Terminal vs Convoy
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"Plaid for commercial trucking telematics" with 150K+ trucks aggregated into universal API; YC S23 $3.1M Golden Ventures-backed enabling insurance and fintech UBI products without separate telematics integrations.
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Terminal is a San Francisco-based commercial trucking telematics data platform — backed by Y Combinator (S23) with $3.1 million in seed funding led by Golden Ventures with Wayfinder, Northside, McVestCo, and Boon Fund angels — providing a universal API that aggregates data from 150,000+ commercial trucks' telematics systems (GPS location, speed, harsh braking, vehicle diagnostics, HOS compliance data) into a single normalized API accessible to insurance companies, fintech lenders, and fleet management software developers. Founded by Raghav Midha and Connor Giles, Terminal is building the "Plaid for commercial trucking telematics" — the data aggregation layer that enables connected products without bilateral integrations with every individual telematics provider.
Convoy was the digital freight marketplace that reached $3.8B valuation before shutting down in October 2023; assets were acquired by Flexport as the US trucking industry's digital transformation continues.
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Convoy was a Seattle-based digital freight network that operated an automated matching platform connecting shippers with trucking carriers, aiming to bring Uber-style efficiency to the highly fragmented US trucking industry. Founded in 2015 by Dan Lewis and Grant Goodale, Convoy raised over $900M from investors including Google, Jeff Bezos, and T. Rowe Price, reaching a peak valuation of $3.8 billion as it grew to handle hundreds of thousands of loads per month across a network of hundreds of thousands of trucks.
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