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The Role of AI in the Trucking Industry with Chris Torrence, CSO at Optym

Over the Air · 14 Sept 2023 · 20m

What this episode covers

Chris Torrence, Chief Strategy Officer at Optym, discusses the company's 20-year history of applying AI and mathematical optimization to the trucking and logistics industry. He explains Optym's strategy of augmenting human dispatchers rather than replacing them with autonomous vehicles, focusing on integrating optimization layers into existing Transportation Management Systems (TMS) to solve data siloing and integration challenges. Torrence also highlights the importance of granular visibility through IoT sensors, citing companies like Tive, and outlines a roadmap focused on hardening core products before exploring future decoupling of trailers and tractors.

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companies scaling up

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Companies
Optym, Uber, Tive, Verizon Connect, Google, Microsoft, Very
Products
ELD, TMS
Also
MIT

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