Kodiak Robotics is building Kodiak Driver into Atlas sand logistics
Four Atlas-owned driverless trucks, an initial 100-truck order, and 1,600 driverless hours give Kodiak a Permian Basin operating record.
Kodiak announced on June 10, 2025 that Atlas Energy Solutions owned and operated four driverless trucks equipped with Kodiak Driver. The trucks move frac sand from Atlas’s Dune Express conveyor toward customer well sites in the Permian Basin.
The same release recorded more than 800 loads and more than 1,600 hours of driverless service since December 2024. Atlas also placed an initial 100-truck order after Kodiak met operational milestones.
Kodiak says it offers Kodiak Driver-powered trucks under a Driver as a Service model. Customers pay per-mile or per-vehicle licensing fees covering driverless operations and ongoing support. The model moves Kodiak toward software and support economics tied to trucks that customers own and operate.
Kodiak was founded in 2018 by Don Burnette, who previously worked on self-driving trucks at Otto and Google’s self-driving car programme. Its Atlas deployment handles repetitive, day-and-night industrial logistics around energy infrastructure.
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