Caterpillar

Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) is the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment, and a leader in autonomous mining through its Cat MineStar suite — in particular MineStar Command, which delivers driverless autonomous haulage and full fleet management for large open-pit mines. Cat's autonomous trucks operate without a cab operator, coordinated by AI and high-precision positioning, and the company reports hundreds of them running across three continents having hauled billions of tonnes, with mines such as Vale's and Freeport's scaling their fleets and an ambition of more than 2,000 autonomous trucks by 2030. This is one of the most concrete, at-scale applications of AI and autonomy in heavy industry. Caterpillar is a genuine AI-and-autonomy vendor; the technology is proven and productive, and its adoption tracks mining capital spending and the economics of removing operators from haul trucks.