Venture capital is pouring into artificial intelligence solutions for logistics, signaling a growing race to modernize how freight moves across supply chains. Two startups—focused on AI-driven automation for brokers, shippers, and carriers—announced a combined $129 million in new funding this week.
Workflow automation firm Augment closed an $85 million round aimed at expanding its AI agent capabilities across multimodal logistics operations. The funding will support new engineering hires, product development, and deeper integrations with transportation management systems (TMS) and digital load boards. The company also plans to scale automation for pricing, sales, and customer insights.
“Logistics runs on millions of decisions—under pressure, across fragmented systems, and with too many tabs open,” Augment’s chief executive said in a statement. The company, founded in 2024, has now raised $110 million to date.
Meanwhile, Happy Robot, which builds AI agents for freight brokers, secured $44 million to enhance its automation tools for appointment scheduling, collections, and sales operations. The company says its goal is to enable an “AI workforce” that handles repetitive tasks so logistics teams can focus on strategic functions and customer relationships.
Happy Robot’s technology is already in use by more than 70 major enterprise clients, including global logistics and transportation companies.
The fresh investment highlights the rapidly expanding AI ecosystem in logistics, where software vendors are competing to digitize everything from load management to billing and customs entry. Established logistics platforms are also embedding AI into existing systems—introducing predictive tools, conversational assistants, and integrated data analytics to streamline decision-making.
With venture investors betting heavily on automation, industry analysts say AI adoption across logistics is entering a new phase: one where digital agents don’t just support human operators—they begin to replace manual processes entirely.
