{"id":1228,"date":"2026-10-28T13:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T03:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truckit.net\/news\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T03:47:25","slug":"truckit-named-a-finalist-in-the-afr-boss-most-innovative-companies-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckit.net\/news\/truckit-named-a-finalist-in-the-afr-boss-most-innovative-companies-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Truckit named a finalist in the AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Truckit.net has been named a finalist in the Financial Review BOSS Most Innovative Companies 2026, in the Property, Construction & Transport category. We were recognised for Truckit AI: instant pricing and smart job search. We are honoured to be on the list.<\/p>\n\n

Freight is a complex problem<\/h2>\n

Moving freight across Australia is hard. The distances are enormous, regional routes are thin, and loads range from a single pallet to a prime mover. Thousands of independent providers each run their own trucks on their own schedules. For decades the industry managed that complexity with phone calls, spreadsheets and brokers. It works, but it is slow and expensive, and it leaves trucks running empty on the way home.<\/p>\n\n

Our answer is AI first<\/h2>\n

Rob Russell and the Truckit leadership team made a clear call: put AI at the centre of how we do business. That meant rebuilding things that already worked and investing ahead of where the industry is today. Our tech team, led by Saurav Rawal and Andrew Erickson, turned that strategy into products customers and providers use every day.<\/p>\n\n

Pricing in seconds<\/h2>\n

Our instant pricing model learns from more than a decade of Australian freight data. A customer describes the job and gets a realistic price in seconds, instead of posting a listing and waiting days for quotes to come back.<\/p>\n\n

Matching that fills empty kilometres<\/h2>\n

We replaced rule-based matching with a machine learning model that ranks providers on location, job type, history and backload opportunity. The right truck sees the right job sooner, and providers fill return legs that would otherwise run empty.<\/p>\n\n

Search that understands you<\/h2>\n

Providers can find work by typing what they want in plain English, like \"container jobs within 100km of Maryborough\". The Recommended Jobs tab goes further, learning what each provider quotes on, searches for and wins, and putting those jobs first.<\/p>\n\n

What comes next<\/h2>\n

We are building AI that reads a provider's existing rate spreadsheet and turns it into a live rate card, with no reformatting. Every one of these tools makes the next one smarter, because every job booked on Truckit adds to the data the platform learns from.<\/p>\n\n

Why the recognition matters<\/h2>\n

Being named a finalist tells us the AI-first bet is paying off. It is a credit to Rob and the leadership team for setting the direction, and to Saurav, Andrew and the tech team who have put in the hours to make it real.<\/p>\n\n

Congratulations to our category<\/h2>\n

Congratulations to Locatrix on winning Gold for its emergency preparedness platform and workflow, to CDC Data Centres on taking Silver for its closed-loop liquid cooling system, and to InvestorKit on securing Bronze for EDGE, its evaluation, data, and growth engine. A huge congratulations also goes to our fellow finalists: Sparrow XPL, Ready Media Group, Autopilot, Multipanel, Future Maintenance Technologies, and Herron Todd White. It is a privilege to be recognised alongside such a strong group of innovators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Gold<\/td>\nLocatrix<\/strong>, emergency preparedness platform and workflow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silver<\/td>\nCDC Data Centres<\/strong>, closed-loop liquid cooling system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bronze<\/td>\nInvestorKit<\/strong>, EDGE: evaluation, data and growth engine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finalists<\/td>\nSparrow XPL, Ready Media Group, Truckit.net<\/strong>, Autopilot, Multipanel, Future Maintenance Technologies, Herron Todd White<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n

Thank you<\/h2>\n

To the 8,500+ transport providers and the customers who use Truckit every day: you are the reason we keep building. We are only getting started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Truckit\"<\/td>\nClint Halket<\/strong>General Manager, Truckit.net<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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