Our Mission
No wasted hours in trucking
There are 2 billion hours wasted in the first and final mile of long-haul trucking every year. We're changing that.
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WITHOUT
1-2 hours - arrive early
3 hours - unload
3-6 hours - wait for next appointment
3 hours - load
Total: 10-24 hours
WITH
15-min drop and hook
Platform for autonomous trucks
We’re building the first ever network of autonomous vehicle transfer stations. Highway-only AVs hand off trailers to human drivers at Baton’s network of transfer hubs.
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Our team
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MIT (BS), Stanford (MS)
Bain & Company
BuildZoom
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Stanford (MS, BS)
Google, Accenture
Mindtribe
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Michigan State (BA)
VP Ops, Loadsmart
AFN, CarrierDirect
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Waterloo (BCS)
BuildZoom
DesignAndBuild Studio
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Stanford (MS)
Kinema Systems, Apple
NASA
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UC Davis (BS)
FleetPanda
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Notre Dame (BBA)
Uber Freight
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CMU (BA), Villanova (Six Sigma)
JB Hunt
Uber Freight (Powerloop)
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Loras College (BA)
Uber Freight
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Grove City (BA)
Convoy Power Only
DHL
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Arizona State University (BS)
Privoro
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UC Berkeley (BA)
IDEO, Schoolzilla
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CadBooks SF
Cademartori Trucking
Mindtribe
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Universidad del Rosario
Teleperformance
Kuehne+Nagel
Our advisors
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CEO, FreightWaves
President (former), US Xpress
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COO (former), UPS
Board Director, Worldwide
Express
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COO (former), YRC Worldwide
Executive in Residence, 8VC
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CIO & EVP, Schneider
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Operating Partner, Claredon
Managing Director (former),
Stifel
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President of LTL & SVP of Ops
(former), Coyote
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Cofounder & CTO, NTG
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President, Variant
CTO (former), Coyote
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President/COO (former), Celadon
EVP (former), Zonar Systems
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Founding partner, 8VC
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Founders, Flexport
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CEO, Outrider
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CEO, Project44
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CEO, KeepTrucking
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CEO (former), uShip
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