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How Windward Taught Ships to Tell on Themselves - and Built a £216 Million Maritime Intelligence Business
Two former naval officers started by chasing illegal fishing and discovered the buyers were scarce. They kept the data engine, changed the customer, and turned ships that go dark, spoof locations or swap identities into a legible business signal.
Ram Radhakrishnan Is Fixing the 70% of a Product Journey Brands Rarely See
The Silq founder spent years moving freight. Then he built a company around the quieter problem before the port: knowing what is actually happening on the factory floor.
The Startup That Sucks the Air Out of Blueberries - and Buys Them Twelve Extra Weeks
A tenth of an atmosphere is all it takes. RipeLocker's vacuum chambers keep blueberries market-fresh for three months - and want to move the world's fruit by boat instead of plane.
The Freight Forwarder That Wants to Make Shipping Feel Boring
Global trade still runs on phone calls, spreadsheets and anxious follow-ups. Cogoport is packaging the messy middle - rates, bookings, customs, tracking, insurance and credit - into one operating layer for smaller businesses.
Delmar International Inc.
Delmar began with customs forms in Montreal. Sixty years later, the family-run forwarder sells something harder to ship: a clear view across the whole supply chain.
20Cube Logistics
20Cube Logistics is a Singapore-based, software-enabled international supply chain orchestrator that moves freight from purchase order to proof of delivery. Founded in 2011 by ex-Agility Logistics executives, it pairs freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution and customs brokerage with MyHubPlus, a proprietary digital platform giving customers real-time shipment visibility, exception management and reporting across 12 countries and 85+ locations.
GoComet
GoComet is an AI-native logistics platform that helps global manufacturers and shippers run their end-to-end supply chains - from freight procurement and shipment tracking to invoice reconciliation - on a single cloud-based system. Founded in 2018 by four IIT Delhi graduates and headquartered in Singapore, it is used by 500+ enterprise shippers, including several Fortune 500 companies, across 35+ countries to cut freight costs, gain real-time visibility, and automate manual logistics workflows.
Ryan Petersen on AI, Logistics, and the Future of Flexport
In this episode of Y Combinator's podcast The Light Cone, Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen explains how artificial intelligence is transforming global logistics. Petersen details how AI already saved 2% of Flexport's ocean freight spend while improving transit time 20%, how the company aims to make ocean container shipping 8-10% cheaper, and how AI agents now make phone calls, parse contracts, detect unhappy customers, and automate freight forwarding work. He also reflects on incumbency advantages in AI, his personal 'founder mode' evolution, capital discipline, and a sweeping philosophical vision of what automation means for humanity.
Silq
Silq is a QC-powered digital freight forwarder that unifies factory inspections with freight management on a single platform, giving apparel, footwear, home goods and accessory brands real-time visibility from the factory floor to final delivery. Founded in 2020 by ex-Flexport operators, the company pairs 360+ accredited on-the-ground inspectors across Asia with proprietary software so importers can ship with more predictability and fewer surprises.
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.