# Inside Kodiak AI and the Future of Driverless Freight with Founder and CEO Don Burnette

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Published: 2026-03-18T13:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, Jordan Arocha, President of Munro, speaks with Kodiak AI Founder and CEO Don Burnette about safely driving an autonomous future and the many decisions and challenges that come with it. Kodiak is a company specializing in autonomous, driverless long haul trucking technology, focused on developing AI powered self driving trucks and scaling autonomous freight operations for real world deployment. https://kodiak.ai/ Munro Live is the media division of Munro & Associates, an engineering consulting firm with a design-first approach. At Munro, we specialize in costing, benchmarking, and product & manufacturing optimization, helping our clients reimagine their products and processes to achieve better business outcomes—driving down costs while increasing efficiency, performance, and quality. At the core of our work is Lean Design®, our proprietary methodology that optimizes design efficiency and consistently delivers exceptional ROI for our clients. Munro - Home of Lean Designhttps://leandesign.com/

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