Gatik Collaborates With NVIDIA to Accelerate Mass Production of Autonomous Trucks

Gatik, a developer of autonomous middle-mile logistics, says it will develop and deploy NVIDIA DRIVE AGX in-vehicle compute architecture across its fleet of class 6 and class 7 Freight-Only (driverless) vehicles. This collaboration will accelerate the deployment of Level 4 autonomous trucks at scale across new markets for Gatik’s US customers including Walmart, Kroger and Tyson Foods.

Specifically, Gatik, will use NVIDIA DRIVE AGX accelerated by the DRIVE Thor system-on-a-chip (SoC) to serve as the AI brain for these next-generation self-driving trucks. 

Packing up to 1,000 trillion operations per second of high-performance compute, DRIVE AGX Thor helps enable the development and deployment of safe, autonomous trucks and other vehicles at scale.

Gatik’s strategic development efforts with NVIDIA is built on the company’s existing long-term collaboration with Isuzu North America Corporation.

Isuzu North America Corporation and Gatik have been working together since 2021 to accelerate the development of autonomous driving solutions. 

The announcement was made at NVIDIA's GTC event.

Gautam Narang, CEO of Gatik, says: “We are excited to collaborate with NVIDIA and integrate their world-class expertise and groundbreaking technology into Isuzu’s Production-Ready Vehicle Platform, as we enter our next phase of commercial growth. NVIDIA’s next-generation computing architecture will provide critical support to the onboard AI-processing necessary for deploying Gatik’s Freight-Only operations safely, and at scale. This partnership builds on our existing collaboration with Isuzu North America Corporation, and marks a significant step forward in our mission to commercialize a safe, scalable, and efficient autonomous transportation service across the middle-mile.”

"The combination of our AI-driven solutions and Gatik’s autonomous technology that’s purpose built for the middle mile will help tackle the trucking industry’s challenges such as rising e-commerce demand, driver shortages, and operational costs - while enabling a smarter, more sustainable transportation ecosystem,” adds Rishi Dhall, vice president of automotive at NVIDIA. "Our automotive-grade DRIVE AGX platform built on the DRIVE Thor SoC delivers the massive compute power essential for secure and reliable autonomous operations, making roads safer and logistics more efficient, at scale."

Founded in 2017 by veterans of the autonomous technology industry, Gatik has offices in Mountain View, Dallas-Fort Worth, Phoenix and Toronto.