Starsky Robotics
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Starsky Robotics is engaged in making driverless trucks. The Company aims to make trucks autonomous on the highway and remote controlled by drivers for the first and last mile. Starsky uses software, radar, and computer vision cameras to allow long haul trucks to drive autonomously on the highway, and then turn the job over to a trained “driver” using a remote control to bring the truck from the exit to its final destination.
| Type | Private | |
| Founded | 2015 | |
| Website | starsky.io |
Recent NewsAll News
- Starsky Robotics Shuts Down And Worries Everybody Else Will Also Fail In Robotic Trucks
- Self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics shuts down after failing to get more funding
- Mass layoffs reported after Starsky Robotics fails to find buyer, investors
- Starsky Robotics Front-End Software Engineer-Teleoperations
Latest Updates
| Employees (est.) (Feb 2021) | 12 | |
| Cybersecurity rating | A | More |
Key People/Management at Starsky Robotics
Stefan Seltz-Axmacher
Founder and CEO
Kartik Tiwari
Co-Founder
Starsky Robotics Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2015 |
Starsky Robotics total Funding | $20.3 m |
Starsky Robotics latest funding size | $16.50 m |
Time since last funding | 3 years ago |
Starsky Robotics investors | Y Combinator, Shasta Ventures, Justin Waldron, Sam Altman, Data Collective, Hydrazine Capital, Jake Gibson, Gil Penchina, Abstract Ventures, Fifty Years, Wei Guo, Trucks Venture Capital, Hemi Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, Hone Capital, Friále, Trucks.vc, 50 Years, 9Point Ventures |
Starsky Robotics's latest funding round in March 2018 was reported to be $16.5 m. In total, Starsky Robotics has raised $20.3 m
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Starsky Robotics Online and Social Media Presence
904 Twitter followers
Starsky Robotics has 904 Twitter Followers. The number of followers has decreased 0.9% month over month and decreased 1% quarter over quarter
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Starsky Robotics News and Updates
April 02, 2020
Starsky Robotics Shuts Down And Worries Everybody Else Will Also Fail In Robotic Trucks
The Founder of Robotic Trucking startup Starsky recently provided deep details on why they shut down. Here's some examination of his key points, and whether his failure bodes badly for the whole industry.
March 20, 2020
Self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics shuts down after failing to get more funding
Starsky Robotics Inc. is no more. The self-driving truck startup announced today that it’s closing down after failing to secure additional funding. Founded in 2015, Starsky Robotics had been developing driverless truck technology that involved a combination of self-driving technology and remote con…
February 26, 2020
Mass layoffs reported after Starsky Robotics fails to find buyer, investors
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June 26, 2019
Starsky Robotics remotely drove an unmanned truck 9.4 miles down a Florida highway
Self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics drove one of its unmanned trucks 9.4 miles down a public highway, it announced.
Starsky Robotics Blogs
April 22, 2020
The Poor ROI of Autonomy
A Product Dive on how most ROI comes from Unmanned Remotely-Supervised TrucksThis is the second in a multipart series I’m calling “Opening the Starsky Kimono” where I share Starsky strategic insights that we previously considered top-secret.True autonomy is worth almost nothing when it comes to truc…
March 19, 2020
The End of Starsky Robotics
In 2015, I got obsessed with the idea of driverless trucks and started Starsky Robotics. In 2016, we became the first street-legal vehicle to be paid to do real work without a person behind the wheel. In 2018, we became the first street-legal truck to do a fully unmanned run, albeit on a closed road…
October 22, 2019
Leo Orenstein: “If you want to do something challenging, go for autonomous trucking”
Leo Orenstein, Senior Controls Engineer: “If you want to do something challenging, go for autonomous trucking.”This month’s employee spotlight is on our Senior Software Engineer, Leo Orenstein, who is designing control code for Starsky Robotics trucks. As the controller is a safety-critical multibod…
September 24, 2019
Aishanou Rait, Senior Perception Engineer: “I get things done. That is my USP.”
In our latest employee spotlight interview, meet Aishanou Rait, one of our talented and dedicated engineers, as she talks about life at Starsky, how she became interested in a career in Robotics and challenges women face in tech. Spoiler: Aishanou’s team is growing fast and has a bunch of open posit…
August 14, 2019
Starsky & Hutch API: Starsky Robotics Launches API to Dispatch Autonomous Trucks
If you look up the definition of product in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, this is what you will find: “Something (such as a service) that is marketed or sold as a commodity.” Well, today I’m excited to announce Starsky’s actual product: The Hutch API.A little over two years ago in February of 2017, …
July 17, 2019
Kevin Keogh, System Validation Lead: “It’s okay to not have the answer, we’ll solve this together”
Kevin Keogh, Starsky’s System Validation Lead: “It’s okay to not have the answer, we’ll solve this together”Recently, Starsky Robotics made history by performing the first ever unmanned run on a public highway. Kevin Keogh, Starsky’s System Validation Lead, has contributed greatly to this success. W…
Starsky Robotics Frequently Asked Questions
When was Starsky Robotics founded?
Starsky Robotics was founded in 2015.
Who are Starsky Robotics key executives?
Starsky Robotics's key executives are Stefan Seltz-Axmacher and Kartik Tiwari.
How many employees does Starsky Robotics have?
Starsky Robotics has 12 employees.
Who are Starsky Robotics competitors?
Competitors of Starsky Robotics include Waymo, Roadstar.Ai and Humanising Autonomy.
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