Humble Robotics, a company developing autonomous technology for commercial freight, has raised $51 million in a Series A funding round. The investment brings the company’s total funding to $75 million, less than a year after its founding.
The round was led by Obvious Ventures with participation from existing investors Eclipse, Energy Impact Partners, and others.
Humble Robotics Develops Autonomous Electric Freight Haulers
Six months after emerging from stealth with its Humble Hauler, the company is advancing its approach to autonomous freight transportation.
Humble designs its vehicles and intelligence as a unified system. Its autonomous electric platform is built to transport freight between ports, rail terminals, warehouses, and distribution centers, while handling the complex maneuvers required in different environments.
The company is focused primarily on regional freight routes under 250 miles. According to Humble, these routes account for 87% of U.S. truck tonnage and represent a major opportunity in the freight industry.
How Humble Will Use the Funding
The $51 million Series A will support several areas of the company’s development, including:
- Advancing customer pilot programs
- Testing and validating its autonomous vehicles
- Beginning early manufacturing
- Expanding its modular platform into a broader range of vehicles
- Preparing for commercial deployment
Humble is working with customers, partners and regulators to support the integration of autonomous electric vehicles into existing freight operations.
The company is also developing a platform designed to support different regional freight needs through multiple vehicle configurations.
“We’ve spent years proving that a truck can drive itself. The harder question is how to make autonomy something a freight operator can depend on every day,” said Eyal Cohen, founder and CEO of Humble Robotics. “Starting from the ground up gave us the freedom to rethink our vehicles to serve a range of freight needs. The Hauler marked a critical milestone in the new freight economy – with the latest funding, we’re taking the next step toward safer, more reliable and less expensive operations at scale.”
“Humble isn’t letting outdated assumptions slow the modernization of freight hauling,” says Mo Islam, Partner at Obvious Ventures. “Solving this will strengthen American supply chains and deliver more dependable, efficient movement between critical infrastructure and facilities across the country.”
“Freight is the backbone of the American economy, yet the industry is still constrained by technology and infrastructure built for a different era,” said Jiten Behl, Partner at Eclipse. “Modernizing freight requires rethinking the entire system, from the vehicle itself to the intelligence that powers it. That’s exactly what Eyal and his team are doing at Humble. Their approach has the potential to fundamentally change the economics of moving goods, making freight safer, more efficient, and more scalable while strengthening the infrastructure that keeps our economy moving.”
Humble Robotics’ Team and Technology
Humble’s team brings experience from autonomous driving and vehicle electrification projects, including work connected to Apple, Tesla, Waymo, and Cruise.
The company is building Class 8 autonomous electric haulers for commercial freight hauling. Its vehicles mix vision-first models with lightweight hardware on a universal platform that can be configured in a variety of ways.
Humble aims to make freight transportation more efficient and cost-effective by building vehicles designed to handle complex logistics operations.
About Humble Robotics
Humble Robotics develops fully autonomous electric haulers for commercial freight. Its Class 8 vehicles are designed from the ground up for logistics environments, using a unified platform that supports different vehicle configurations.
