According to ventureburn.com, Humble Robotics has raised $51 million in Series A funding to advance its autonomous freight technology, with Obvious Ventures leading the round and existing investors Eclipse and Energy Impact Partners participating.
The new financing brings the company’s total funding to $75 million, secured less than a year after its founding. Humble emerged from stealth six months ago with its autonomous vehicle, the Humble Hauler, and ultimately intends to build a broader family of autonomous vehicles.
Founded by Eyal Cohen, Humble develops fully autonomous electric trucks that combine vehicle hardware with autonomous driving intelligence. The company’s team includes engineers from Tesla, Waymo and Cruise, according to the report.
Designing trucks for autonomy from the ground up
Humble’s approach differs from conventional autonomous trucking models: rather than retrofitting existing vehicles, it designs trucks specifically for autonomous operations. Its Class 8 platforms are built to handle demanding freight environments, the source states.
The Humble Hauler combines vision-first artificial intelligence with specialised hardware, and its modular design can support different vehicle configurations — potentially allowing the company to develop additional vehicles for varying freight requirements.
Cohen, who previously worked on autonomous driving initiatives at Apple and Uber and gained experience at trucking technology startup Waabi, believes integrating vehicle design with autonomous software creates operational advantages. The company aims to improve safety and reliability while reducing freight transportation costs.
Regional routes under 250 miles in focus
Humble is initially targeting regional freight routes under 250 miles, which account for approximately 87% of US truck tonnage and connect important logistics facilities across the country’s supply chain.
The autonomous electric platform is designed for dock-to-dock transportation, with vehicles operating between ports, rail terminals, warehouses and distribution centres. The system aims to handle complex manoeuvres across industrial environments — challenges that go beyond conventional highway driving.
Different configurations could serve specific cargo types and regional routes, and the company says its latest funding provides resources to advance that ambition.
Funding to support pilots and early manufacturing
Humble will use the new capital to advance customer pilots, validate its modular freight technology and prepare for early manufacturing ahead of its planned 2027 commercial launch.
Customer pilots using conventional trucks are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2027, collecting data from selected freight routes. Humble will use simulations to test operating conditions before deploying its own trucks, and it expects commercial operations to begin in the third quarter of 2027, subject to additional regulatory approvals.
The company plans to work with customers, partners and regulators to prepare its technology for commercial deployment and to simplify integration into existing freight operations. Further investment will expand its modular platform into additional vehicle configurations.
Investors see room to modernise freight
Obvious Ventures Partner Mo Islam said Humble is challenging outdated freight transportation assumptions, and that its approach could strengthen American supply chains and improve movement between critical infrastructure facilities.
“The industry requires improvements across vehicles and autonomous intelligence.” — Jiten Behl, Partner at Eclipse
Eclipse Partner Jiten Behl highlighted the need to modernise freight operations, saying the industry requires improvements across both vehicles and autonomous intelligence. Eclipse believes Humble could make freight transportation safer and more efficient, according to the report.
Source: ventureburn.com
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