Starsky Robotics
Autonomous Vehicles / LogisticsUSAClosed 2020
Total Raised
$20M
Peak Valuation
Undisclosed
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2020
Business model
Self-driving truck technology combining autonomous highway driving with remote human teleoperation for complex maneuvers.
In brief
Took a hybrid approach to autonomous trucking, using self-driving technology for highway stretches while remote human operators handled complex situations like depot navigation — a genuinely pragmatic middle path in a field full of moonshot claims. Despite achieving a genuinely n…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2015
- Closed
- 2020
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, USA
- Industry
- Autonomous Vehicles / Logistics
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, Kartik Tiwari
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