Nearly $111M in data center freight stolen as thieves test ‘bump and run’ tactic
Scott Cornell explains why compromised drivers made the tactic work and how stronger carrier verification could have stopped it.
Scott Cornell explains why compromised drivers made the tactic work and how stronger carrier verification could have stopped it.
Autopilot dispatchers rank freight by posted rate because nobody gave them the arithmetic. MapUp’s new MCP server prices a lane’s fuel, tolls and time in seconds.
When FreightWaves launched the AI Excellence in Supply Chain Awards, the goal was to cut through the noise of an industry where “AI” has become a marketing buzzword slapped on every press release, and instead spotlight the companies that are leveraging AI in truly revolutionary ways. The awards recognize real deployments and measurable outcomes as […]
Continental brings a national dealer footprint and decades of tire expertise. myMechanic brings the software that turns a phone chain into a tracked digital event.
One quarter of weekly releases produced 1,058 AI citations, turning a marketing chore nobody wanted into the cheapest visibility in logistics
The freight platform moved $9 billion in invoices and built its agentic layer inside its own TMS rather than bolting one on, betting that freight context is the real moat.
For more than three decades, Freight Audit & Payment has served as one of the most important financial control functions within transportation. Traditionally, its purpose was to validate freight invoices, identify billing discrepancies, ensure contractual compliance, and facilitate accurate payment to transportation providers. Those responsibilities remain essential today, but they no longer represent the full […]
One truck or 10,000, the incident-level exposure is the same. Zonar’s Charles Kriete on the proof fleets must build before the accident, not after.
HappyRobot has raised about $200 million in 20 months, grown 5x since its Series B, and now runs AI agents inside more than 150 enterprise customers, from DHL to LKW WALTER.
With frontier models turning into commodities, one enterprise AI startup says the real competitive moat is keeping agents accurate months after deployment, not the model underneath.
Aurora Innovation said it expects to reach an $80 million TaaS revenue run-rate by year-end, detailing the per-mile revenue outlook for both business models ahead of a planned 2027 shift to driver-as-a-service. The company reported a $270 million second-quarter loss.
Atlas Energy Solutions expanded its Kodiak partnership to a second Permian load-out point and set a 100-truck driverless target for mid-2027, up from 28 today.
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.