What if your operations team started each day with every check call completed and only the real exceptions waiting? We sat down with Happy Robot co-founder Pablo Palafox to unpack how an AI workforce is changing the cadence of work in freight—beyond chatbots and into end-to-end execution. Pablo’s path runs from deep learning research and a Meta internship to YC, a hard pivot, and a clear problem: late deliveries, fines, and interns glued to phones. That pain created an opening for agents tha...
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What if your operations team started each day with every check call completed and only the real exceptions waiting? We sat down with Happy Robot co-founder Pablo Palafox to unpack how an AI workforce is changing the cadence of work in freight—beyond chatbots and into end-to-end execution. Pablo’s path runs from deep learning research and a Meta internship to YC, a hard pivot, and a clear problem: late deliveries, fines, and interns glued to phones. That pain created an opening for agents tha...
Ep. #64: Shipper Panel: Insights from Top Food Shippers
The Freight Pod
1 hour 49 minutes
8 months ago
Ep. #64: Shipper Panel: Insights from Top Food Shippers
In this episode, Andrew welcomes three seasoned logistics leaders with a unique perspective, having all started on the brokerage world before transitioning to the shipper side: Nicole Schuman, transportation procurement manager at Reser’s Fine Foods; Marco Vargas-Avila, director of U.S. logistics at Dole Packaged Foods; and Andrew Dafnos, director of supply chain at KeHE Distributors. Andrew and the panel cover: Balancing cost vs. service, the importance of understanding different provider mo...
The Freight Pod
What if your operations team started each day with every check call completed and only the real exceptions waiting? We sat down with Happy Robot co-founder Pablo Palafox to unpack how an AI workforce is changing the cadence of work in freight—beyond chatbots and into end-to-end execution. Pablo’s path runs from deep learning research and a Meta internship to YC, a hard pivot, and a clear problem: late deliveries, fines, and interns glued to phones. That pain created an opening for agents tha...
