Jin Stedge

Jin Stedge is the co-founder and CEO of TrueNorth, a San Francisco freight-tech company building an AI loadboard and virtual dispatcher named Loadie that helps independent truckers find loads, price them, and get paid. Born in Korea and adopted at seven into an American family of owner-operators, she studied aerospace engineering at MIT, did neuroscience research, and worked in HR tech and autonomous driving before returning to her family's roots in trucking. She founded TrueNorth in 2019 with Sanjaya Wijeratne, raised a $50M Series B backed by Sam Altman and Lachy Groom, and earned a spot on Forbes 30 Under 30.