TuSimple
Autonomous truckingUSA
New to Unitard
π Public < $1B
PeakΒ $8 BillionToday
β100%
from peak
- π¦Became a unicorn2021
- πPeak valuation$8 Billion β21
- πBecame a UnitardFeb 2024
- πΈLast valuation~$38.2M
Current status
Delisted from Nasdaq (2024); rebranded CreateAI
Live Β· TSPHΒ· OTC Markets OTCPK
as of 2026-09-17
$0.155β² 3.33% today
βΒ $38.2 Million market cap Β· β99.5% from peak
The rise & fall
8 moments Β· 2015β2024The key moments, with employee sentiment along the way.
2015
2015
Founded in San Diego
A self-driving truck startup with roots β and research teams β in both the US and China.
Wikipedia
Apr 2021
Apr 2021
First self-driving truck company to IPO
Lists on Nasdaq in April 2021, a landmark for autonomous freight.
CNBC
2021
2021
The peak: $8B market cap$8B
Shares climb past $60, valuing the driverless-trucking pioneer above $8B.
CNBC
Oct 2022
Oct 2022
Board ousts the CEO amid FBI and SEC probes
National-security scrutiny over China ties and boardroom turmoil erupt into the open; the stock craters.
WSJ
2022β23
From the inside Β· Glassdoor reviews, 2022β23
Glassdoor reviews from the decline described strategy that seemed to change monthly amid a steady stream of executive resignations and firings, and employees counted repeated layoff rounds as the US business shrank β reviewers said visa-holding staff were hit especially hard, with little severance.
Feb 2024
Feb 2024
Slips out of the club
Voluntarily delists from Nasdaq and exits the US market.
Reuters
Dec 2024
Dec 2024
Rebrands as CreateAI
The autonomous-trucking company reinvents itself around AI animation and gaming.
TechCrunch
Today
Today
Still in the club β and still trading
Live Β· TSPH Β· OTC Markets OTCPKas of 2026-09-17
$0.155β² 3.33% todayβ $38.2M cap Β· β99.5% from peak
π¬ entries paraphrase anonymous, unverified reviews posted publicly on Glassdoor β; dated facts carry their source.
How it happened
TuSimple went public in April 2021 to commercialize self-driving trucks, its market cap topping $8B as shares peaked above $60. An autonomous-vehicle funding drought, national-security scrutiny over its China ties and boardroom turmoil gutted the stock; TuSimple was delisted from Nasdaq in 2024, exited the US and rebranded as CreateAI.
Source: IPO Apr 2021; FBI/SEC probes
Founders & leadership
- Cheng LuPresident & CEONo public profile matched
- Xiaodi Houco-founder & CTO, later CEO (Caltech; the AI half of the pair)
- Mo Chenco-founder & chairman (came from gaming)No public profile matched
Current roles as self-reported on LinkedIn, retrieved 2026-08-20. See our methodology.
