Self-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200M following PepsiCo deal
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Gatik pulling in $200M after landing PepsiCo reinforces that constrained‑route autonomy with a named anchor customer is still fundable, even as AV hype cools. If you’re in logistics, the near‑term automation frontier is middle‑mile and repeatable lanes — start mapping which routes you’d hand to a partner first.
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