14 Best Autonomous Truck Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Autonomous Truck Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 14 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $9.4b. The average funding per company in this subset is $675.0m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Starsky Robotics logo

Starsky Robotics

Driverless truck company based in San Francisco, California.

2

Funding Rounds

$20.3m

Money raised

Waymo logo

Waymo

Waymo is a technology company developing autonomous car technology and is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.

3

Funding Rounds

$5.5b

Money raised

Waabi logo

Waabi

Waabi is a Toronto-based developer of self-driving technology, including an artificial intelligence-based driverless system and a simulation system to train the AI driver.

2

Funding Rounds

$83.5m

Money raised

Einride logo

Einride

A company designing and building autonomous electric transportation (AET) systems for freight and cargo.

11

Funding Rounds

$511.8m

Money raised

Embark logo

Embark

Embark is a San Francisco-based self-driving trucks manufacturing company.

6

Funding Rounds

$117.1m

Money raised

Gatik logo

Gatik

Developer of autonomous vehicle software designed to revolutionize city logistics and power the next generation of self-driving commercial fleets.

5

Funding Rounds

$144.0m

Money raised

Aurora (company) logo

Aurora (company)

A company developing self-driving technology.

3

Funding Rounds

$2.2b

Money raised

Peloton Technology logo

Peloton Technology

Peloton Technology is a Mountain View, California-based developer of connected and automated vehicle technology company working to improve efficiency and safety in the trucking industry.

1

Funding Rounds

Ike logo

Ike

Ike is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018.

1

Funding Rounds

$52.0m

Money raised

iSEE (robotics) logo

iSEE (robotics)

iSee, a Massachusetts-based company, is an artificial intelligence technology company.

2

Funding Rounds

$17.7m

Money raised

Plus logo

Plus

Plus is an autonomous driving technology company founded in 2016.

3

Funding Rounds

$620.0m

Money raised

Kodiak Robotics logo

Kodiak Robotics

Developer of an autonomous technology designed to redefine the long-haul trucking industry. The company's technology operates as a true freight carrier to improve safety and efficiency while reducing congestion and emissions, enabling trucking companies to apply better safety measures for their drivers and products.

2

Funding Rounds

$165.0m

Money raised

Boxbot logo

Boxbot

Boxbot is an Oakland, California-based company founded in 2016 by Mark Godwin.

2

Funding Rounds

$15.0m

Money raised

Locomation, Inc. logo

Locomation, Inc.

Locomation, Inc. is a Pittsburgh-based company founded in 2016.

3

Funding Rounds

$23.0m

Money raised