Pioneering AI-based virtual driver software for factory-built autonomous trucks with TRATON GROUP, IVECO, Hyundai.
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“The road gives you the scenarios. Simulation lets you test them again and again.” That was one takeaway from PlusAI COO and Co-Founder Shawn Kerrigan’s discussion at HumanX Amsterdam.
For autonomous trucking, we believe real-world driving experience and simulation are not either/or. One can capture the social complexity of driving, and the other helps validate the AI driver against rare and challenging scenarios at scale.
Thank you to Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association (AVIA) for hosting a great Autonomy Summit in Austin. @theavindustry
PlusAI CEO and Co-Founder David Liu joined Dan Van Alstine, former President and COO of Ruan Transportation Management Systems and a member of PlusAI’s Safety and Policy Advisory Council, for a fireside chat on the path to commercializing autonomous trucking.
Key takeaways:
🚛 We believe autonomous trucking is moving from demos toward deployment, and expect the harder challenge to be scaling safely and reliably inside real freight operations.
🚛 Safety must be built on evidence, which could include structured safety cases, rigorous validation, and transparent reporting on readiness.
🚛 Commercial scale requires collaboration across AI developers, OEMs, fleet operators, regulators, and the broader freight ecosystem.
🚛 We expect clear regulatory frameworks will be important for scaling across the US.
PlusAI and Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp have filed a registration statement on Form S-4 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with our previously announced proposed business combination.
This filing marks an important milestone toward completion of the transaction and PlusAI’s planned public listing. Transaction expected to provide PlusAI with capital to advance the targeted 2027 commercial launch of factory-built autonomous trucks powered by SuperDrive™.
Read the full announcement here: plus.ai/news-and-insights/20….
NVIDIA’s latest blog explores why scalable autonomous vehicles, robots, and AI-driven machines require safety across hardware, software, AI behavior, validation, and deployment.
PlusAI is proud to be a member of the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab, part of a broader ecosystem advancing safety for Physical AI systems. @NVIDIADRIVE
At IAA TRANSPORTATION, one question kept coming up: autonomous trucking is getting closer to commercial deployment, but what does it take to move from launch to real scale?
As PlusAI COO and Co-Founder Shawn Kerrigan put it: “What will be really exciting is as we go from that launch phase to the scale phase.” We believe that at that point, we will move from the deployment of tens or hundreds to potentially thousands of autonomous trucks.
That shift brings a different set of challenges: factory-built vehicle integration, validation across truck platforms, global operating environments and regulatory consistency.
We pulled together a few takeaways from Shawn’s discussion with leaders from Bosch, Kodiak and Volvo Autonomous Solutions at IAA Transportation 2026. Have a read: plus.ai/news-and-insights/20….
Safety is foundational to bringing Physical AI into the real world. At PlusAI, this is especially important for autonomous trucking, where AI systems must be validated across hardware, software, AI behavior, and operating environments.
We’re excited to work alongside NVIDIA and the broader ecosystem to help advance safe, real-world autonomy. @NVIDIADRIVE
Physical AI can only scale as fast as safety scales with it. 🦺
Lessons from more than a decade of autonomous vehicle safety work are helping shape how robots are designed, validated and deployed alongside people.
Learn how NVIDIA Halos is helping: nvda.ws/4rlylLn
We’ve been named to the 2027 FreightTech 100 by @FreightWaves!
This recognition highlights the growing role of AI and autonomy in the future of freight. At PlusAI, we’re focused on bringing factory-built autonomous trucks into real commercial operations through our AI-based virtual driver software.
Thank you to FreightWaves for including us.
freightwaves.com/news/freigh…
This National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, we want to recognize the professional drivers who keep freight moving every day. Thank you for keeping our roads, supply chains, and communities moving.
We recently welcomed a group from Scania Brazil to PlusAI for a thoughtful exchange on autonomous trucking and real-world Physical AI.
As PlusAI prepares for the targeted 2027 commercial launch of factory-built autonomous trucks, conversations across the global commercial vehicle ecosystem are important to understanding how autonomous technology can support safer, more efficient freight operations in diverse markets.
Thank you to the Scania Brazil team for visiting and for the engaging discussion.
Responsible autonomous trucking deployment requires clear rules, practical planning, and continued engagement with regulators.
PlusAI’s Earl Adams Jr. shared his perspective with @FreightWaves Thomas Wasson on why regulatory clarity matters as the industry prepares for commercial scale.
Full article: freightwaves.com/news/califo….
Trust is essential to the future of autonomous vehicles.
Earl Adams Jr., PlusAI’s VP of Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, will speak at UN ESCAP’s Regional Conference on Autonomous Vehicles in Asia and the Pacific during the Day 2 session, “Building Trust in Autonomous Vehicles: Safety, Data Governance, Ethics, and Cybersecurity.”
Register here: lnkd.in/g59yXSwr.
PlusAI is proud to be part of Arm Total Design for Physical AI.
Delivering Physical AI at scale means getting increasingly complex technologies across the technology stack to work together, from cloud and AI software to compute, operating systems, sensors, tools and devices.
Today, many of these technologies are still developed and validated independently, creating integration complexity as companies move toward complete, production-ready systems.
That’s where this program matters. By bringing the ecosystem together means partners can collaborate on how solutions that are built, optimized and validated, helping reduce integration complexity and accelerate deployment.
We’re looking forward to working alongside Arm and the wider ecosystem to help move the next generation of Physical AI systems forward.
Introducing Arm Total Design for Physical AI — bringing an inital 80+ companies together around a shared goal to accelerate physical AI from development to deployment.
One of the first initiatives is a Robotics Capability Framework, creating a common language for defining increasingly intelligent and capable robotic systems.
The next frontier for AI is the physical world. We’re helping the ecosystem get there faster. okt.to/dQ3xMC
We announced today that PlusAI has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will operate as PlusAI.
The transaction comes as PlusAI enters a period of accelerating commercial momentum. We are actively operating autonomous freight routes in Texas with Ryder and International and working with global truck manufacturers, including TRATON, Hyundai and IVECO, to advance the commercial launch of factory-built autonomous trucks integrated with SuperDrive™ targeted for 2027.
As David Liu, Co-Founder and CEO of PlusAI, said: “This transaction validates a year of significant execution and operational milestones for PlusAI. We are operating autonomous freight routes in Texas today, expanding our OEM partnerships, and successfully monetizing the proprietary data, models and simulation capabilities we have built over the past decade. HyperFoundry is generating revenue today while SuperDrive advances toward commercial launch in 2027. We believe this combination of near-term revenue, a capital-efficient software business model, and a clear path to large-scale autonomous trucking deployment uniquely positions PlusAI for long-term growth.”
