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October 3, 2024

German autonomous trucking startup Fernride is eyeing defence applications, says cofounder

The Munich-based startup is building autonomous systems to automate trucks in container yards — and perhaps on the battlefield


Anne Sraders

4 min read

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Hendrik Kramer wants his startup, Fernride, to be the first European company to deploy 1,000 trucks fitted with autonomous systems to operate in container yards. But the 29-year-old cofounder and CEO is also thinking about another use case for his company: on the battlefield. 

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Fernride co-founder and CEO Hendrik Kramer at the startup's testing facility in Munich
Fernride cofounder and CEO Hendrik Kramer at the startup's testing facility in Munich. Courtesy of Anne Sraders
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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the venture capital industry and deeptech startups, including robotics, spacetech and defence tech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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