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Addwiteey Chrungoo

Roboticist - Self driving Trucks - Ex-CAT - YC W21

Addwiteey Chrungoo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Javelin Robotics, a startup that develops autonomy software for the trucking industry.24 He founded the company in 2020 along with Sandesh Gowda.2 Javelin Robotics participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch (YC W21).4

Prior to founding Javelin Robotics, Chrungoo worked at Caterpillar, where he and Gowda helped bring the world's largest autonomous trucks into production.2 Their experience includes building autonomous trucks for both mines and public highways.2

Javelin Robotics aims to create a practical and driver-friendly autonomous system for 90% of the trucking industry.2 The company's technology leverages advances in modern AI to make their development process more capital efficient.2

Chrungoo has been active on LinkedIn, sharing updates about Javelin Robotics and other achievements. In one post, he celebrated India's moon landing1, and in another, he highlighted the company's accomplishments, including getting into Y Combinator, building an MVP cost-effectively, and signing 25 fleet partners.3

Highlights

Jul 21 · linkedin

Rather than replace truck drivers, we at Javelin Robotics see a future where in-cab drivers share duties with L4 autonomous systems. The autonomous system functions like a "second-driver", helping a truck drive more miles each day -- alleviating labor & capacity shortages.

I recently sat with John G Smith at Today's Trucking to discuss this vision, our approach and how mid-market fleets benefit from such a system. Check out the full article to learn more:

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