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Gatik raises a $200 million Series D to expand its driverless trucking fleet from dozens of vehicles to more than 100 by year-end. Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies lead the round, which brings the company’s total funding to roughly $500 million. Gatik reports 85,000 completed driverless orders, 99% on-time delivery, and more than $600 million in contracted revenue, with PepsiCo, Walmart, Kroger, Tyson Foods and Loblaw among its customers.

Aug 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article

Gatik raises $200 million in a round led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies, two months after signing a multiyear commercial agreement with PepsiCo. The Santa Clara startup says it has raised about $500 million overall and has $600 million in contracted revenue, while operating dozens of driverless trucks across several markets. Its 41-truck PepsiCo fleet moves Frito-Lay products from distribution centers to stores in Dallas, Phoenix, and Northwest Arkansas. Gatik plans to use the funding to hire and expand into new markets.

Aug 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Speedata raises a $44 million Series B, bringing its total capital raised to $114 million. The Tel Aviv startup is developing an analytics processing unit (APU) designed for big data and AI workloads, initially targeting Apache Spark. Speedata says the APU completed a pharmaceutical workload in 19 minutes, compared with 90 hours on a non-specialized processor, and that its first APU design was finalized and manufactured in late 2024.

Jun 2025 · TechCrunchNews article

Celestial AI raises $100 million in a Series B round to support production of its photonics platform for data transmission. Led by IAG Capital Partners, Koch Disruptive Technologies and Temasek’s Xora Innovation fund, the round brings the company’s total funding to more than $165 million. Celestial plans to expand its engineering, sales and technical marketing teams, and offers its interconnect product through a licensing program.

Jun 2023 · TechCrunchNews article