Why this Autonomous Freight Trucking Company is Closing

Starsky Robotics has run out of gas after five years.

The San Francisco autonomous trucking company saw its funding dry up, co-founder and CEO Stefan Seltz-Axmachersaid Thursday in a blog post. He not only outlined the demise of his startup but also painted an ominous sign for the autonomous tractor-trailer industry.

Despite hitting a couple of high marks early on — it was the first street-legal autonomous vehicle without a human behind the wheel to do “real work” in 2016 and later the first to do a fully…

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