# Akshay Dodeja

> Akshay Dodeja is the co-founder and CEO of Terminal49, a Berkeley-based software company that turns fragmented ocean-freight and terminal data into container tracking, alerts, workflows, and developer tools. A repeat founder and software engineer whose earlier projects included the electronic-music service Mugasha and Y Combinator-backed photo startup Picplum, Dodeja has spent his career making complicated systems easier to use.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Terminal49
- **Organizations:** Terminal49, Picplum, Mugasha, Live Nation Labs, Apple, Intel, Y Combinator
- **Education:** Summer 2011 batch with Picplum, Y Combinator, Portland State University
- **Known for:** Built three startups across music, consumer photo printing, and logistics software., Took Picplum through Y Combinator's Summer 2011 batch., Helped build and scale event-data systems at Live Nation, according to his public founder profile.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Co-founded Mugasha after the electronic-music service began at Startup Weekend Portland.
- **2009** — Demonstrated Mugasha at Portland Web Innovators' Demolicious event; the service entered private beta.
- **2011** — Founded Picplum and joined Y Combinator's Summer 2011 batch.
- **2013-2015** — Worked as a senior engineer and web product lead at Live Nation Labs.
- **2015** — With a co-founder, tested an online trucking prototype inside a trucking company and began learning the drayage workflow firsthand.
- **2017** — Co-founded Terminal49, focused on simplifying and automating global trade.
- **2020** — Terminal49 concentrated on container tracking and released its ocean-freight visibility dashboard and API.
- **2021** — Spoke at the FreightWaves Intermodal Summit about data silos in global trade.
- **2023** — Terminal49 announced a $6.5 million Series A led by Stage 2 Capital, with Grand Ventures participating.
- **2025** — Joined the TPM Tech discussion on the state and quality of ocean-carrier APIs.
- **2026** — Previewed Terminal49 tools that bring real-time container data into AI systems and developer workflows.

## Achievements

- Built three startups across music, consumer photo printing, and logistics software.
- Took Picplum through Y Combinator's Summer 2011 batch.
- Helped build and scale event-data systems at Live Nation, according to his public founder profile.
- Grew Terminal49 from a lean, profitable seed-stage company into a Series A business.
- Raised a $6.5 million Series A for Terminal49 in 2023.
- Developed a platform and API that standardize container data from ocean carriers and terminals.
- Spoke publicly on global-trade data silos, ocean-carrier APIs, detention and demurrage rules, and AI in logistics.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Published a public GitHub gist focused on standardizing and improving booking-parser implementations.
- **2026-04** — Previewed a revamped Terminal49 self-serve account plus MCP, CLI, and SDK access for real-time container data.
- **2025-08** — Appeared on the Born in Silicon Valley podcast to discuss his founder journey, Terminal49, global expansion, and logistics workflow automation.
- **2025-04** — Discussed customer needs, AI, and the future of logistics technology in a Journal of Commerce video recorded at TPM25.
- **2025-03** — Joined a TPM Tech panel on the state of ocean-carrier APIs.

## Links

- Website: https://terminal49.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dodeja
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dodeja
- GitHub: https://github.com/dodeja
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Terminal49

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Last updated: 2026-08-17