| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.07.2026 | Chinese lidar maker with Nvidia ties accused of being cyber risk for U.S. | Hesai Technology, a Shanghai-based manufacturer of the sensors that allow robots and self-driving vehicles to see, was blacklisted as a national security threat in 2024 by the U.S. Department of Defense, which designated Hesai as a Chinese ... |
| 04.07.2026 | Marlinspike Closes Oversubscribed $127 Million Fund II To Invest In Dual-Use Technologies | Marlinspike Partners announced the final close of Marlinspike Disruptive Technology Fund II at $127 million. The fund surpassed its original $75 million target.
Marlinspike is a venture capital firm investing in dual-use technologies with n... |
| 17.03.2026 | Kodiak AI Scales Autonomous Driving with NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion | , a leading provider of Physical AI, with a focus on AI-powered autonomous vehicle technology, announced NVIDIA technology will help power Kodiak’s next-generation autonomous-driving solution.
Kodiak intends to accelerate the deployment and... |
| 05.01.2026 | Kodiak AI teams up with Bosch to scale hardware for self-driving trucks | Jan 5 : Kodiak AI said on Monday it has partnered with Bosch to ramp up manufacturing of autonomous trucking hardware and sensors, as the self-driving truck company looks to move from pilot deployments toward large-scale commercial rollout... |
| 25.11.2025 | Waymo self-driving robotaxis will launch in Houston in 2026 | Houston just cleared a major lane to the future. Waymo has announced the official launch of its self-driving robotaxi service in the Bayou City, beginning with employee-only operations this fall ahead of a public launch in early 2026.
The f... |
| 10.11.2025 | Venture Capital Deal Value in Supply Chain Tech Surges as AI Spurs Investor Confidence, Report Claims | Venture capital deal value in supply chain technology has now climbed by 26.1% as AI spurs investor confidence, according to an update from PitchBook. After several fairly sluggish quarters, venture capital is now said to be flowing back in... |
| 19.05.2025 | OpenAI Codex Agent Codes, Fixes Bugs, and Writes Tests for ‘Legitimate Tasks’ | OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman. Image: Creative Commons
OpenAI has officially released Codex, a new AI agent designed to help developers write and manage code more efficiently. Powered by codex-1, a version of OpenAI’s o3 model tailored specifical... |
| 18.05.2025 | The Rise of Codex: OpenAI's Bold Move in AI Coding Tools | In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, OpenAI has thrown down the gauntlet. The company recently unveiled Codex, a cloud-based AI software engineering agent that promises to revolutionize how developers approach coding. ... |
| 16.05.2025 | OpenAI launches research preview of Codex AI software engineering agent for developers — with parallel tasking | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Surprise! Just days after reports emerged suggesting OpenAI was buying white-hot coding startup Windsurf, the for... |
| 14.04.2025 | Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics to go public in a $2.5 billion SPAC merger deal | After a quiet stretch, SPAC deals are starting to trickle back. On Monday, Kodiak Robotics said it’s merging with Ares Acquisition Corp II in a deal that values the autonomous trucking startup at $2.5 billion.
The newly formed company will ... |
| 08.01.2025 | Embedl Turbocharges Kodiak’s GenAI Edge Deployment | Embedl Turbocharges Kodiak’s GenAI Edge Deployment
(Figure 1) The subsequent optimization with the Embedl SDK resulted in dramatically faster inference speeds.
Autonomous trucking leader Kodiak Robotics uses Embedl’s edge AI tools to effort... |
| 12.01.2024 | Houston innovation leader named to new role to drive strategy, programming | A longtime Houston innovation leader has added a new title to his role at Rice University.
Brad Burke, who has served as executive director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship for 20 years, has been named associate vice... |
| 12.01.2024 | Driverless semi-truck tech to launch between Houston and Dallas later this year | Kodiak Robotics is scaling up its driverless semi truck, which will initially carry cargo on a Houston-to-Dallas route that’s set to formally launch this year.
The most recent version of Kodiak’s truck debuted in Las Vegas at the recent 202... |
| 12.01.2024 | Freshly funded startups, NASA-backed engine testing top this week's top Houston innovation stories | Editor's note:Welcome back for another roundup of top Houston innovation news from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included recent startup funding rounds, two new hires, and more.
These 9 Houst... |
| 03.01.2024 | Daily AI Roundup: Biggest Machine Learning, Robotic And Automation Updates | This is our AI Daily Roundup. We are covering the top updates from around the world. The updates will feature state-of-the-art capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, Fintech, and human-sy... |
| 02.01.2024 | Kodiak Robotics Selects Ambarella AI Domain Controller SoC For Next-Gen Autonomous Trucks | Kodiak Moves AI Perception and Machine Learning Systems to Ambarella’s CV3-AD685 AI SoC for Higher AI Efficiency and Performance in Long-Haul Trucking Fleets
Ambarella, Inc., an edge AI semiconductor company, and Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a le... |
| 05.12.2023 | Kodiak's First Military Autonomous Vehicle Is a Ford F-150 Pickup Truck | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 05 December 2023, 04:12 am
Kodiak Robotics has introduced its inaugural autonomous military prototype, a modified Ford F-150 pickup truck tailored to meet the US Department of Defense (DoD) requirements.
The auton... |
| 03.10.2023 | Long Haul Automated Trucks: Taking It To The Street | Torc Robotics is one of several AV Truck Developers whose trucks can handle streets as well as ... [+] highways.Torc Robotics |
| 20.04.2023 | AV In The Trenches: What Will It Really Take To Get Automated Trucks On The Road? | What will it take to finally get Automated Trucks on the road?Bishop Consulting / Linda Beatty |
| 06.04.2023 | New Gen Kodiak Self-Driving Trucks To Swap Sensor Rooftop Unibrow For Powerful Pods | Kodiak Robotics fifth generation autonomous truck repackages rooftop sensors into side-mounted ... [+] SensorPods.Kodiak Robotics Inc./Campfire LLC |
| 09.03.2023 | Mistakes were made (and that’s fine) | Forgive the scattered nature of this week’s Actuator. No big, overarching monologs this week — just a handful of things I’ve been thinking about lately that I’d like to get down on paper. I suppose that’s one of the perks of doing a weekly ... |
| 09.12.2022 | Walmart, Houston startup team up to bring small biz products to shelves | Thanks to a pop-up shop marketplace platform, small businesses will now have the opportunity to have their goods displayed in one of the country’s largest national retail stores.
Through a strategic partnership between Houston-based Popable... |
| 08.12.2022 | These were the most-read guest columns by Houston innovators in 2022 | Editor's note: Every week, InnovationMap — Houston's only news source and resource about and for startups — runs one or two guest columns written by tech entrepreneurs, public relations experts, data geniuses, and more. As Houston's innovat... |
| 16.11.2022 | Texas coworking company opens latest location in downtown Houston | A Texas-based coworking company has rolled out its fifth Houston-area location just on the edge of downtown.
Common Desk has opened in 32,000 square feet of space in the POST Houston, a recently renovated historic building built in 1934 at ... |
| 14.11.2022 | Kodiak Robotics Demonstrates Tire Blowout on its Self-Driving Truck | Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a leading self-driving trucking company, became the first company in the industry to demonstrate that its autonomous technology, the Kodiak Driver, can maintain complete control of the truck when it suffers a catastro... |
| 04.11.2022 | Houston SaaS company raises $15M series B, announces latest release | A Houston startup that is optimizing human resource operations for small businesses has raised fresh funding from an Austin-based venture capital investor.
GoCo.io raised $15 million in September in a funding round led by ATX Venture Partne... |
| 25.10.2022 | Can self-driving technology solve the supply chain crisis? | Presented by Kodiak
Trucking is the lifeblood of the American economy, an industry worth almost $875 billion a year in the U.S. alone. That’s about 4% of the U.S. economy. Over the last few years, the supply chain crisis has impacted everyo... |
| 19.10.2022 | Kodiak Robotics and IKEA Announce Cooperation for Autonomous Freight Delivery in the US | Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a leading self-driving trucking company, has started cooperation with IKEA Supply Chain Operations by piloting autonomous freight deliveries in Texas. The cooperation, which began, includes a Kodiak autonomous heavy-d... |
| 19.10.2022 | Ikea Partners With Kodiak Robotics to Bring Self-Driving Technology to Delivery Trucks | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 19 October 2022, 06:10 am
Swedish home furniture firm Ikea wants to bring driverless truck deliveries to Texas soon. The company has partnered with Kodiak Robotics which excels in self-driving shipping service. Ikea... |
| 18.10.2022 | IKEA to test self-driving deliveries between Houston and Dallas | A California-based driving trucking company has announced a new partnership with IKEA to pilot autonomous freight deliveries in Texas.
Kodiak Roboticsand IKEA agreed on a pilot program announced today that will transport IKEA products seven... |
| 17.10.2022 | Kodiak Robotics Receives $30M in Growth Financing | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN), a specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital backed companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, ... |
| 23.08.2022 | Pilot, Kodiak Partner To Build Service Centers For Autonomous Trucks | Pilot Company and Kodiak Robotics are partnering to develop services for autonomous trucks at Pilot ... [+] and Flying J travel centers. Pilot Company |
| 12.05.2022 | Kodiak Robotics Reveals Self-Curbing System For Broke Autonomous Trucks | Kodiak Robotics, Inc. unveiled its Fallback technology for detecting issues in its autonomous trucks ... [+] and automatically guiding it to the side of the road and call for help. Kodiak Robotics |
| 12.11.2021 | Kodiak Robotics Raises $125M in Series B |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Kodiak Robotics, a self-driving trucking company, has raised $125 million in a Series B funding.
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| 11.11.2021 | Kodiak Robotics Raises $125M in Series B Funding | Kodiak Robotics, a Mountain View CA-based self-driving trucking company, raised $125m in Series B funding.
Backers included SIP Global Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, CRV, Muirwoods Ventures, Harpoon Ventures, StepS... |
| 10.11.2021 | Autonomous Truck Company Kodiak Robotics Announces Major New Funding | Autonomous trucking company, Kodiak Robotics, Inc., announced today $125 million in Series B ... [+] funding. Kodiak Robotics |
| 10.11.2021 | SIP Global Partners Announces Participation in $125M Series B round for Kodiak Robotics, a Developer and Operator of Autonomous Class-8 Trucks | NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SIP Global Partners, a dual-headquartered US-Japan VC firm investing in early-stage transformative technology, announced today its investment in Kodiak Robotics, Inc. SIP participated in the ove... |
| 10.11.2021 | Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics raises $125M | Kodiak Robotics, one of the last privately held autonomous truck outfits in Silicon Valley, has raised $125 million in new capital, funding that will be used to double its workforce as it pursues a path to commercialization.
The oversubscri... |
| 10.11.2021 | Kodiak Robotics to expand autonomous trucking with $125M | Kodiak Robotics, a startup developing self-driving truck technologies, today announced that it raised $125 million in an oversubscribed series B round for a total of $165 million to date. The tranche — which includes investments from SIP Gl... |
| 10.11.2021 | Kodiak Robotics Raises $125 Million in Oversubscribed Series B Round | The funds will be used for the hyper-growth of autonomous trucking operations and to double employee headcount
Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a leading self-driving trucking company, announced that it has raised $125 million in an oversubscribed Se... |
| 10.11.2021 | Autonomous Trucking Company Kodiak Robotics Plans on Expanding After Raising $125 Million | Urian B., Tech Times 10 November 2021, 10:11 am
(Photo : Image from Unsplash Website / @flamingaia) Autonomous Trucking Company Kodiak Robotics Plans on Expanding After Raising $125 Million
An autonomous trucking company by the name of Kodi... |
| 10.11.2021 | Kodiak Robotics, Inc. announced that it has received $125 million in funding from a group of investors | Kodiak Robotics, Inc. announced that it has received $125 million in a round of funding on November 10, 2021. The transaction included participation from SIP Global Partners, Muirwoods Ventures, Harpoon Ventures Management, LLC, StepStone G... |
| 10.11.2021 | SIP Global Partners Announces Participation in $125M Series B round for Kodiak Robotics, a Developer and Operator of Autonomous Class-8 Trucks | SIP’s investment in Kodiak is critical in helping us grow our operations and continue to develop our industry leading self-driving technology,” said Don Burnette, Co-founder & CEO, Kodiak Robotics.
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| 10.11.2021 | Kodiak Robotics to expand autonomous trucking with $125M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Kodiak Robotics, a startup developing self-drivin... |
| 25.06.2021 | BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke : i Ventures Announces an Investment in Kodiak Robotics. | Mountain View, CA (June 24, 2021)… BMW i Ventures announced today an investment in Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a leading developer of self-driving long-haul trucking technology. The funds from the BMW i Ventures investment help Kodiak expand its... |
| 29.05.2021 | VCBay Weekly News Roundup – Mark Cuban invests in Polygon, Koo raises funds from Tiger Global | Welcome to VCBay Weekly News Roundup. Here are some important developments in the startup space and major funding rounds this week – |
| 09.03.2021 | Top 10 Autonomous Vehicles Startups with High-growth Potential | Autonomous vehicles, a concept previously perceived to exist only in the world of science fiction, are very much starting to materialize in the world today. With the latest developments in microprocessor solutions and radar technology, it c... |
| 11.01.2021 | Boring! Kodiak’s Trucks Calmly Drive Themselves While Safety Driver Watches | Kodiak's self-driving trucks are now routinely handling long hauls with no interventions needed by ... [+] the safety driver. Kodiak Robotics |
| 14.06.2020 | The Station: Spin heads to Europe, Just Eat Takeaway gobbles up Grubhub and a drive in a Bentley Flying Spur | The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Saturday in your inbox.
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| 09.08.2019 | Self-driving semi trucks are now hauling cargo in and out of Houston | The Interstate 45 freight corridor between Houston and Dallas now serves as a testing ground for self-driving cargo trucks.
Silicon Valley startup Kodiak Robotics Inc. recently began sending its autonomous 18-wheel trucks on trips between T... |
| 09.01.2019 | Houston entrepreneur positions her company as a leader in online dating | Brittany Barreto was years ahead of the marketplace when she had her idea for a DNA-based dating app, now called Pheramor. At the time, online dating mostly consisted of eHarmony and sending your DNA through the mail to anyone just wasn't d... |
| 08.01.2019 | Report finds Houston has room to grow as an attractive city for STEM professionals | Houston has been heralded as a great place to find a job in many instances, so it may come as some surprise that when it comes to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, the Bayou City isn't primed for professionals.
The city ran... |
| 11.12.2018 | Tap into the local ecosystem with Alice’s guide for Houston business owners | Small business ownership is on the rise, particularly among diverse founders: women, people of color, immigrants, the differently-abled, people identifying as LGBTQ+ and veterans. These groups are starting businesses at historically high ra... |
| 07.12.2018 | 5 top trending innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Not entirely surprisingly, this week's views were skewed heavily toward an app that allows stadium food delivery right to your seat, wine-picking technology, a slideshow of a growing coworking space, and more.
Houston startup... |
| 05.12.2018 | TMCx leader is ready for Houston's health care innovation ecosystem to fully bloom | Editor's note: Halvorsen reportedly left his position at TMC on December 13, 2018. The original article as it first published is below.
Erik Halvorsen describes himself as an impatient guy, which is why, rather than wait for Houston's medic... |
| 30.11.2018 | Houston entrepreneur makes a splash with wine-selecting technology | Amy Gross wants to find you the perfect wine. In fact, she wants it so much, she built her company, VineSleuth, around the concept that technology and machine learning could find the best wine to match individual palates.
VineSleuth's custo... |
| 17.10.2018 | National report declares Texas dim when it comes to energy efficiency | For a state that's home to the "Energy Capital of the World," Texas falls flat when it comes to energy efficiency. WalletHub, a personal finance site, ranked the most and least energy-efficient states, and Texas was named No. 42 o... |
| 09.08.2018 | Autonomous-Vehicle Startup Kodiak Robotics Raised $40M in Series A | Kodiak Robotics co-founders Don Burnette and Paz Eshel (Photo: Business Wire)
Kodiak Robotics, a Mountain View, CA-based autonomous-vehicle startup, raised $40m in Series A financing.
The round was led by Battery Ventures, with participatio... |
| 07.08.2018 | Autonomous-vehicle sartup Kodiak Robotics raises $40 million in Series A funding for team expansion and product development. | Self-driving truck market heats up as Kodiak Robotics, a startup co-founded by Otto/Google Veteran Don Burnette and Venture Capitalist Paz Eshel, is developing autonomous technology to tackle the long-haul trucking. The duo believes they ha... |
| 07.08.2018 | As Uber winds down autonomous truck business, Otto founders aren’t giving up | Uber doled out more than $600 million to acquire self-driving truck startup Otto two years ago. Last week, Uber announced it was ceasing work on its autonomous trucking business to focus on cars.
Earlier this year, Uber settled a legal spat... |
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Kodiak Robotics, a startup co-founded by Google veteran and Uber’s ill-fated self-driving truck unit, just raised $40 million to solve the same ... |
| 07.08.2018 | As Uber winds down autonomous truck business, Otto founders aren’t giving up | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Uber doled out more than $600 million to acquire self-driving truck startup Otto two years ago. Last week, Uber announced it was ceasin... |
| 07.08.2018 | Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics raises $40 million | In Don Burnette and Paz Eshel’s view, trucking is the killer app for self-driving technology.
It’s what led Burnette to leave the Google self-driving project and co-found Otto in early 2016, along with Anthony Levandowski, Lior Ron and Clai... |
| - | Kodiak Robotics | “Kodiak has built the most advanced autonomous technology for long-haul trucking. We're currently moving goods in Texas and Oklahoma using our self-driving fleet.” |
