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The Freight Map That Learned to Make the Next Move
project44 spent a decade showing companies where their freight had gone. Now it wants its software to decide what happens next - before the late container becomes a late production line.
Velostics
Velostics is a Houston-based logistics SaaS company building an AI-enabled platform that unifies dock and yard operations. Its software automates 3-way appointment scheduling between shippers, carriers and consignees, digitizes gate check-in, and uses AI voice agents to book, confirm and reschedule loads without manual phone tag. Founded in 2019 by ChaiOne CEO Gaurav Khandelwal, the company helps manufacturers, distributors and 3PLs cut detention, dwell time and freight costs by closing the gap between transportation and distribution.
Renaissant
Renaissant is a Milwaukee-based logistics software company that builds a Yard Execution System (YES) - an integrated platform that orchestrates the movement of trucks, drivers and freight across the gate, dock and yard. By connecting people, systems and devices into a single load record, Renaissant automates scheduling, driver validation, gate access, yard moves and digital paperwork while also handling environmental compliance like California's WAIRE/ISR rule. The company raised a $5M Series A in July 2024 and counts shippers and 3PLs such as Shell, Penske, C.H. Robinson and NFI among its users.
FourKites, Inc.
FourKites is a Chicago-based enterprise software company that tracks roughly 3.2 million shipments a day across road, rail, ocean, air and last mile. Founded in 2014 by Matt Elenjickal, it pioneered applying SaaS to GPS and ELD telematics to give the world's largest shippers real-time visibility into where their freight actually is. Today the company is reinventing itself around AI: an Intelligent Control Tower and a 'Digital Workforce' of named AI agents that don't just show what is happening in a supply chain but decide and act on it.