Cartage is the future of freight coordination. Transparent, tech-driven and eliminating the need for human coordinators.
Cartage is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2024 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Autonomous freight coordination. The founders listed are Abdul Basharat (Founder/CEO), Josh Lampen (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, May 28, 2024).
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Cartage is building Wilson — the only AI built to manage freight for manufacturers and distributors. Wilson handles the tedious work of shipping -- creating loads, booking, tracking, and managing shipments end-to-end.
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Abdul Basharat
Founder/CEO
Abdul is cofounder and CEO of Cartage. He started his career training as a military pilot. He was the product lead for network and PLG at Rose Rocket (YC S16 trucking ERP) and helped Pathstream launch a B2B platform from 0-1. Prior to tech he worked in management consulting.
Josh Lampen
Founder/CTO
Josh is cofounder and CTO of Cartage. At Rose Rocket (YC S16 trucking ERP), he was a founding engineer on their Platform team, where he led the development of their first workflow engine. He was also an engineer at Together (YC S19). Prior to tech, Josh was a management consultant, and played water polo for Canada's National Team.
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One of 143 companies held here in B2B › Supply Chain and Logistics.
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