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Starsky Robotics

Published Tue, Nov 12 20198:58 AM ESTUpdated Tue, Nov 12 20198:58 AM EST

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Founders: Stefan Seltz-Axmacher (CEO), Kartik Tiwari
Launched: 2016
Headquarters: San Francisco
Industries: Transportation and logistics, robotics

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A Starsky Robotics self-driving truck

Starsky Robotics

Starsky Robotics is a driverless truck company, working to make trucks autonomous on the highway, then remote-controlled by a driver for the first and last mile of their journeys. Top investors include Y Combinator, former Y Combinator president Sam Altman and several VC firms specializing in autonomous vehicles, transportation and logistics.