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Tony Summerville and the One-Year Bet That Outran the Whiteboard
He began with customer interviews, a year-long promise to his wife, and a fleet managed on a whiteboard. Fourteen years later, the Birmingham founder is still proving that the least glamorous problems can carry the longest roads.
Joe Salemme Built a Travel Business Around the Miles Nobody Wanted
Before LUXY Ride, Joe Salemme learned to notice trucks returning empty. He turned that stubborn operating waste into a second career spanning chauffeur software, corporate travel, and Connecticut development.
RideCo Put Public Transit on Demand - Then the Hard Part Arrived
The Waterloo software company taught buses to move like a shared ride. Its next test is larger, less forgiving and already carrying nearly a million New Yorkers a month.
The Black Car Startup Betting Its Best Inventory Is the Ride Nobody Wanted
LUXY Ride built a national chauffeur network around an unglamorous discovery: the expensive car returning empty may be the cheapest useful ride in town. Then COVID-19 arrived weeks after launch and forced the company to prove whether efficiency could survive without passengers.
Bearing AI
Bearing AI is a Palo Alto-based maritime technology company that builds AI models to predict and optimize how ships perform at sea. By combining real-world vessel sensor data, satellite positioning and weather with deep learning, its platform forecasts fuel consumption, emissions, fleet deployment and market conditions - helping shipping companies cut carbon output, comply with tightening emissions rules like CII, and make better operational decisions. Founded in 2019 by Dylan Keil and David Liu and backed by Andrew Ng's AI Fund and Mitsui & Co., Bearing counts leading carriers such as 'K' Line, Hapag-Lloyd and IINO Lines among its users.
Dylan Keil
Dylan Keil is the co-founder and CEO of Bearing AI, a Palo Alto startup that uses artificial intelligence to cut carbon emissions and improve operations across the global maritime shipping fleet. A Stanford-trained mechanical engineer who grew up on college campuses, he built and sold the mobile sensor startup Chronos to Life360 before launching Bearing in 2019. Backed by Andrew Ng's AI Fund and Japanese shipping giant Mitsui & Co., Bearing predicts vessel fuel consumption, speed and carbon ratings without onboard sensors, helping shipowners navigate regulations like CII, EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime while saving fuel and money.