Kodiak says its long-haul readiness measure reached 93% at the end of August
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Kodiak defines a safety case as a structured argument, backed by evidence, that its automated driving system is safe within one defined operating environment, and the release says the company disclaims any obligation to update its forward-looking statements. The end of 2026 is the only date the release attaches to either the completed highway safety case or the start of driverless long-haul service.
Kodiak AI (Nasdaq: KDK) said on September 8 that its Autonomy Readiness Measure for long-haul driverless operations stood at 93% when August 2026 ended, against 91% at the end of July. Kodiak describes the measure as the share of its safety-case claims and evidence that are materially complete. Earlier readings were 84% as of February and 86% through April.
Don Burnette, Kodiak’s founder and chief executive, said the remaining work is identified and scheduled, and concentrated in final engineering verification and validation. He said Kodiak expects to finish the safety case before the end of the year and start driverless long-haul service, an expectation the release labels forward-looking.
Kodiak says its highway safety case builds on a completed one from its Permian Basin industrial deployment, where it says 35 driverless trucks were running commercially with nobody in the cab at the end of the second quarter. Each operating environment has its own safety case, the release says.
The figures are Kodiak’s own; the release names no regulator, reviewer or approval.
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