Wise Systems is a Cambridge, Massachusetts software company that uses machine learning to plan, dispatch, and continuously re-optimize last-mile delivery routes in real time. Spun out of the MIT Media Lab in 2014, its AI-driven platform helps fleets run more efficient, more predictable deliveries for enterprises including Anheuser-Busch and Lyft. The company raised $50M in Series C funding in 2021, bringing total funding to roughly $73M.
Zūm is a Redwood City, California company that has reinvented the most analog corner of education: the yellow school bus. It pairs an AI-driven routing and fleet-management platform with apps for parents, drivers and districts, then layers on a fast-growing fleet of electric buses with vehicle-to-grid charging that can sell power back to the grid. Serving roughly 4,500 schools and districts nationwide, Zūm turned a clipboard-and-radio industry into a connected, electrified mobility network.