--- title: Ex-Apple and Uber self-driving veteran’s Humble Robotics... description: Humble Robotics raised $51m in a Series A round for its cabless, self-driving electric freight trucks. Obvious Ventures led the round, and earlier investors... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ex-apple-and-uber-self-driving-veteran-s-humble-robotics-raises-51m-kpfuqzewh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ex-Apple and Uber self-driving veteran’s Humble Robotics raises $51M | daily.dev og:description: Humble Robotics raised $51m in a Series A round for its cabless, self-driving electric freight trucks. Obvious Ventures led the round, and earlier investors... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ex-apple-and-uber-self-driving-veteran-s-humble-robotics-raises-51m-kpfuqzewh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KpFuqZEWH.png og:image:alt: Ex-Apple and Uber self-driving veteran’s Humble Robotics raises $51M og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ex-Apple and Uber self-driving veteran’s Humble Robotics raises $51M **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Humble Robotics raised $51m in a Series A round for its cabless, self-driving electric freight trucks. Obvious Ventures led the round, and earlier investors Eclipse and Energy Impact Partners also took part, bringing the company's total funding to $75m less than a year after founding. The Hauler has no cab for a driver and, without a cab, is 20% lighter than traditional semi-trucks built for the same job. According to InsideEVs, it has a maximum range of 200 miles and a top speed of 55mph. Customer pilots will start in the first quarter of 2027, and commercial operations in the third quarter. CEO Eyal Cohen previously worked on self-driving and electric vehicles at Apple, Uber and Waabi. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much funding has Humble Robotics raised in total and in what rounds? Humble Robotics has raised $75m total: a $24m seed round led by Eclipse and a $51m Series A led by Obvious Ventures, with Eclipse and Energy Impact Partners also participating in the Series A. The company reached this total less than a year after being founded. _Those tracking autonomous freight funding rounds can follow deal activity like this on daily.dev._ ### What are the range and top speed of the Humble Hauler autonomous truck? The Humble Hauler has a maximum range of about 200 miles (320km) and a top speed of 55mph (about 90km/h). It has no driver's cab, making it 20% lighter than traditional semi-trucks built for the same job, and it carries shipping containers between loading docks on regional routes. _Engineers evaluating autonomous vehicle specs can keep up with releases like this on daily.dev._ ### When will Humble Robotics start commercial autonomous trucking operations? Humble Robotics plans to start customer pilots in the first quarter of 2027 and begin commercial operations in the third quarter of 2027, according to founder and CEO Eyal Cohen. The company has not yet moved freight commercially as of its $51m Series A funding announcement. _Anyone deciding when to partner with autonomous freight providers can track milestones like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Humble raises $24M to build a cabless EV truck](https://daily.dev/posts/humble-raises-24m-to-build-a-cabless-ev-truck-fiuwg0v5r) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [TechCrunch Mobility: Elon’s admission](https://daily.dev/posts/techcrunch-mobility-elon-s-admission-rzdp0nxuh) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Harbinger raises $240M after expanding into defense](https://daily.dev/posts/harbinger-raises-240m-after-expanding-into-defense-hl2paddek) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ex-apple-and-uber-self-driving-veteran-s-humble-robotics-raises-51m-kpfuqzewh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Ex-Apple and Uber self-driving veteran’s Humble Robotics raises $51M","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ex-apple-and-uber-self-driving-veteran-s-humble-robotics-raises-51m-kpfuqzewh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ex-apple-and-uber-self-driving-veteran-s-humble-robotics-raises-51m-kpfuqzewh"},"datePublished":"2026-11-05T17:24:57.900Z","dateModified":"2026-11-05T17:52:09.374Z","description":"Humble Robotics raised $51m in a Series A round for its cabless, self-driving electric freight trucks. 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