Aurora Innovation crossed the commercial finish line first, launching driverless freight runs on I-45 between Dallas and Houston in May 2024, anchoring this category at $2.5B raised. Covariant ($222M Series C) sits at the warehouse-picking layer that Amazon, Microsoft, and now-Anthropic-adjacent labs all want, while Sereact and Reliable Robotics push physical AI into European warehouses and aviation respectively. The humanoid wave — Apptronik, Agility Robotics, Sanctuary AI — collides with logistics first, where pilot deployments at GXO and Mercedes plants give the form factor a real revenue path. PlusAI and Kodiak (also tagged in defense) round out the autonomous-trucking leaderboard. Flexport pulls AI into freight-forwarding paperwork.
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Best AI Logistics Tools
55 tools compared · 2026
Autonomous trucks, warehouse-picking robots, and humanoid platforms hauling freight in production today
55 ai logistics startups tracked, with the largest concentration in US. Total tracked funding: $15.8B.
Tracked
55
Total Raised
$15.8B
Countries
10
Active Deals
0
1 
Pudu Robotics Shenzhen, China $300M 2 
Sendcloud Eindhoven, Netherlands $200M 3 
Loop — $95M 4 
CADDi Tokyo, Japan $202M 5 
Freehand San Francisco, United States $100M 6 
Clarium New York, United States $43M 7 
Waabi Toronto, CA $1.3B 8 
Nirvana Insurance San Francisco, US $260M 9 
BackOps — $26M 10 
Vooma — $16.6M 11 
Einride Stockholm, SE $913M 12 
Alvys — $40M
Funding by year — AI Logistics
2018 → 2026Market overview
Key trends 2026
- Driverless freight is shipping. Aurora's I-45 commercial route makes Texas the first US corridor with no-driver Class-8 trucks at revenue.
- Humanoids land in warehouses first. Agility's Digit and Apptronik's Apollo run pilots at GXO and Mercedes before Tesla Optimus reaches scale.
- Picking still gates deployment. Covariant and Sereact compete on the gripping problem that bottlenecks every fulfillment line.
Benchmarks vs global
Largest funded
$2.5B (Aurora growth)
vs Covariant $222M Series C ↑
Driverless freight launches
Dallas-Houston (Aurora, May 2024)
vs zero pre-2024 ↑
Humanoid warehouse pilots
GXO, Mercedes, Amazon
vs research-only 2022 ↑
Top countries
By startup countStage breakdown
Latest round typeTop investors backing AI Logistics
See all →Y Combinator
11 deals
Index Ventures
8 deals
Atomico
5 deals
8VC
4 deals
General Catalyst
4 deals
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
3 deals
Amplify Partners
3 deals
EQT Ventures
3 deals
Redpoint Ventures
3 deals
Kleiner Perkins
3 deals
Khosla Ventures
3 deals
KP
Kaiser Permanente Ventures
2 deals
FAQ
Frequently asked
Which AI logistics startup has raised the most?
Aurora Innovation leads at $2.5B in growth funding, focused on autonomous trucking. Covariant follows at $222M Series C for warehouse picking, then Reliable Robotics at $160M and Sereact at $110M Series B for autonomous warehouse handling.
Are autonomous trucks actually delivering freight today?
Yes. Aurora launched driverless commercial freight runs on the Dallas-Houston I-45 corridor in May 2024 with carrier partners including Hirschbach and Uber Freight. PlusAI and Kodiak are running supervised pilots ahead of similar transitions in 2025-26.
Will humanoid robots replace forklifts?
Not soon. Agility Robotics' Digit and Apptronik's Apollo target tasks current robots can't do — totes between conveyors, mixed-SKU picking, ad-hoc moves. Forklifts remain better at heavy palletized moves. Humanoids fill the dexterity gap warehouses currently staff with people.
Recent rounds in AI Logistics
All rounds →| Date | Startup | Round | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | Moove | Series C | $250M |
| Jul 2026 | Freehand | Series B | $75M |
| Jul 2026 | The Boring Company | Other | $4B |
| May 2026 | Astranis | Series E | $300M |
| Apr 2026 | Sereact | Series B | $110M |
| Apr 2026 | Pudu Robotics | Series D | $150M |
| Apr 2026 | Reliable Robotics | Series C | $160M |
| Apr 2026 | Loop | Series C | $95M |
All AI Logistics startups
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AI-native platform that builds digital workers for freight brokerages and the wider logistics
Raised
$3.2M
Stage
Seed
NexDash
Building Europe's first Neo-Carrier, an AI-driven, fully electric road freight network
Raised
$5.4M
Stage
Seed
Levelpath
AI-native procurement platform with autonomous purchasing agents
Raised
$100M
Stage
S-B
Kargo
AI camera towers that automate shipping and receiving at warehouse loading docks
Raised
$60M
Stage
S-B
Unbox Robotics
Swarm-robotics sortation operating system for warehouses and fulfillment
Raised
$40M
Stage
S-B
FleetWorks
An always-on AI dispatcher that matches trucks with freight
Raised
$21M
Stage
S-A
burnt
Agentic Operating System for Food Supply Chain
Raised
$4.3M
Stage
Seed
Hauler Hero
The AI-powered operating system for waste management haulers
Raised
$27M
Stage
S-A
HappyRobot
AI voice agents that automate logistics and freight communications
Raised
$15.6M
Stage
S-A
Covariant
VerifiedAI robots that learn and generalise
Raised
$222M
Stage
S-C
Collaborative Robotics (Cobot)
Reactive collaborative robots for warehouses and hospitals
Raised
$140M
Stage
S-B
Contoro Robotics
AI-powered robots for autonomous trailer and container unloading
Raised
$22M
Stage
S-A
qomplement
The Agentic ERP for supply chain operations
Raised
$500K
Stage
Seed
Gather AI
Physical intelligence platform with autonomous drones for warehouse inventory
Raised
$74M
Stage
S-B
Lunavo
Lunavo is the AI assistant for carriers
Raised
$500K
Stage
Seed
Tutor Intelligence
Central robot intelligence powering fleets of warehouse robot workers
Raised
$42M
Stage
S-A
Pollinate
AI Agents for the supply chain
Raised
$500K
Stage
Seed
Dayjob
AI Agents for Industrial Logistics
Raised
$500K
Stage
Seed
Maximal
Maximal is a planning agent for commercial truck fleets
Raised
$500K
Stage
Seed
Comena
AI agents for distributors and manufacturers to automate order entry
Raised
$500K
Stage
Seed
Burt
AI teammates for logistics
Raised
$500K
Stage
Seed
Reliable Robotics
Autonomous flight systems for type-certified cargo aircraft.
Raised
$320M
Stage
S-C
Flexport
AI-powered logistics for the real world, automating your supply chain from factory floor to customer door.
Raised
$2.8B
Stage
S-F
Sereact
Physical AI that delivers real autonomy on the warehouse floor, operating with zero supervision and infinite precision.
Raised
$136M
Stage
S-B