Lighthouz AI Inc.
Lighthouz AI is a back-office AI solution for freight brokers and 3PLs that automates AP, AR, and Collections using freight-native AI.
At a Glance
- Freight Brokers
- Third-Party Logistics (3PLs)
- Freight Forwarders
AI Tools by Lighthouz AI Inc.
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Lighthouz AI
Freight Brokerage Billing Automation
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NAD Logistics Partners with Lighthouz AI to Automate Invoice Audits and Scale Back Office Operations
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Lighthouz AI reports $330K revenue milestone
Products & Services
Back-office AI for Freight Brokerages that automates carrier bill audits, AP, AR, and dispute management.
Market Position
Lighthouz AI differentiates itself with 70-80% no-touch automation and deep integration with existing TMS systems, reducing back-office costs by up to 40% and accelerating cash flow.
Leadership
Founders
Srijan Kumar
CEO & Co-founder. Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech. Previously at Meta, Wikipedia, The Home Depot, and Flipkart. Holds 60+ AI publications with 6000+ citations. Awards: NSF CAREER, Forbes 30u30, Kavli Fellow. PhD from Stanford (implied/stated in other sources, but YC says 'Professor-turned-entrepreneur').
Sonali Pattnaik
CTO & Co-founder. Previously led AI teams at Progressive, American Family, and Halliburton. Holds multiple US patents and MS from the University of Washington.
Executive Team
Srijan Kumar
CEO & Co-founder
AI Professor at Georgia Tech and expert in AI systems with 14 years of experience.
Sonali Pattnaik
CTO & Co-founder
Experienced AI leader with a background in insurance and energy sectors (Progressive, Halliburton).
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Founders Srijan Kumar and Sonali Pattnaik met a decade ago at IIT and have been building together since. Srijan, an AI professor, and Sonali, an AI engineering leader, combined their expertise to automate the manual, error-prone back-office processes in the freight industry.
Business Model
Revenue Model
SaaS subscription and transaction-based model for freight bill auditing and back-office automation.
Pricing Tiers
Pricing is typically customized based on shipment volume and TMS integration requirements.
Target Markets
- Freight Brokers
- Third-Party Logistics (3PLs)
- Freight Forwarders
- Freight bill auditing
- Dispute management
- AP/AR automation for freight brokers
- Full Truckload (FTL) and Less than Truckload (LTL) processing
- NAD Logistics
- Southern Reins Logistics
- Hoplite
- ADL