The fo me Tu o, Salesfo ce, O acle, Ze desk, a d Plume leade b i gs mo e tha 30 yea s of expe ie ce scali g o ga izatio s th ough pe iods of apid g owth a d t a sfo matio
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Lo ie Boyd joi s Kodiak as Chief People Office .
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kodiak AI, I c. (“Kodiak”) (Nasdaq: KDK), a leadi g p ovide of Physical AI-powe ed auto omous d ivi g tech ology, today a ou ced the appoi tme t of Lo ie Boyd as Chief People Office . Boyd b i gs mo e tha 30 yea s of expe ie ce i huma esou ces a d o ga izatio al leade ship at some of Silico Valley’s most ecog izable tech ology compa ies, i cludi g Tu o, Salesfo ce, O acle, Ze desk, a d Plume.
I he ew ole, Boyd will ove see Kodiak’s huma esou ces st ategy, i cludi g tale t acquisitio , employee developme t, o ga izatio al effective ess a d compa y cultu e, as Kodiak co ti ues to scale its team.
Boyd succeeds Zsuzsa a Majo as Kodiak’s Chief People Office . Majo led Kodiak’s people ope atio s si ce the compa y’s i ceptio a d played a vital ole i the compa y’s g owth a d success.
“Lo ie u de sta ds that ou people a e eve y bit as impo ta t as ou tech ology,” said Do Bu ette, Fou de a d CEO, Kodiak. “Lo ie’s ability to b i g out the best i employees, st e gthe leade ship, a d build a cultu e of collabo atio will be c itical as we e te ou ext phase of g owth. We wa t to tha k Zsuzsa a fo all that she has built ove the last eight yea s. He leade ship a d dedicatio have helped shape Kodiak’s cultu e a d laid a st o g fou datio fo ou co ti ued g owth.”
Most ece tly, Boyd se ved as Chief People Office at Plume, whe e she led effo ts to st e gthe o ga izatio al cultu e a d employee e gageme t du i g a pe iod of leade ship t a sitio . P eviously, she spe t ea ly eight yea s at Tu o, the wo ld’s la gest pee -to-pee ca sha i g ma ketplace, se vi g fi st as Vice P eside t of People a d late as Chief People Office . Du i g he te u e, Boyd helped guide the compa y’s people st ategy th ough sig ifica t g owth, the challe ges of the COVID-19 pa demic a d p epa atio s fo a i itial public offe i g.
Ea lie i he ca ee , Boyd se ved as Di ecto of Rec uiti g at custome se vice platfo m compa y Ze desk, whe e she built a d led the compa y’s global ec uiti g team, helpi g g ow its wo kfo ce f om app oximately 100 to ea ly 900 employees wo ldwide. She also se ved i leade ship oles at Salesfo ce a d O acle. Boyd joi ed Salesfo ce as its 90th employee, p io to the compa y’s IPO, a d helped establish its huma esou ces ope atio s du i g a c itical pe iod of ea ly g owth. Boyd holds a bachelo ‘s deg ee i Eco omics f om Sta fo d U ive sity.
“Auto omous t ucki g is cha gi g how f eight moves, a d the oppo tu ity to help build the o ga izatio behi d that t a sitio is i c edibly compelli g,” said Boyd. “I’ve spe t my ca ee helpi g compa ies avigate g owth a d cha ge while c eati g e vi o me ts whe e people ca do thei best wo k. F om my fi st co ve satio , the quality of Kodiak’s team a d its deep commitme t to Kodiak’s missio eally stood out. I’m th illed to joi the team at this exciti g mome t, whe e Kodiak is scali g its tech ology o the oad.”
Boyd joi s Kodiak as the compa y p epa es to lau ch lo g-haul d ive less ope atio s o public highways with shippe lau ch pa t e IKEA, while expa di g its comme cial elatio ships with some of Ame ica’s leadi g t ucki g fleets. The Kodiak D ive , the compa y’s vehicle-ag ostic auto omous d ivi g system, is al eady ope ati g i comme cial d ive less se vice i the Pe mia Basi . As of the e d of the seco d qua te of 2026, the compa y had deployed its tech ology i 35 d ive less t ucks with o huma s i the cab.
Fo wa d Looki g Stateme tsThis p ess elease i cludes fo wa d-looki g stateme ts i cludi g ega di g Kodiak’s o its ma ageme t teams’ expectatio s, hopes, beliefs, i te tio s o st ategies ega di g the futu e. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts may be ide tified by the use of wo ds such as “a ticipate,” “believe,” “co ti ue,” “could,” “estimate,” “fo ecast,” “i te d,” “expect,” “may,” “pla ,” “pote tial,” “p oject,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would” a d simila exp essio s that p edict o i dicate futu e eve ts o t e ds o that a e ot stateme ts of histo ical matte s, but the abse ce of these wo ds does ot mea that a stateme t is ot fo wa d-looki g. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts i clude, but a e ot limited to, stateme ts ega di g: Kodiak’s expectatio s ega di g the timi g of lau chi g d ive less t ucks fo lo g-haul highways ope atio s; Kodiak’s expectatio s ega di g the timi g of completio of wo k o its highway lau ch safety case; Kodiak’s expectatio s ega di g the expa sio of its comme cial elatio ships with some of Ame ica’s leadi g t ucki g fleets; expectatio s ega di g the be efits a d pe fo ma ce of Kodiak’s tech ology; a d Kodiak’s expectatio s with espect to its futu e pe fo ma ce a d success. These stateme ts a e based o va ious assumptio s, whethe o ot ide tified i this p ess elease, a d o the cu e t expectatio s of Kodiak’s ma ageme t a d a e ot p edictio s of actual pe fo ma ce. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e p ovided fo illust ative pu poses o ly a d a e ot i te ded to se ve as, a d must ot be elied upo by a y i vesto s as, a gua a tee, a assu a ce, a p edictio o a defi itive stateme t of fact o p obability. Actual eve ts a d ci cumsta ces a e difficult o impossible to p edict a d will diffe f om assumptio s. Ma y actual eve ts a d ci cumsta ces a e beyo d the co t ol of Kodiak. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e subject to a umbe of isks a d u ce tai ties, i cludi g cha ges i busi ess, ma ket, fi a cial, political a d legal co ditio s; the apid evolutio of auto omous vehicle tech ology a d flaws o e o s i Kodiak’s solutio s o flaws i o misuse of auto omous vehicle tech ology i ge e al; isks elated to the ollout of Kodiak’s busi ess a d the timi g of expected busi ess milesto es; the effects of competitio o Kodiak’s busi ess; supply sho tages i the mate ials ecessa y fo the p oductio of the Kodiak D ive ; isks elated to wo ki g with thi d-pa ty ma ufactu e s fo key compo e ts of the Kodiak D ive ; isks elated to the et ofitti g of Kodiak’s vehicles by thi d pa ties; the te mi atio o suspe sio of a y of Kodiak’s co t acts o the eductio i cou te pa ty spe di g; delays i Kodiak’s ope atio al oadmap with key pa t e s a d custome s; a d Kodiak’s ability to aise capital i the ea te m a d lo g te m. Additio al i fo matio co ce i g these a d othe facto s that may impact such fo wa d-looki g stateme ts ca be fou d i fili gs a d pote tial fili gs by Kodiak with the Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio , i cludi g u de the headi g “Risk Facto s.” If a y of these isks mate ialize o a y assumptio s p ove i co ect, actual esults could diffe mate ially f om the esults implied by these fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. The e may be additio al isks that Kodiak does ot p ese tly k ow, o that Kodiak cu e tly believes a e immate ial that could also cause actual esults to diffe f om those co tai ed i the fo wa d-looki g stateme ts.
I additio , fo wa d-looki g stateme ts eflect Kodiak’s expectatio s, pla s o fo ecasts of futu e eve ts a d views as of the date they a e made. Kodiak a ticipates that subseque t eve ts a d developme ts will cause Kodiak’s assessme ts to cha ge. Howeve , while Kodiak may elect to update these fo wa d-looki g stateme ts at some poi t i the futu e, Kodiak specifically disclaims a y obligatio to do so, except as equi ed by law. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts should ot be elied upo as ep ese ti g Kodiak’s assessme ts as of a y date subseque t to the date they a e made.
About Kodiak AIKodiak AI, I c. (Nasdaq: KDK) is a leade i Physical AI, developi g d ive less tech ology that powe s machi es that move. The co e of the compa y’s solutio is the Kodiak D ive , a vehicle-ag ostic auto omous d ivi g system that combi es adva ced AI-powe ed softwa e with modula ha dwa e. Today, the Kodiak D ive ope ates i the lo g-haul t ucki g, i dust ial t ucki g, a d defe se secto s, a d is al eady deployed i comme cial ope atio with o o e i the cab. Kodiak AI comme cializes its tech ology th ough both a D ive -as-a-Se vice busi ess model a d st ategic pa t e ships. I 2024, Kodiak achieved a histo ic milesto e, becomi g the fi st compa y to deploy d ive less tech ology i custome -ow ed d ive less semi-t ucks. Comme cial pa t e s a d custome s i clude DTL T a spo t, Atlas E e gy Solutio s, IKEA, B idgesto e, We e E te p ises, C.R. E gla d, Ge e al Dy amics La d Systems, a d Roehl T a spo t.
Fo mo e i fo matio , visit kodiak.ai/i vesto s. The Kodiak p ess kit, i cludi g videos a d images, is available he e.
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Kodiak Media Relatio sPete BigelowPublic Relatio s Ma age pete.bigelow@kodiak.ai
Kodiak I vesto Relatio sSteve Philisti Se io I vesto Relatio s Ma age i vesto s@kodiak.ai
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