FreightWaves · Jul 2026
FreightWaves reported that Lanesurf has carrier offers ready on 62% of loads before brokers arrive, and that the company works with several Top 100 brokers while demonstrating a live 10-minute booking workflow.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Lanesurf is a YC-backed B2B AI logistics startup that automates freight brokerage workflows by having AI carrier reps call, email, and text carriers to source capacity, negotiate rates, vet compliance, and book loads into existing TMS systems.
Primary product
AI carrier sales agents for freight brokers that source carriers, negotiate rates, vet compliance, and book loads.
Headquarters
44 Montgomery St, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94104, United States
Team size
8-10
Industry
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Sub-industry
AI freight brokerage automation
Offices
44 Montgomery St, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94104, United States
16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, DE 19958, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS
subscription SaaS
Funding
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-seed · Oct 2025
Latest amount
$500K
Oct 2025 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Work & culture
Execution-oriented startup culture that emphasizes ownership, speed, ambiguity tolerance, and human-in-the-loop freight operations.
Visa sponsorship
Yes
Compensation
Public roles advertise $160K-$170K OTE for a Founding SDR/BDR role and $120K-$225K plus 0.50%-1.00% equity for a Principal ML Research Engineer role; postings also mention meaningful equity and cash-plus-equity compensation.
Benefits
Meaningful equity
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Free DoorDash vouchers
Product & market
Pricing
Subscription SaaS, with pricing described as demo/quote-based and reportedly aligned to seat, load, or rep usage.
Differentiators
- —AI carrier reps work multiple loads and carriers in parallel via call, email, and text
- —Books loads in minutes rather than a full manual coverage cycle
- —Integrates with existing TMS, load boards, compliance portals, and CRMs
- —Can start from an Excel upload before full integration is complete
- —Configurable to a brokerage's SOPs, pricing thresholds, and escalation rules
- —Includes compliance vetting and audit trails
- —Uses memory across negotiations to improve rate discussions
Technology
AI voice agents
LLMs
speech recognition/transcription models
Python
PyTorch
TMS integrations
DAT
Truckstop
McLeod
MercuryGate
Tai
Turvo
Revenova
Aljex
Tailwind
CRM integrations
compliance portal integrations
AES-256 encryption
TLS 1.2+ encryption
MFA and audit logs
Customers
Logistic Dynamics (LDi)
Midwest Freight Partners
Pacific Coast Freight
Heartland Brokerage Group
Summit Transport
CW Carriers USA Inc.
Competitors
Hemut
Dayjob
Cartage
Maximal
Blue Yonder
SAP IBP
FourKites
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
≈$550K ARR (GetLatka estimate, Sep 2025)
Estimated monthly visits
1.3K
Traffic estimate as of Jan 2026
Latest news
AgentMail · Jul 2026
AgentMail described Lanesurf running carrier communications through hundreds of programmatic inboxes and millions of messages, supporting thousands of loads per day.
ReadySetLaunch · Jun 2026
A case study says Lanesurf launched an MVP focused on the carrier rate-inquiry call, shipped in eight weeks, and saw early pilot customers report faster call cycles.
FreightWaves · Dec 2025
FreightWaves covered a live demo where Lanesurf negotiated with dozens of carriers in parallel and booked a load in 10 minutes, highlighting compliance checks and real-time negotiation.
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