Arrive Logistics plans 1,000 hires after Mubadala majority investment 

The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter, subject to customary closing conditions.

For Arrive, the new investment could translate into significant expansion in both its workforce and freight offerings.

“We have already begun to increase our hiring for sales, modes, and technology,” Matt Pyatt, CEO and co-founder of Arrive Logistics, told FreightWaves in an email. “We will hire 1,000 new team members in 2026 with even more growth slated for 2027 and beyond.”

Arrive has more than 2,000 employees across 10 North American locations, including Toronto and Guadalajara, Mexico, and serves 5,500 customers through a network of 10,000 carriers. Founded in 2014, the company has grown into one of North America’s largest truckload brokerages, moving freight across the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

Pyatt said the investment will allow Arrive to expand beyond its existing truckload operations by building teams and capabilities across produce, cross-border, open-deck, less-than-truckload, partial shipments and its Universal Trailer Pool.

The company also plans additional spending on risk management and cargo-theft prevention.

“Growth only matters if customers can trust the capacity and service behind it,” Pyatt said.

Mubadala investment targets technology, scale

Technology is another central piece of the investment.

Arrive plans to accelerate development of its proprietary ARRIVEnow transportation management system, which automates workflows across the freight lifecycle. 

Additional technology investment is intended to improve service, increase employee productivity and lower its overall cost structure, Arrive officials said.

Lead Edge Capital, which first invested in Arrive in 2018 and will remain an investor, sees artificial intelligence as another potential growth driver.

“AI represents a generational inflection point for businesses like Arrive, which has the proprietary data, the platform, and the talent to deploy it at scale,” Lead Edge Managing Partner Nimay Mehta said in a statement.

Mubadala Capital said Arrive’s ability to expand through different freight cycles helped make the brokerage an attractive investment.

“Arrive has continuously grown load volume and market share through multiple freight cycles and without compromising on service or culture,” Sam Merksamer, a partner at Mubadala Capital, said.

Mubadala Capital is a global alternative asset management platform that manages, advises and administers more than $600 billion in assets through wholly owned businesses and strategic partnerships. Its wholly owned core alternatives businesses manage and invest more than $60 billion.

Despite the global reach of its new majority investor, Pyatt said Arrive’s geographic ambitions remain firmly centered on North America.

“Our plan is to build the largest and most reliable truckload network in North America,” Pyatt said.

Mexico and Canada will be important pieces of that strategy.

Pyatt said Arrive sees opportunities to expand both cross-border and domestic freight capabilities in Mexico and Canada as customers seek integrated transportation services spanning all three North American markets.

“This transaction is about expanding our reach, service offerings and capacity within the market we know,” Pyatt said.

Arrive says operations won’t change under new owner

Despite Mubadala becoming the majority investor, Pyatt said customers and carriers shouldn’t expect significant changes in Arrive’s daily operations.

“On a day-to-day basis, this is business as usual for Arrive and our partners,” Pyatt said.

He said customers and carriers will continue to see the same service and operational approach, while employees could see additional opportunities as Arrive expands hiring and develops new capabilities.

“The goal is not to change what defines Arrive, it is to invest more aggressively in the people, capabilities and service model that have driven our growth for more than a decade,” Pyatt said.

Why it matters: Mubadala’s investment gives one of North America’s largest freight brokerages additional capital to expand hiring, technology and multimodal services at a time when scale, automation and integrated cross-border capabilities are becoming increasingly important competitive advantages in third-party logistics.