Deliverr co-founder launches ‘AI teammate’ for logistics, raises $25M
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You can text them, you can email them, you can call them, and it starts to take this mundane work off your plate so you can focus on what truly matters, like relationships, negotiations and routing, Abbott told FreightWaves.Augie, Augments flagship AI product, is built to do just that. To develop Augie, Abbott and his team conducted extensive research, shadowing nearly 90 logistics professionals to fully understand the pain points and challenges they face daily. The Augment team has exceeded our expectations as a partner, shadowing our reps in house, learning the business, and building solutions that make sense for our operation, said Matt Pyatt, founder and CEO of Arrive Logistics, in the news release. Justin Hall, who has experience at Primo Logistics, YRC and GlobalTranz, including a past executive-in-residence role at 8VC, has joined Augment as chief commercial officer to support the companys growth strategy and partnership relations. Thats why we built Augie, an AI teammate that doesnt just automate tasks but tackles complex workflows, while making data more accessible and actionable, Hall told FreightWaves in an email.