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Waymo and TuSimple autonomous trucking leaders on the difficulty of building a highway-safe AI
[embedded content] TuSimple and Waymo are in the lead in the emerging sector of autonomous trucking; TuSimple founder Xiaodi Hou and Waymo trucking head Boris
This Labor Day, spare a thought for the workers who made your doorstep delivery possible
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India’s logistics SaaS startup FarEye bags $13 million
More than 150 e-commerce and delivery companies globally use an Indian logistics startup’s service to work out the optimum way to ship items to their
cargo.one gets $18.6M to take its air freight booking platform over the pond
Berlin-based cargo.one, which runs a marketplace for booking air freight, has closed an $18.6 million Series A round of funding led by Index Ventures. Next47
Gojek appoints Amazon, Microsoft veteran as its new chief technology officer
Indonesia-based ride-hailing company and “super app” Gojek said today that it has named a new chief technology officer. Severan Rault, who previously held leadership positions
FedEx is utilizing robotic arms to sort packages at a Memphis facility
FedEx has flirted with robotic technologies before, most notably in the case of Roxo. The delivery robot made its debut in New York City last
Indian startups diversify their businesses to offset COVID-19 induced losses
E-commerce giant Flipkart is planning to launch a hyperlocal service that would enable customers to buy items from local stores and have those delivered to
Geek+, the Amazon Kiva of China, lands $200 million Series C
Geek+, a Beijing-based startup that makes warehouse fulfillment robots similar to those of Amazon’s Kiva, said Thursday that it has closed over $200 million in
Uber could lose its Grubhub deal to Just Eat or Delivery Hero
According to CNBC there are two suitors rivaling Uber for purchase of U.S. food delivery company Grubhub: Just Eat Takeaway (the union of Just Eat
USPS reportedly reassessing last-mile delivery deals with companies like Amazon
In a time when package deliveries are more essential than ever, the future of the United States Postal Service is very much in limbo. The
