You don’t need to spend billions of dollars and you don’t need thousands of people to make driverless vehicles a reality. The key to safely and successfully bringing a product to market isn’t having the deepest pockets or the highest headcount, it’s having the right people on your team and a focused mindset. Especially now with the boom of AI, it’s more evident than ever that the priority is to focus on quality over just quantity. The future belongs to those who build smarter—not just bigger. @KodiakRobotics #selfdriving

@KodiakRobotics continues to lead in autonomous trucking and 2025 will be the most exciting year in our company's and industry's history. It’s clear that the Trump administration is focused on cementing America as the leader in AI, defense tech, and energy production. Kodiak is uniquely situated to take advantage of all these national priorities and is poised for a boom in growth. Between our industry leading trucking customer base, our dual-use ground autonomy that the Department of Defense needs, and our driverless deployment in the oilfields in the Permian Basin, there’s no doubt that 2025 is poised to be the biggest year for Kodiak yet!

Can your AV do this? @KodiakRobotics is taking self-driving to the next level, driving in conditions nobody thought possible: complete snow cover on icy roads that the system has never seen before. No data collect, no mapping, no prior information of any kind. Oh, and the system had never been trained on ANY snow data either. More on how Kodiak is using GenAI to push self-driving into a new era coming soon. 🚀 Have you seen another AV system tackle something like this? Let me know in the comments, tag someone who might find this as fascinating as we do, or share it with your network to spark the conversation! #snow #autonomy #genAI #transportation

I strongly support President-elect Trump’s plans to create a federal framework for self-driving vehicles, providing much-needed regulatory clarity that will enable broader deployment of autonomous technology. I look forward to seeing how these efforts can accelerate the safe deployment of autonomous trucking, solidify trust in this transformative technology, and help reshape freight transportation!

Making mistakes is a part of driving. Whether it’s a wrong turn, a last-minute lane change, or a missed turn signal, driving errors are common. Most of us brush them off—because we know that nobody’s perfect. But when it comes to autonomous vehicles, we have a lower tolerance for mistakes than from people. We hold autonomous systems to a higher standard because, unlike humans, we see AVs as infinitely precise. That’s just one reason why we think it’s so important that @KodiakRobotics' technology performs above human levels of safety. Operating safely and building trust with the public is ultimately critical to making Kodiak and the AV industry as a whole, a success. We are continuing to develop, refine, and—most importantly—be transparent about how we can quantifiably demonstrate our technology is safe. It’s not only about consistently improving the Kodiak Driver, but about building trust in a new era of driving. The best way to understand this technology is to experience it firsthand. If you get the chance to ride in an autonomous vehicle, take it. Experiencing the technology directly is the best way to get a sense of its capabilities and safety, aiding in demystifying them. Seeing is believing, and we’re confident that the more people ride, the more trust we’ll build in autonomous vehicles and I think you will come to love them.

Class 8 trucks, Ford F-150s, and now tracked vehicles. The @KodiakRobotics Driver is hands down the world’s most adaptable self-driving system. In May we announced our collaboration with @TXTSystems : now, just four months later, we’ve outfit our first Textron Systems tracked vehicle with the Kodiak Driver. Textron Systems’ RIPSAW M3 was designed to be fully uncrewed, with no room for a human. Together, we’re working to keep service members out of harm’s way while forging the future of U.S. defense technology.

A big thank you to the @SAEIntl team for inviting me to give this year’s Buckendale lecture to such an amazing crowd of industry members! I’m honored to join the long list of industry leading presenters, dating back to when the series began in 1954. Of course, none of this would have been possible without this year’s Buckendale team: Melissa Jena, Mehdi Ahmadian, Giorgio Rizzoni, and Dan Williams. The self-driving industry must navigate a critical challenge - how do we definitively demonstrate the safety of our autonomous systems? @KodiakRobotics' approach to this problem is both systematic and innovative, synthesizing traditional and cutting-edge safety approaches. At the heart of our safety case is the probabilistic risk assessment. By meticulously modeling exposure, performance, and severity, we’re able to quantify the risk level of every scenario, and determine the overall safety of our autonomous vehicles. These models not only help us quantify our safety bar: they actively guide our engineering priorities and decision making. Through these tools, we can quantify our risk and ensure that the Kodiak Driver is at least as safe as a human driver.

To create high-fidelity simulations, you need data. To gather that data, you have to drive in the real world. To pressure-test your real-world driving, you need to have simulations. True autonomous driving isn’t about a single approach—it’s about combining all of these elements. By combining data from multiple domains, we learn more, faster, and can drive more places than any other player in the industry. @KodiakRobotics #selfdriving #AI

On road. Off road. Our modular system gives the @KodiakRobotics Driver flexibility to do it all.

I am honored to share that @Kodiak is #20 on the #Inc5000! This award reflects the years of relentless effort we’ve put into building the Kodiak Driver. We’re not just growing—we’re on a clear path to profitability. Thank you to all the incredible Kodiakers who make achievements like this possible. Here’s to continuing our journey together, driving forward the future of transportation!

@KodiakRobotics continues to extend its lead in autonomous long haul trucking! 💪 On the heels of launching the world’s first driverless commercial operations, we now welcome the country’s largest intermodal carrier. @jbhunt360 has a well-deserved reputation for being one of the smartest, most-innovative companies in transportation. I’m proud that they share Kodiak's vision for the future of trucking, and am thrilled to have them join the country’s largest autonomous commercial network. This partnership underscores Kodiak’s commitment to revolutionizing the trucking industry. Kodiak is dedicated to leading the charge in transforming logistics, driving innovation, and setting new benchmarks in the industry. As we continue to push the boundaries of what's possible, our focus remains on shaping a future where autonomous trucking delivers unprecedented efficiency and safety.

People often ask me for my top piece of advice for startup founders. My view is that the people you bring into your team are just as important as the technology you’re building. Assembling a diverse team of experts who bring different perspectives to the table is essential for the success of any company. The truth is, both tech and the trucking industry struggle to attract more female representation. This year, as part of @WomenInTrucking's annual photo competition, we wanted to highlight not only the women on our team but also the daughters of Kodiakers that we hope will follow in their parents’ footsteps to help make both tech and trucking more equal. Join me in casting a vote for @KodiakRobotics as we inspire the next generation of Women in Trucking!

If you don’t have a product that can be deployed and scaled, you don’t have a product. From the start, I knew @KodiakRobotics needed to provide more than just autonomous technology. It needed to provide real solutions for real trucking companies, and core to that is the Kodiak Driver’s modularity. In fact, its autonomous components are as easy to replace as tires or windshield wipers. The design of our SensorPods and compute allow us to quickly and easily replace different parts of the system without taking the entire truck offline, saving our partners both time and money. At Kodiak, we make everything modular from hardware to software, so it’s updatable, repairable, and deployable. It’s a real product.

Congrats to my amazing wife @Chelsea62742629 and the @Apple Photos team for the launch of the all new iOS Photos App at #WWDC24. It's the biggest Photos redesign ever! 🤩 She presented in the Keynote while 38 weeks pregnant with our beautiful daughter, and even featured a cameo of yours truly. Check out the video!

I’m proud to share that @KodiakRobotics has partnered with @ArturExpressInc! Supporting drivers is essential for success in trucking. Artur Express is committed to being "The Truckers Company.” Working with them, we are using the latest in transportation technology to increase home time and improve safety for truck drivers. Our partnership also shows that autonomous trucks can benefit large and mid-sized fleets alike. We look forward to integrating the Kodiak Driver into Artur’s fleet in the coming years!

Artificial intelligence is shaping the global economy. @nvidia surpassing @Apple to become the world’s 2nd most valuable company is just the latest example of the economic importance of AI technology. I have been in the self-driving space for over a decade and a half and I can say that the advancements in compute power we’ve seen in that time are nothing short of stunning.  Companies like NVIDIA are critical to powering the AI software that is changing even traditional industries like trucking. AI is helping @KodiakRobotics push the boundaries of innovation, enabling new business models, and making the world a better place. These are exciting times to be in hard tech!

According to the @NHTSAgov and @NSCsafety, 2022 saw around 46,000 deaths due to motor vehicle crashes, over 20% of the nation’s preventable-injury-related deaths. Join me this National Safety Month in raising awareness about the importance of road safety and the transformative potential of autonomous trucking to save lives and reduce the toll of traffic fatalities on American roads. At @KodiakRobotics, we are committed to making roads safer for everyone. By leveraging advanced sensors, real-time data analysis, and cutting-edge AI, our autonomous trucks can detect hazards faster, react more accurately, and operate more consistently than human drivers. This technology will not only enhance safety but also ensure efficient and reliable transportation. Let's work together to create a future where road crashes are a thing of the past. Together, we can drive change and make our roads safer for everyone! #nationalsafetymonth #AI #technology

Today, I am filled with immense pride and gratitude as I reflect on how @KodiakRobotics has crossed the incredible milestone of driving 3 million miles! When I founded Kodiak six years ago, my vision was to revolutionize transportation with cutting-edge autonomous technology. Since then, the Kodiak team has grown to over 200 people and our technology is delivering 50+ loads a week for partners. What was once a small technology developer is now a growing company, with 24/7 operations and multiple business lines. For Kodiak, driving our 3 millionth mile is a testament to our relentless pursuit of innovation, safety, and excellence. This milestone demonstrates how far autonomous technology has come and the support we have from the commercial transportation industry, defense sector, and the public at large. This never would have been possible without the unwavering dedication and hard work of our amazing team, in particular our incredible ops team members who work round the clock, keeping our operations safe, efficient, and reliable. Not only has this group been the absolute foundation to the work at Kodiak, they accomplished this feat with a sterling safety record! Their tireless efforts and commitment are the driving force behind our success, and I am endlessly grateful for each and every one of them. Here's to many more miles and milestones ahead!