Technology

The undisclosed investment will support Optym’s enhance of transportation optimization solutions.

Ryder System is leasing space at a Houston maintenance facility to Kodiak Robotics for driverless truck operations.

Matt Silver launches US-Mexico logistics startup Cargado with $3 million in pre-seed funding.

Shippers’ mood has been buoyed by positive economic prospects for the U.S., while brokers and carriers are encouraged by a possible market shift.

Visibility providers project44 and FourKites take their defamation fight to the Illinois Supreme Court.

Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on Friday announced the company has raised $260 million from shareholder and e-commerce provider Shopify.

Supply chain-focused startups Sayari, TrusTrace, Cart.com and Kusari recently secured a combined $330 million in capital investments.

One-time autonomous trucking leader TuSimple took the next step in its pullout from the U.S. market by voluntarily delisting from the Nasdaq.

ITS Logistics is entering this digital arena with its container management and visibility platform ContainerAI.

Brad Jacobs’ new book, “How to Make a Few Billion Dollars,” is filled with lessons for transportation entrepreneurs.

At the big National Retail Federation meeting in New York, a daylong discussion on supply chains looked back on the craziness and ahead to a bold future.

Echo will leverage Navix’s ecosystem of billing data to automate its freight-auditing capabilities.

FreightWaves spoke with experts from across the supply chain about technology lessons learned in 2023 and what strategies will succeed in 2024.

Florida International University College of Business’s Dr. Patrucco teaches novel approaches to buyer-supplier relationships.

Ree Automotive’s Class 5 delivery van is the first to eliminate mechanical linkages for steering, braking and driving.

Will Urban has joined the board of LuckyTruck, a company that uses historical truck data and automation to provide an insurance management platform.

Middle-mile autonomous trucking leader Gatik is benefitting from additional technology advancements in its collaboration with Goodyear.

Craig Fuller, CEO and founder of FreightWaves, has joined the board of directors of Repowr, a Chattanooga-based FreightTech company pioneering the largest commercial trailer marketplace in North America.

Kodiak Robotics showed its 6th-generation autonomous truck that will begin hauling freight without a driver in Texas later this year.

Nikola is finally putting its fuel cell electric truck in the hands of retail customers like Bill Hall of Coyote Container.