Fast Company World Changing Ideas

Fast Company Recognizes Gatik on 2022 World Changing
Ideas List for its Global-First Fully Driverless Milestone

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 3, 2022 –Fast Company recognized Gatik on its World Changing Ideas 2022 list in the Transportation category. This recognition highlights the company as the first autonomous trucking company worldwide to operate fully driverless middle mile commercial deliveries. Gatik’s fully autonomous solution for B2B short-haul logistics delivers on the promises of autonomy today. This solution enables real-time access to goods and establishes reliability across the supply chain’s middle mile, and contributes to a sustainable, responsible logistics ecosystem.

Gatik’s Global-First Fully Driverless Milestone

In addition, now in its sixth year, the World Changing Ideas Awards showcase companies committed to supporting the growth of positive social innovation. Notably a panel of eminent Fast Company editors and reporters selected Gatik. The selection came from a pool of close to 3,000 entries across transportation, education, food, politics, technology, health, social justice, and more.The 2022 awards include entries from across the globe.

“Since founding the company, our mission at Gatik has been to develop a solution to address the most acute pain points in the supply chain. This allows retailers to maximize the efficiency of their logistics operations and serve their customers with speed and reliability.” said Gautam Narang, CEO and co-founder, Gatik.    “ We are honored that Fast Company recognized us on this prestigious list. Alongside other leading companies in the mobility and logistics sectors, we pursue innovation that significantly impacts today’s society.”

Meanwhile, David Lidsky, interim editor-in-chief of Fast Company, said, “We are consistently inspired by the novelty and creativity people apply to solve society’s most pressing problems, from shelter to the climate crisis.” He added that Fast Company amplifies important, innovative work that addresses major challenges. “<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Our journalists have identified some of the most ingenious initiatives to launch since the start of 2021. We hope these initiatives will have a meaningful impact and encourage others to join in being part of the solution.”

Commercial Operations and Industry Recognition

Since commencing commercial operations in 2019, Gatik has achieved a 100 percent safety record across multiple operational sites in North America. These sites include Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and Ontario. The company focuses exclusively on fixed, repeatable delivery routes to maximize efficiency. It uses proprietary, commercial-grade autonomous technology that we purpose-built for B2B short-haul logistics.

By constraining the operating environment, Gatik has achieved fully driverless operations more quickly than other applications. These applications include passenger transportation and B2C delivery.

In 2022, Gatik was recognized on Business Insider’s Rising Stars of the Self-DrivingIndustry and Self-Driving Industry Power Players lists.  Forbes also named Gatik to its  list of America’s Best Startup Employers. In 2021, Forbes recognized Gatik on the Forbes AI 50 list. The World Economic Forum  name Gatik a Technology Pioneer and CES  Honored Gatik with an innovation award. In 2020, RBR50 honored Gatik with the Robotics Innovation Award.