What Optimal Dynamics does

Optimal Dynamics is a private, venture-backed SaaS company that builds an "Artificial Decision Intelligence" platform to automate planning, dispatching, and freight procurement decisions for North American truckload carriers and shipper-owned private fleets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, the company emerged from stealth in late 2020 and serves enterprise asset-based carriers, private fleets, refrigerated and specialized carriers, and mid-market operators (logos include KBX Logistics, Grand Island Express, Ploger Transportation, Leonard's Express, Challenger Motor Freight, Standard Logistics, D.M. Bowman, BCB Transport, Veriha, Trailiner, Stevens, and Kottke).

The core platform, the Transportation Decision System (TDS), is organized into three tiers — Plan (Network Simulation and Bid Analysis), Scale (autonomous freight procurement, the company's Decision-Native Agentic System launched in March 2026), and Execute (Dispatch Management with the Source sub-module for spot freight) — all driven by a single Decision Optimization Engine. That engine combines distributional forecasting, reinforcement learning, stochastic optimization, and approximate dynamic programming derived from 40 years of Princeton University research led by Co-founder Warren Powell. An Atlas agentic automation layer sits atop the engine, converting optimization output into autonomous execution across Explain, Deploy, Personalize, and Automate pillars, supported by 11+ two-way TMS/ELD/IoT integrations (McLeod, Samsara, Trimble, Motive, Geotab, ISAAC, Maven, Solera, Manifold, Ditat, Motorcity) and an open API.

The business is enterprise quote-based, multi-year contract SaaS distributed through direct enterprise field sales augmented by a structured 4-step Proof-of-Value (POV) onboarding process and Hypercare customer success. Distribution is primarily direct, with strategic embedded channels via Uber Freight's Powerloop dedicated-tours product and a flagship-customer partnership with Challenger Motor Freight for Canadian market entry. The company exited FY2025 with 61% ARR growth and 65% YoY customer base growth, has achieved triple-digit average annual growth since go-to-market launch in 2020, and has raised $95M in total funding across seed, Series A ($18.4M, May 2021, Bessemer-led), Series B ($33M, April 2022, Westly-led), and Series C ($40M, May 2025, Koch Disruptive Technologies-led).

Name

Optimal Dynamics

Legal name

Optimal Dynamics, Inc.

Website

https://optimaldynamics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Optimal Dynamics is a New York-based SaaS company that uses proprietary stochastic optimization and an agentic automation layer to automate planning, dispatching, and freight procurement decisions for enterprise North American truckload carriers and private fleets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transportation Decision Automation Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Dispatch Management & Driver Workflow Apps (TLAEAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Carrier Sales & Capacity Sourcing Platforms (TLAEAJAD), Real-Time Decisioning & Next-Best-Action Engines (HDAAAHAK)

Keywords

• Logistics decision automation
• Trucking AI software
• Freight optimization platform
• Stochastic decision intelligence
• Agentic freight procurement

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription (CORE.ai / Transportation Decision System): Enterprise SaaS revenue stream delivered via the CORE.ai platform (now branded as the Transportation Decision System / TDS). Subscription/recurring revenue model consistent with enterprise B2B software; customer base doubled in the year prior to Series C, indicating land-and-expand traction. Implementation, integration, and ongoing customer success ('Hypercare') services are bundled into the platform relationship.
2. Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) Growth: FY2025 exited with 61% ARR growth, indicating recurring subscription revenue scaling alongside customer expansion (customer base grew 65% YoY).
3. Professional Services / Customer Success: Implementation, integration, change management, training, and ongoing customer success services delivered by dedicated Customer Success teams as part of the platform engagement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Optimal Dynamics sells the Transportation Decision System (TDS), an enterprise SaaS platform that uses a proprietary Artificial Decision Intelligence engine (stochastic optimization, distributional forecasting, reinforcement learning, approximate dynamic programming) combined with an Atlas agentic automation layer to automate strategic, tactical, and real-time freight planning and dispatch decisions for truckload carriers and private fleets. The platform includes Plan modules (Network Simulation, Bid Analysis), Scale (autonomous agentic freight procurement), and Execute (Dispatch Management) capabilities sold via multi-year enterprise subscriptions with bundled implementation and customer success services.

Product overview

Optimal Dynamics offers a single unified platform called the Transportation Decision System (TDS), built around a proprietary Artificial Decision Intelligence engine (Decision Optimization Engine) and an Atlas agentic automation layer. The platform is organized into three tiers — Plan (Network Simulation and Bid Analysis), Scale (the Scale Network Management DNAS product for autonomous freight procurement), and Execute (Dispatch Management with the Source sub-module for spot freight) — which share one core engine so that strategic, tactical, and real-time decisions across the carrier network are aligned and continuously re-optimized.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CORE.ai: Supply chain decision software / SaaS platform for transportation decision automation.
• Scale
• Atlas

Products and services

• Transportation Decision System (TDS) Unified enterprise SaaS platform that combines the Decision Optimization Engine, Atlas Agentic Automation Layer, and Scale to deliver continuous, network-wide decision automation for truckload carriers and private fleets across strategic (1 month–1 year+), tactical (1–15 days), and real-time (<24 hours) planning horizons.
• Decision Optimization Engine Proprietary Artificial Decision Intelligence engine combining distributional forecasting, reinforcement learning, stochastic optimization, and approximate dynamic programming to power decision automation across the TDS planning horizon.
• Atlas Agentic Automation Layer Decision-native agentic layer that converts the Decision Optimization Engine's intelligence into coordinated, autonomous action via four pillars: Explain (LLM-based natural language explainability), Deploy (rollout agents), Personalize (behavior-learning agents), and Automate (execution agents).
• Scale (Network Management) The industry's first Decision-Native Agentic System (DNAS) for proactive freight procurement. Scale deploys an always-on autonomous agentic workforce that identifies capacity gaps and sources, negotiates, bids, and procures freight across load boards, email, EDI, and direct shipper channels, while the decision-native foundation determines which freight to accept or reject to keep the network balanced.
• Network Simulation High-fidelity digital twin sandbox that lets carriers simulate what-if scenarios for acquisitions, fleet sizing, service levels, driver mix, lane volumes, and domicile expansion before executing changes in the real network.
• Bid Analysis RFP bid analysis tool that overlays bids on an optimized digital twin to identify best lanes, optimal volumes, and new business opportunities, with downloadable, personalized bid recommendations.
• Dispatch Management

Quantifiable outcome

• +14.6% weekly revenue per mile (Ploger Transportation)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability9 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship customer partnership and canadian market entry anchor, major channel / co-development partner, flagship integration partner, core integration partner, standard integration partner, flagship strategic customer partner (koch ecosystem) and adjacent sustainability partner.

• Challenger Motor Freightflagship customer partnership and canadian market entry anchorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 December 2025Strategic partnership driving Optimal Dynamics' first expansion into the Canadian market. Co-developing Canadian-specific compliance (HOS rules, driver parameters, border-crossing location requirements) for intra-Canadian and cross-border operations. Challenger is part of the Fastfrate Group and one of North America's largest privately owned transportation and logistics companies.
• Uber Freightmajor channel / co-development partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 March 2025Uber Freight partnered with Optimal Dynamics to build the AI behind 'dedicated tours' within its Powerloop program; Optimal Dynamics AI scans the network every 8 minutes and adjusts multi-day tours based on real-time rate changes. Program launched with ~100 trucks and expanding to all Uber Freight carrier users.
• McLeod Softwareflagship integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationTwo-way TMS integration featured on the partner integrations page and explicitly called out in the L.J. Rogers POV case study (where McLeod TMS was the source of historical data). Customer testimonial from Grand Island Express cites the McLeod integration as a 'supercharger' to their TMS.
• Samsaracore integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationELD/fleet IoT platform integrated two-way with Optimal Dynamics to ensure decisions are based on the most up-to-date information from connected fleet hardware.
• Trimblecore integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationTransportation technology provider with two-way integration into Optimal Dynamics platform; Jake Dettmer (SVP Product) previously led product transformation at Trimble Transportation before joining Optimal Dynamics.
• Motive (formerly KeepTruckin)core integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationELD/telematics integration partner enabling two-way data flow between Motive hardware and Optimal Dynamics decision engine.
• Maven Machinesstandard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationELD/in-cab technology provider integrated with Optimal Dynamics for two-way data consistency.
• ISAAC Instrumentsstandard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationIn-cab ELD/telematics provider integrated with Optimal Dynamics; ISAAC also hosted the ISAAC HORIZON Conference where Optimal Dynamics participated and Challenger Motor Freight (an Optimal Dynamics customer) won awards.
• Geotabstandard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationFleet telematics platform integrated two-way with Optimal Dynamics for real-time fleet data and decisioning.
• Solerastandard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationTransportation technology provider integrated with Optimal Dynamics; Erica Frank (SVP Marketing) previously held senior roles at Solera.
• Manifold Freightstandard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationFreight technology platform integrated with Optimal Dynamics for data sharing and decisioning.
• Ditat Softwarestandard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationTMS provider integrated with Optimal Dynamics for two-way data flow.
• Motorcity Systemsstandard integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationTransportation systems provider integrated with Optimal Dynamics.
• KBX Logistics (Koch company)flagship strategic customer partner (koch ecosystem)Strategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic collaboration to modernize dedicated fleet operations; Optimal Dynamics platform integrates with KBX's proprietary TMS, automating year-out strategic planning through real-time decisions. Engine runs hundreds of simulations daily evaluating millions of decisions. KBX is a Koch company, and Koch Disruptive Technologies is the lead Series C investor in Optimal Dynamics.
• Covenant Logisticsadjacent sustainability partnerOthersCovenant Logistics' 2025 Corporate Social Responsibility Report lists Optimal Dynamics alongside TRANSTEX, Optimus Technologies, and REPOWR as sustainability partners contributing to ~204,000 metric tons of CO₂ reduction since 2010 and $67.9M+ cumulative cost savings.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Trimble Transportation: Large incumbent TMS vendor serving enterprise truckload carriers with progressively embedded AI-driven planning and dispatch features. Comparable because Trimble is both an OD integration partner and a competing platform for carrier planning workflows; OD's SVP of Product Jake Dettmer previously led product at Trimble Transportation.
• McLeod Software: Leading North American TMS for asset-based truckload carriers and brokers. Comparable as the dominant TMS layer with which OD deeply integrates and against which OD's decision automation is layered — McLeod customers are a natural install base for OD, but McLeod's own product roadmap increasingly includes optimization features.
• Uber Freight: Large digital freight broker with embedded carrier products including Powerloop dedicated tours, where OD's AI is integrated. Comparable as a strategic channel partner and adjacent platform: Uber Freight increasingly builds or buys AI decisioning, and Powerloop is a live deployment of OD inside a third-party product.
• J.B. Hunt 360: One of the largest US truckload carriers and digital freight platform operators. Comparable as a broad incumbent building internal AI optimization capabilities (e.g., J.B. Hunt 360, its digital freight matching platform), representing both a potential customer and a competitive data-rich carrier in the same truckload market.

Direct peers

• MercuryGate International: Enterprise TMS and transportation management platform with advanced optimization and routing capabilities for truckload, LTL, and intermodal. Comparable because MercuryGate serves the same enterprise truckload carrier and 3PL buyer as OD with overlapping optimization and dispatch features, including rate procurement and load planning modules.
• Turvo: Cloud-native TMS platform serving shippers, brokers, and carriers with collaborative planning and AI-augmented workflows. Comparable as a modern SaaS TMS targeting the same mid-market and enterprise trucking customer base with workflow automation and optimization capabilities that overlap with OD's decision automation layer.

Emerging players

• project44: Supply chain visibility platform with growing capabilities in lane-level analytics, decisioning, and procurement. Comparable as a data-rich freight technology player moving into adjacent decision-automation territory that overlaps with OD's plan-tier modules (Network Simulation, Bid Analysis).
• FourKites: Supply chain visibility and predictive ETA platform expanding into dynamic planning and procurement. Comparable as an emerging player pursuing the same enterprise shipper and carrier buyer with analytics-driven optimization features that increasingly intersect OD's network simulation and bid analysis capabilities.
• Motive (formerly KeepTruckin): ELD, fleet management, and spend management platform for commercial fleets with growing AI features. Comparable as both a primary ELD integration partner for OD and a platform that could expand into dispatch and planning automation targeting the same trucking buyer.
• Samsara: Connected operations platform (ELD, telematics, video, workflow) for physical operations. Comparable as a flagship ELD integration partner and adjacent fleet-operations platform expanding into workflow automation that increasingly overlaps with parts of OD's dispatch and fleet management scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors10 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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