How Technology-Enabled Trucking Can Benefit Companies And Drivers Alike (Mark Farkas, Co-Founder, AI Fleet)

In today's episode we explore the possibility to increase truck
driver satisfaction and boost truck utilization with better
planning tools and smarter algorithms. Our guest today is Mark
Farkas, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of AI Fleet, a
vertically integrated technology enabled trucking company that was
founded in Austin, TX in 2020. Together with our host Jonah
McIntire, Mark discusses the following topics: - Mark's background
and track record as a successful logistics tech founder - What
inspired Mark and his co-founder to build AI Fleet - What's wrong
with the business model of traditional trucking companies and why
technology hasn't made more of an impact over the years - What the
levers to pull are to make trucking more profitable - What Mark
means when he says AI Fleet wants to "humanize trucking" - The
importance of truck utilization as a metric and how improving truck
utilization benefits drivers - How "real" the truck driver shortage
actually is and whether it can be solved by better truck
utilization - How truck drivers could benefit financially from a
better trucking business model and better technology - The growth
and growth plans of AI Fleet - Comments on the current trucking
market conditions in the US - Why so many investments in technology
and software haven't paid off - Views on the truck brokerage space
- Why it's so hard to profitably scale trucking businesses - The
path to autonomous trucking - and much more Helpful Links: AI
Fleet: https://aifleet.com/ Mark on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-farkas-337a33127/ Jonah on
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahmcintire/