Convoy raises $62M from Bill Gates and other luminaries to transform trucking

Re:Convoy raises $62M from Bill Gates and other luminaries t... by mv4 on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @04:50PM (#14851731)

I feel that for most companies playing in this space, freight brokering is just a transitional step. It can't work long-term, just like Uber can't be viable without self-driving cars.

However, it's the best way to understand how the industry operates - if you're serious about disrupting it.

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Re:Convoy raises $62M from Bill Gates and other luminaries t... by irishasaurus on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @11:29PM (#14853488)

This really is the other side of the automated trucking coin. This way they can build enough of a network to start brokering freight for autonomous trucking companies and hiring short distance truck drivers, much like pilot/captains in shippng.

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Re:Convoy raises $62M from Bill Gates and other luminaries t... by mv4 on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @05:38PM (#14860610)

Exactly. The ultimate goal isn't incremental improvement of the current way for doing things, it's fundamental change.

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