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KlearNow Rebrands to KlearNow.AI, Highlights Strategic Emphasis on AI and ML

KlearNow.AI | March 14, 2023 | Read time : 01:42 min

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KlearNow, smart Logistics as a Service (LaaS) platform, announced the rebranding of KlearNow as KlearNow.AI. The rebranding is to better reflect the company's mission towards advancing the global logistics industry with cutting-edge AI and ML technologies.

KlearNow.AI has become a global leader in LaaS with a rapid 30x revenue growth in the past two years. It offers smart solutions that assist businesses in addressing the increasingly complex challenges that supply chain industries face. This rebranding signifies a turning point in the company's journey and underscores its dedication to utilizing AI and ML to bring greater innovation and automating workflows in the logistics sector.

Since its establishment in 2018, KlearNow.AI's AI and ML-powered platform has accelerated customs entry, and drayage processes, boosted productivity for freight brokers, forwarders, importers/exporters, and truckers by identifying exceptions, automating data capture, and eliminating defects, waiting time, overproduction, and manual rework. It also offers end-to-end shipment visibility to the related parties simultaneously. In addition to the speed and precision of its customs clearance and drayage process, which eliminates bottlenecks and costly delays, over one thousand organizations have already adopted its AI and ML-based platform.

By digitizing and automating import processes, KlearNow.AI enables industry 4.0 by dynamically connecting customs brokers, importers, freight forwarders, carriers, and truckers with shipments. This delivers real-time tracking of containers from origin to destination, extending shipment data connectivity and visibility. 

About KlearNow.AI

KlearNow.AI is a smart Logistics as a Service (LaaS) platform committed to simplifying global trade with AI and ML-driven products, making logistics cost-effective, clear and transparent by transforming B2B supply chains. It is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and is rapidly expanding its presence beyond the U.S. to the U.K., Canada, Spain, India, and now the Netherlands. It has doubled its global workforce and added over a thousand new customers across various industries, including furniture, industrial/manufacturing, food & beverage, automotive/transportation, apparel/footwear, and chemicals.

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