# Jesse Buckingham

> Jesse Buckingham is the San Francisco-based co-founder and CEO of Vooma, which builds AI agents for logistics teams. He previously led ASG LogisTech and held leadership roles at Record360, e-Courier and Trucker Tools. A University of Sydney and Stanford GSB graduate and former Bain consultant, he also hosts The Freight Show and writes about the people and places behind freight brokerage.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Vooma
- **Organizations:** Vooma, ASG LogisTech, Alpine Investors, Record360, e-Courier, Trucker Tools, Bain & Company, The Freight Show
- **Education:** Bachelor of Laws; Bachelor of Economics, University of Sydney, Master of Business Administration, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Helped grow a logistics software business from approximately $2M to $20M+ annual recurring revenue, with four brands, over three years, as described in his 2022 retrospective., Co-founded Vooma with Mike Carter; the company joined Y Combinator Winter 2023., Vooma announced $16.6M in combined seed and Series A financing in December 2024.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Worked as a consultant at Bain & Company before his logistics software operating career.
- **—** — Served as CEO of Record360 and e-Courier and later CRO of Trucker Tools; led ASG LogisTech.
- **2022** — Published a retrospective on October 18 describing three years of growth from approximately $2M ARR to four brands and $20M+ ARR.
- **2023** — Vooma participated in Y Combinator Winter 2023, with Jesse Buckingham and Mike Carter as co-founders.
- **2024** — Vooma announced a $3.6M seed round led by Index Ventures and a $13M Series A led by Craft Ventures.
- **2025** — Appeared on The Freight Pod and Let’s Talk Logistics; co-authored Vooma’s November 24 announcement about its AI co-worker platform.

## Achievements

- Helped grow a logistics software business from approximately $2M to $20M+ annual recurring revenue, with four brands, over three years, as described in his 2022 retrospective.
- Co-founded Vooma with Mike Carter; the company joined Y Combinator Winter 2023.
- Vooma announced $16.6M in combined seed and Series A financing in December 2024.
- Hosts The Freight Show, interviewing freight and logistics leaders.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Published “The Texas triangle: how Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston became a freight powerhouse” on LinkedIn on May 28.
- **2026-04** — Published “The Chicago model: the people who built America’s freight brokerage capital” on April 22.
- **2025-12** — Published “The Story of Freight Alley: The People That Built Chattanooga’s Logistics Empire” on December 17.
- **2025-11** — Co-authored “The Era of the AI Co-Worker: Introducing the New Vooma,” published November 24.

## Links

- Website: https://www.vooma.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-buckingham-79649a26/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jessebucks

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Last updated: 2026-10-22