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The 40-Year-Old Software Company Running the Boring, Expensive Parts of Trucking
McLeod Software survived four decades by obsessing over the unglamorous handoffs where freight companies lose time and money. Now the Birmingham firm is wiring AI, smart trailers, and driverless trucks into the same operating system.
BlueCargo
BlueCargo is a logistics SaaS company that helps importers, freight forwarders, and drayage carriers monitor, forecast, and dispute the accessorial fees - demurrage, detention, and per diem - that pile up when shipping containers get stuck moving from port terminals to their first warehouse. Founded in 2018 by French engineers Alexandra Griffon and Laura Theveniau after they met near the Port of Oakland, the company aggregates data from North America's busiest container ports and uses AI to audit freight invoices and reclaim overcharges, having saved customers more than $175M in fees.
aifleet
aifleet is an Austin-based, tech-driven trucking company that runs its own fleet on proprietary AI. Instead of selling software to carriers, it operates as a full-stack truckload carrier, using machine learning to book, price, and stack loads so trucks run fuller and drivers earn more with predictable weekly home time. The company reports roughly 40% higher truck utilization than the industry average and aims to fix the chronic inefficiency and high driver turnover that define long-haul freight.