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Filed under Mobility · 2023

Embark Trucks

2016 - 2023, 7 years old

An autonomous trucking startup building a self-driving software platform for long-haul Class 8 freight.

Embark went public via SPAC in November 2021 at roughly a $5B target valuation, then watched capital markets close on pre-revenue AV plays while truck OEM timelines slipped further out. By March 2023 the company cut seventy percent of staff, told employees it could not find a path forward, and began winding down. Applied Intuition bought the remaining IP and Embark's autonomous program went dark.

Founded
2016-01
Shut down
2023-03-03
Funding raised
$614M
Years alive
7
Founders
Alex Rodrigues, Brandon Moak

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