Humble Robotics raises $24M to develop driverless freight trucks The stealth startup unveiled a cabless electric Class 8 truck designed for dock-to-dock container hauling, backed by Eclipse and Energy Impact Partners. A startup you’ve never heard of just rolled out of stealth with $24 million, a cabless electric truck, and a plan to replace one of the most labor-starved jobs in America. Humble Robotics emerged publicly on April 21 with its flagship vehicle, the Humble Hauler, a driverless Class 8 freight truck built specifically for moving containers between docks. The $24 million seed round was led by Eclipse, with Energy Impact Partners and RedBlue Capital also participating. What the Humble Hauler actually is The Humble Hauler has no cab at all. No steering wheel, no driver’s seat, no windshield wipers. It’s a purpose-built machine designed from scratch for a single job: hauling freight containers from one dock to another. The specs are practical rather than flashy. A top speed of 55 mph and a maximum range of 200 miles. Zero emissions. The truck uses what the company describes as a vision-language-action AI model paired with 360-degree sensor coverage, which combines computer vision with language-based reasoning to navigate real-world driving scenarios. The first prototype was completed in under six months. The team and the market they’re targeting CEO Eyal Cohen previously worked at Apple, Uber, and Waabi. The founding team includes veterans from Tesla, Waymo, and Cruise. The US truck freight market sits at roughly $906 billion, and the industry has been struggling with a chronic driver shortage for years. The American Trucking Associations has consistently flagged this as a structural problem, not a cyclical one. By focusing on dock-to-dock container transport rather than coast-to-coast long haul, Humble Robotics is constraining its problem set to routes that are shorter, more predictable,