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chrt is a logistics platform for time-critical shipping

Spring 2025Founded 20255 peopleLos Angeles, CA, USA
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chrt is a logistics platform for time-critical shipping. We enable businesses to deliver their most critical items same-day. Time-Critical Logistics is a $30B market growing at a 20% CAGR driven by growth in American healthcare and manufacturing. Businesses that place time-critical orders are enterprises who have urgent items they need to deliver ASAP. These orders are critical in nature and often require white glove service -- think therapeutic treatments for healthcare providers or specialized equipment for manufacturers. chrt builds the software for forwarders and professional couriers who pick up and deliver these orders. Couriers use chrt to coordinate and track their shipments, including a driver app and fleet management tools. Forwarders use chrt to dispatch couriers, book flights, and track time-critical orders from start to finish. Shippers use chrt to place these orders with their providers and to monitor everything. In addition, we also sell physical tracking devices that can be used to track valuable cargo or assets. This gives us full control of the shipment and allows us to provide shippers with end-to-end tracking. It also allows us to intervene early if we notice something is going wrong. We’re software engineers that became friends years ago at McKinsey. Kyle is an expert in Time-Critical Logistics, having led strategy at a leader in the space. Aaron is an expert at designing and implementing AI systems to handle complex coordination. We were shipping code together on nights and weekends for years before chrt; now we’re also shipping freight.

Founders Β· 2

Kyle Reagan
Kyle ReaganCo-founder and CEO

Software engineer, Co-founder and CEO of chrt, building a platform for Time-Critical Logistics operated by AI agents. Previously, Kyle led Strategy at a Series C Time-Critical Logistics startup, scaling the company 4x and working closely with dozens of enterprise customers, like J&J and Boeing. Kyle studied Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics and builds web and mobile apps.

Aaron Carver
Aaron CarverCo-founder and CTO

Software developer, AI/ML engineer, Co-founder and CTO of chrt, building a platform for Time-Critical Logistics operated by AI agents. Aaron is an expert in the web stack. He's worked at a YC company as a full stack developer and deployed many full-stack side projects. He's also trained from-scratch AI/ML models, deployed NLP microservices, and self-hosted LLMs for clients like the DoD. Aaron studied Chemical Engineering and Computational Science.

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