Self-driving truck company Kodiak AI announced Monday that it will work with global automotive supplier Bosch to develop a hardware and software system that can provide self-driving capabilities to standard big rigs.
The partnership, announced at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, could allow Kodiak to bring its self-driving technology to more trucks, more quickly.
Kodiak, which develops self-driving trucks for highway, industrial and defense use, has already developed and designed self-driving systems with redundant systems for braking, steering, sensors and computers. In January 2025, Kodiak’s self-driving trucks began making unmanned deliveries for Atlas Energy Solutions in the oil-rich Permian Basin of West Texas and Eastern New Mexico.
Kodiak has since delivered at least eight self-driving trucks to Atlas Energy as part of an initial 100-truck order under an agreement between the two companies. Kodiak is working with Rouch Industries, which maintained the driverless trucks delivered to Atlas.
The company now hopes to go public through a merger with special acquisition vehicle Ares Acquisition Corporation II in September 2025 and expand its technology to the trucking masses.
Bosch and Kodiak will collaborate on a redundant platform designed to transform semi-trucks into driverless trucks, regardless of manufacturer. Bosch will supply various hardware components for the Kodiak, including vehicle actuation components such as sensors and steering technology. Specifically, these systems can be added within the vehicle’s production line or at a later date by a third-party upfitter, said Kodiak founder and CEO Don Barnett.
“We believe that by working with Bosch, we can scale autonomous driving hardware with the modularity, maintainability, and system-level integration necessary for commercial success, both for upfit and factory line integration,” Barnett said in a statement.
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Paul Thomas, president of Bosch North America and Bosch Mobility Americas, sees this as an opportunity for growth in this area.
“By supplying production-grade hardware, we are enabling the next generation of self-driving trucking alongside Kodiak,” Thomas said in a statement. “Kodiak already has humanless trucks in commercial operation, and this collaboration gives us a valuable opportunity to deepen our understanding of real-world autonomous vehicle requirements and further enhance our offering for the broader autonomous mobility ecosystem.”
Kodiak’s plans are for scale, and Bosch is keen to increase its market share in this area, but it’s unclear exactly when that will happen. Neither company provided a timeline for when these new systems would be operational or available.
