Embark Trucks
Public
What they do:
Self-driving semi trucks.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Autonomous Trucking Startups
This list has 11 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. Largest teams: Embark Trucks, Flux Auto, and Teleo.
11 startups
What they do:
Physical AI for Warehouses and Factories
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What they do:
Technology for Trucking
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What they do:
Autonomous trucks to fully automate long-haul freight shipping
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HQ: Seoul, South Korea
What they do:
iPhone-based driver monitoring for commercial fleets.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Autonomous street sweeping as a service by retro-fitting vehicles
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Teleo
Acquired
What they do:
Supervised Autonomous Heavy Equipment
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hypermile
Acquired
What they do:
Driver co-pilot to make trucking more efficient
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
lvl5
Acquired
What they do:
HD maps for self-driving cars.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Starsky Robotics
Shut down
What they do:
Driverless Trucks, for real.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Viaopt
Shut down
What they do:
Uber pool for corporate trucking fleets
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 11 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
None of them shows open roles right now.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Embark Trucks (300 employees), Flux Auto (56 employees), and Teleo (30 employees).