Don Burnette
Unicorn founderCEO & Founder at Kodiak
Mountain View, California, United States
FoundedKodiak$2.5B
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About
Don Burnette is the founder and CEO of Kodiak (Nasdaq: KDK), an autonomous vehicle company focused on self-driving technology for trucks. He has more than a decade of experience developing self-driving technology for both cars and trucks.
CEO & Founder at Kodiak
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Kodiak's investors · 15
A'Z AngelsLos GatosAressince 2026Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2021BMW i VenturesMountain View · $10M checks · since 2021Credo VenturesPrague · $1M – $5M checksCRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checks · since 2021Harpoon VenturesSan Diego · $100K – $5M checks · since 2021Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2021Mana VenturesEsteroManhattan Venture PartnersNew YorkMuirwoods VenturesSeoul · since 2021Owl VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checksSIP Global PartnersPortsmouth · since 2021Stepstone GroupCharlotte · since 2021U.S. Air Forcesince 2020
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Don Burnette?
- Don Burnette is the founder and CEO of Kodiak (Nasdaq: KDK), an autonomous vehicle company focused on self-driving technology for trucks. He has more than a decade of experience developing self-driving technology for both cars and trucks.
- Where does Don Burnette work?
- Don Burnette is CEO & Founder of Kodiak.
- What companies did Don Burnette found?
- Don Burnette founded Kodiak.
- Where did Don Burnette go to school?
- Don Burnette studied at Carnegie Mellon University (MS, Robotics); University of Florida (Master of Science (M.S.), Physics); University of Florida (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering).
Founder mafias
Carnegie Mellon University mafia481
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Kai-Fu LeeResearch Computer Scientist / Assistant ProfessorFounded 01Lucy GuoComputer Science & Human-Computer InteractionsFounded Passes +1Guillaume LampleMaster's degreeFounded Mistral AIJoshua XuMaster's degreeFounded HeyGenJonathan RothbergBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Raindance Technologies +4Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +3
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Uber mafia233
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Garrett CampFounder & ChairmanFounded Aero +1Raquel UrtasunChief Scientist, Head of Uber ATG R&DFounded WaabiGary VaynerchukAngel InvestorFounded Empathywines +4Dan LifshitsEngineering ContractorFounded GO GLOBAL WORLD +1David PickerellLead Operations and Logistics ManagerFounded GigSafe +1Ben LernerSoftware Engineer, InfrastructureFounded Espresso AI +1
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Same school
Also attended Carnegie Mellon University730
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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Also attended University of Florida396
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkLauren HolsingerChief Of Staff at March Capital PartnersAndrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at HeavybitAmy KalokerinosInvestor at Khosla VenturesBrendon SchmidtPrincipal & Head of Business Development at Sierra VenturesDavid CorreaChief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Marlin Equity Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Kodiak13
Itzik ParnafesVenture Partner at Key1 CapitalVictor Bunoust-RoquerePrincipal at Manhattan Venture PartnersScott TobinSenior Partner at Battery VenturesKasper SageManaging Partner at BMW i VenturesRishabh SinghalPrincipal Builder at AI FundAaron RinbergPartner at Ibex Investors
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Also worked at Uber601
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGarrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of ExpaRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiGergely NemethSenior Engineering Manager at DoorDash; co-founder of RisingStack
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Also worked at Otto1
Also worked at Google2,000
Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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