Gatik Joins NVIDIA Halos Lab to Scale Driverless Freight Operations
Gatik, an autonomous trucking leader, joins the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab to support scaling driverless freight across North America.
- $600 million
- Hundreds
- 2025
What Happened
Gatik, a leader in autonomous trucking, has joined the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab ecosystem, the first ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) accredited inspection lab for AI-driven physical systems. The partnership reflects shared commitment to advancing safety at the operational frontier of autonomous trucking. Gatik already operates fully driverless trucks on public roads in Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, and Ontario, Canada, completing daily freight deliveries for Fortune 50 retailers without a human driver or safety observer.
Launched fully driverless operations on public roads
Plans to scale to hundreds of driverless trucks
“We're excited to welcome Gatik to the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab. Gatik's leadership in autonomous transportation and commitment to safety innovation align with our mission to advance safe physical AI systems. Together, we look forward to accelerating the development of rigorous inspection methods that strengthen reliability across autonomous platforms.”
“Our work with NVIDIA has been central to bringing autonomous trucking into real-world operations. Expanding that collaboration with Halos reflects NVIDIA's trust in the systems Gatik has built over the years and our shared commitment to strengthening the safety foundation that makes driverless freight possible at scale.”
$600 million
Backing Gatik's plans to scale to hundreds of driverless trucks by end of 2026
- U.S. markets: Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Nebraska
- Canadian market: Ontario
- Strategic partners: NVIDIA, Isuzu Motors, Ryder
Previously from Gatik AI Inc.
Gatik previously announced a multi-year autonomous freight deployment with PepsiCo, described as the largest in North America, marking a major commercial scale-up.
Background drawn from MotorClaw's earlier coverage of Gatik AI Inc.'s official releases.
Why this matters
This partnership is crucial for safely scaling autonomous trucking. Gatik already operates driverless trucks for Fortune 50 retailers. Joining the first accredited inspection lab for AI systems helps ensure rigorous safety validation as Gatik plans to expand to hundreds of driverless trucks by end of 2026, affecting supply chain efficiency for major retailers and CPG companies.
Terms in This Story
- NVIDIA Halos
- A full-stack safety system for AI-driven physical systems, including autonomous vehicles, that unifies functional safety, cybersecurity, AI safety, and regulatory compliance.
- ANSI National Accreditation Board
- A U.S. organization that accredits inspection bodies, testing laboratories, and certification bodies against international standards.
- Physical AI
- AI systems that interact with the physical world, such as autonomous vehicles and robots.
- Autonomous trucking
- Self-driving trucks that operate without a human driver, used for freight transportation.
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