The Los Angeles-based middle-mile freight service provider Warp has landed $10 million in venture capital backing and says that funding will support the launch of its first fully robotic cross-dock facility.
Warp plans to combine that cross-deck with a rapid expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) systems, allowing it to automate the entire freight lifecycle, from inbound receiving and dimensioning to smart sortation and outbound dispatch. Warp is already deploying AI across routing, pricing, scheduling, visibility, and customer service functions.
That new robotic cross-dock will soon connect to Warp’s existing national network of 50 standard cross-docks and over 10,000 carrier vehicles, from cargo vans to 53-footers, the firm said. In turn, that move will enable faster, more precise movement of goods across both B2B and D2C shipments.
In Warp’s vision, freight isn’t defined by mode, but rather by a shipper’s price and speed preferences. So by dynamically matching shipments to the best route, vehicle, and node regardless of mode, Warp says it is blending what the industry used to call LTL and FTL.
The “series A” round was led by Up.Partners and Blue Bear Capital, and brings Warp’s total funding to $22 million since its founding in 2021.
