Flexport lawsuit accuses Freightmate AI of copyright infringement

Supply chain management company Flexport has filed a lawsuit against Freightmate AI alleging former Flexport employees now heading the logistics software company stole tens of thousands of sensitive commercial documents.

The 23-page complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday, accuses Freightmate AI founders Yingwei (Jason) Zhao and Bryan Lacaillade of building their company on “information and documents brazenly stolen from Flexport.”

According...

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Freightmate Ai raises $5M, highlights need for flexible freight forwarding tech

Freightmate Ai announced Thursday it has closed a $5 million seed round led by FUSE VC to continue building out its freight forwarding management system after experiencing rapid growth since a pre-seed raise in June.

Bryan Lacaillade, co-founder and CEO, told FreightWaves in an interview the company focused on the evolution of its document automation service Docmate since its last raise, transforming its beta version into a more robust, scalable product that now supports over 25 document types...

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Freightmate Ai exits stealth mode with pre-seed funding and new tech

Freightmate Ai announced on Thursday that it has secured a pre-seed funding round led by Wischoff Ventures and is releasing its first automated solution.

The funds will be used to enhance the features of its freight forwarding management system, which is being developed by technology experts with experience from Geodis, Manhattan Associates, Amazon Global Logistics and Flexport.

“Freight forwarders coordinate global shipments from end to end from origin country to destination country, leveraging...

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