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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 VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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