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Weft - http://weft.io http://weft.io - Boston, MA (LOCAL) + San Francisco, CA (LOCAL) + Eastern Europe (REMOTE). =========================== ====== What
by speek 13y ago
Weft - http://weft.io http://weft.io - Boston, MA (LOCAL) + San Francisco, CA (LOCAL) + Eastern Europe (REMOTE).
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====== What we do =========
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We're a logistics visibility platform (read: Waze for Cargo). Weft tracks shipping containers using low-cost hardware to make sure that shipments get to where they're supposed to be on time and intact, saving billions in lost value due to cargo shrink and disrupted supply chains. We take the info we get from the hardware and figure out where the bottlenecks in the supply chain are, predict whether or not a shipment is going to make it to its destination on time, and dynamically reroute/reschedule shipments so that we can optimize the system as a whole. Really neat stuff. We're working on a lot of the things that happen once you have that data, but I can't share much about it here
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===== How we do it ========
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Web stack -> clojure (immutant) + postgres/cassandra/riak -- we use middleman + enlive (and a bit of hiccup) for templating, meaning that we're pretty flexible about frontend tech.
Algorithms -> a dizzying mixture of oldschool and newschool techniques ;-)
Hardware -> think cell phone on crack (atmel avr xmega, a bunch of sensors, gps, gsm, etc). Working integrated chip in the sub-$5 price point now! Have some pilots running with v1 hw.
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====== And the rest =======
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We've got some very interesting partners and customers (ranging from telcos to enterprise software providers to regional and international logistics companies). We also have some top tier investors!
Looking for help on mobile, frontend, and data science sides!
I should also probably mention that we have a team with a bunch of industry vets!
If this sounds interesting, please shoot me an email at marc@weft.io!
- gdilla 13y agoHow much of a problem is cargo shrink and how often does cargo get lost? And if lost cargo is found, what is usually the reason? Theft?
- speek 13y agoCargo shrink is a 25B/year problem in the US -- way bigger globally (logistics by itself is a 4T industry) -- however, we're more about fixing disruptable supply chains (which is way harder to measure, but also way larger). Cargo shrink can be theft, spoilage, misplacement, or a bunch of other similar reasons. Our hardware helps us track that kind of stuff and our predictive analytics helps us figure out the ramifications of what happens down the line!
- phreanix 13y agoInteresting. Are you also able to track cargo that is held by customs (which suffer from shrinkage due to poor security)?
- cwal37 13y agoThat sounds like some huge operations research problems, I imagine you guys have some serious linear programming expertise.
- speek 13y ago:-)