# AI Is Eating Logistics

**Author:** Y Combinator
**Type:** Video
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/N7-ai-is-eating-logistics
**YouTube ID:** KTmxaMdUbHA

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Logistics is a multi-trillion-dollar industry that quietly powers the entire global economy — and it's shockingly
manual.

Ryan Petersen, founder & CEO of Flexport, joins the Lightcone to break down how AI is finally touching the physical
world: making shipping cheaper, speeding up global trade, and automating work that used to live inside emails,
spreadsheets, and phone calls.

