J.B. Hunt Transport and California-based venture lab company, UP.Labs, have joined forces to create a technology-based freight and logistics startup incubator.
Logistics Venture Lab will aim to launch up to six startups over the next three years, beginning in 2025, to address core strategic challenges within the transportation industry.
These startups will focus on driving efficiency and solving common problems in key industry service areas, such as brokerage, dedicated, intermodal and truckload trucking.
“From the inception of modern intermodal transit to digital freight-matching platforms to emerging safety technology and beyond, J.B. Hunt has always been people focused, technology empowered and capacity driven, ” said J.B. Hunt CEO, Shelley Simpson. “Our collaboration with UP.Labs will continue this journey as we look for new ways to disrupt, adapt and accelerate across the transportation industry.”
The partnership aims to leverage cutting-edge technologies to address long-standing industry challenges. UP.Labs brings its expertise in startup incubation and emerging technologies to complement J.B. Hunt’s industry knowledge and operational experience.
“Through the Logistics Venture Lab, we will launch startups rooted in big data, GenAI and emerging technologies to solve industry problems with some of the world’s best entrepreneurs,” said UP.Labs founder and CEO John Kuolt.
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