [6] and Apeksha Kumavat. [7] Around this time, Texas passed a law allowing autonomous vehicles to drive on its roads and highways. [3] Gatik is currently headquartered in Mountain View, California and has offices in Arkansas, Fort Worth, Texas and Toronto, Ontario. [8] [9]

The company operated in stealth mode for the first two years to develop its technology. [10] [5] In 2019, it partnered with Walmart, as it launched automated grocery delivery trucks at the retailer's Bentonville, Arkansas location. [5] [11] [12] By November 2021, Gatik was operating 21 vehicles. [13] [14]

In January 2020, Gatik deployed Canada's first autonomous delivery fleet with supermarket chain Loblaw in Ontario, Canada. [15]

The company began making grocery deliveries for PC Express in Brampton, Ontario on a 13-mile route as of October 5, 2022. [16] [17] The deliveries were made using autonomous trucks with no safety driver behind the steering wheel. [18] Gatik is now used by Kroger and Tyson Foods for this purpose. [19] [20] [21]

Technology

Gatik focuses on medium-distance deliveries, known as the middle mile, using Level 4 autonomous trucks to transport groceries and other goods between distribution centers, micro-fulfillment centers and retail locations. [22] [23] [24] Gatik's Level 4 autonomous trucks operate without a safety driver on repeated routes. [25] [26]

The company began making its first deliveries using Ford Transit vans integrated with Gatik's autonomous technology. [27] Gatik introduced an electric version of its Ford Transit delivery truck in February 2021, which was developed together with electric vehicle manufacturer VIA Motors. [28] [29]

In April 2021, Gatik partnered with Isuzu to develop an autonomous medium-duty truck. [30] Gatik integrated its autonomous trucking technology into the Isuzu N-Series truck. [28]

Starting in 2022, Cummins has also worked with Gatik to integrate the company's autonomous vehicle technology into Cummins' powertrain software, enabling the use of drive by wire in autonomous vehicles. [31] The companies installed the technology into Isuzu FTR box trucks. [31]

In 2024, Gatik's trucks started to use data-collecting tires from Goodyear. [32]

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