Hirschbach Motor Lines’ CTO explains why the carrier chose a startup partner over building AI in-house, and how automation is reshaping driver communication today.
Terminal closed a $20 million Series A led by Battery Ventures, betting that one API reaching 325 telematics providers beats the integrations insurers and fleets build one at a time.
Field Ventures led the seed round. Freight Hero charges brokers a flat fee per load and says AI agents handle more than 90% of customer load touches, with human operators on the rest.
Consumers now expect free delivery in 2.6 days, down from 3.4. Meeting that promise pushed more than half of retailers past FedEx, UPS and the Postal Service.
Lanesurf works brokers’ loads for them. It starts the moment a load appears rather than in a scramble the morning it has to move, so your team walks into the morning to pre-vetted carrier options already sitting on the loads, priced and ready to book. “Two out of every three loads we move already have […]
Uber Freight has named logistics technology veteran Amir Pelleg as chief product officer.
YMX Logistics was named one of the honorees in the Operational AI Integration category for the AI Excellence in Supply Chain Awards.
Samsara just crossed $2 billion in annual recurring revenue, growing 30% year over year. Now the company has given its brand a matching overhaul, its first in a decade.
HERE Technologies is pairing AI route optimization with a reasoning layer that explains dispatch decisions and a tool that learns from drivers in the field.
BasicBlock has acquired TrueNorth in a move signaling a significant expansion of services for independent carriers.
With nearly 440,000 driverless miles logged, Aurora is turning safety data into a production ramp, and Wall Street is watching the race to 2027 scale.
Einride is buying charging software company Flipturn in an all-stock deal that more than doubles its energy under management across North America’s freight sector.
Kinaxis says manufacturers are increasingly relying on AI-powered supply chain orchestration to evaluate tariffs, nearshoring strategies and sourcing decisions.
Alan Adler, award-winning journalist at FreightWaves, the AP and Detroit Free Press, has died. He created Truck Tech and was widely known for his faith and volunteer work.
Congress is fast-tracking a bipartisan DEF relief bill. The half in the press release stops trucks from derating to 5 mph over a false sensor code. The half you have to read the text to find suspends the 2027 emissions rule for 10 years
Uber Freight’s CTO says 95% of AI proofs of concept fail in production, not testing. Here’s how his team cut document processing work by more than half.
Lean Solutions Group CTO Alfonso Quijano says that companies still treating AI like a tool instead of an employee are setting themselves up for costly failure.
FreightWaves reveals 2026 AI Excellence in Supply Chain Awards winners. 15 companies honored across two categories following record nominations.
Redwood’s chief innovation officer says AI adoption in supply chain is approaching Gartner’s Peak of Inflated Expectations, with a reckoning close behind.
Waabi’s self-driving software switched from a Peterbilt to a totally different Volvo truck and drove safely from the first mile, no retraining needed.
