Tag: logistics
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PARCLL Expands In Dallas-Fort Worth
Los Angeles-based e-commerce logistics provider PARCLL said this week that it is expanding its network of facilities, and is opening up a new facility in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area. The company said its now has facilities in Long Beach, New York…
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Inside the ‘Aggressive’ Goal to Make LA Port Ships 100% Zero Emission
Los Angeles’ City Council adopted an ambitious maritime resolution last week that calls on top importers like Walmart, Dole, Nike, Amazon and Home Depot on 100% zero-emissions ships by 2030, even though the technology doesn’t yet exist.Idling ships si…
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Quantum Is Coming: Caltech and Amazon’s New Computing Site is Open
In 2019, Caltech announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services to resurrect a 21,000-square-foot building as a shrine to quantum computing. Inside, researchers from MIT, Stanford, Harvard and more are planning to build out quantum computers that ma…
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Flock Freight Raises $215M, Joins Unicorns
Encinitas-based Flock Freight, a startup which operates a system for the freight shipping and trucking industry to allow for shared truckloads, has raised $215M in a Series D funding round. The company said the funding gives it a more than $1 billion v…
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Vendorflow Gets $1.3M For Logistics Software
Los Angeles-based Vendorflow, a new startup developing communications infrastructure for trucking and logistics providers, has raised $1.3M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding was led by TenOneTen, and also included Amplify.LA, Jett…
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TuSimple Links Autonomous Trucking Efforts With Ryder
San Diego-based TuSimple, which is developing a fleet of autonomous trucks, says it has linked with Ryder, where the two will look to leverage Ryder’s fleet maintenance facilities as terminals for TuSimple’s fleet of autonomous vehicles. TuSimple says …
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FreightPOP Find Funding
Lake Forest-based FreightPOP a developer of cloud-based logistics and transportation management software, has raised a new funding round, the company said Thursday. According to the company, it raised a round of funding led by Mercato Partners, and als…
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‘Like Roomba With a Scissor Lift and a Suction Cup’: InVia’s Robot Aims to Change How Warehousing Is Done
Amazon and other industry giants have long used robots to replace warehouse workers and ship off more packages per day. Starting at $4,000 a month, inVia Robotics’ Picker robot and management software is still more expensive than a minimum wage wo…
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Mapped’s Bid to Simplify the Chaos of the Built World
Former Cisco executive Shaun Cooley’s two-year-old Los Angeles startup is creating a platform to make buildings smarter. Mapped, which just raised $6.5 million led by Allegion Ventures and MetaProp, helps commercial real estate companies operate thei…