Published Date
March 30, 2022
Building autonomous relays
During this episode, Santosh is joined by Çetin Meriçli, co-founder & CEO of Locomation AI. Locomation AI is a company that makes autonomous trucking safe and profitable from the start. Santosh and Çetin discuss trucking OEMs, federal level safety frameworks, level five autonomy, and more.
Highlights from their conversation include:
- About Locomation AI (1:14)
- The Çetin story (4:02)
- Locomation’s competitive advantage (6:43)
- The different way Locomation is selling (9:34)
- Long haul trucking being split into relays (11:03)
- The necessity of underlying trucking OEMs (13:12)
- The lack of a clear, federal level safety framework (15:58)
- Transporting 2x as more in the same amount of time (17:53)
- The arrival of level five autonomy (20:53)
- Electrification as the energy system of the future (22:39)
- Solving other supply chain issues (24:57)
About The Future of Supply Chain
During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or industry veteran to discuss their story, views on the industry, and how we can collectively build the future of supply chain together. Listen to more episodes at https://www.dynamo.vc/podcasts.
About Dynamo Ventures
Dynamo Ventures is a pre-seed and seed stage fund that invests in supply chain and mobility startups, worldwide.
