Flexport’s Ryan Petersen: tech’s trade expert on solving tariff chaos with AI agents & winning again
$50 billion. That’s how much in tariff refunds Ryan Petersen hopes to retrieve for U.S. citizens using AI agents recently built by his startup, Flexport.
But logistics unicorn Flexport was struggling when co-founder Petersen returned as CEO in 2023. Customers were fleeing; morale had plunged. Ryan talks about his Upstart Moment in engineering a comeback – and why AI agents are increasingly the answer for solving the messiest challenges in global trade.
Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:16 Tech’s ‘hurricane reporter’ 03:29 Scooter selling origins 06:49 ‘Schlep blindness’ 09:50 Flexport’s YC…
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