A Chicago-founded startup is betting that trucking's back office - the spreadsheets, the phone tag, the paperwork - is a software problem AI can finally solve. About 500 carriers are already running on it.
Hemut is an AI-native operating system for trucking companies. It replaces the fragmented, legacy back-office software that carriers and brokers rely on with a single platform that automates dispatch, load booking, quoting, tracking, accounting, and inbound/outbound phone calls using AI agents. Founded in 2024 and part of Y Combinator's Spring 2025 batch, Hemut targets mid-sized fleets in the roughly $875B American trucking market.