Flexport

Founded by

Ryan Petersen

People

Ryan Petersen, CEO

Built

Flexport API

Ops Tech freight operating system

Trucking Technology platform

Commerce product

Visibility product

Flexport fulfillment products

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Self-serve freight booking experience

Client-facing rates platform

Client App

Flexport Platform

Capabilities

Envisions logistics transactions available via APIs or voice, with global shipping automated and reliable

AI boot camp, Gives non-engineers one day a week for 90 days to learn AI skills

machine learning, Detects unhappy customers from messages and alerts the frontline person's manager

natural language reporting, Customers can ask questions in natural language and get graphs, charts, and tables

shipment planning optimization, Selects container routes and contracts to balance shipping cost and transit time

large language models, Uses AI to automate logistics work and help create parsers for complex shipping contract spreadsheets

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Helps companies ship cargo by air, ocean, truck, and rail, with the aim of delivering on time and at lower cost

Its founder became a major importer of medical hot tubs and e-bikes.

a SQL-queryable database identifies tariff impacts for each customer within minutes

structures freight handoff data into a platform for the parties in a shipment chain

• Aims to be in every country by 2035 31:55AI Is Eating Logistics
• Roadmap target: cover 95% of container trade with its own people doing the work in-country by 2028 31:55AI Is Eating Logistics
• Shipped cargo to and from 147 countries last year, with employees in 22 countries 31:34AI Is Eating Logistics
• About 90% of projects in the last two hackathons were LLM-based, by Petersen's estimate 6:47AI Is Eating Logistics
• Petersen says automation may reduce ocean container shipping prices by around 8%, possibly 9% over the next few years 19:33AI Is Eating Logistics

• Global trade integrationsVerifiedsince Oct 19, 20261 source
• Developer platformVerifiedsince Oct 7, 20261 source
• Omnichannel fulfillmentVerifiedsince Sep 11, 20261 source
• Applied AI for shipment operationsVerifiedsince Aug 19, 20261 source
• Supply Chain Operating SystemVerifiedsince Aug 6, 20261 source
• Unified trucking platformVerifiedsince Aug 6, 20261 source

Tech stack 22

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Internal tools 5(used by their own teams, such as sales or ops, not in the product)

Slack3 jobsJira3 jobsGWGoogle Workspace3 jobsConfluence1 jobMicrosoft 3651 job

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