Optimal Dynamics provides a decision-intelligence layer that leverages proprietary AI to automate, optimize, and improve decision-making across trucking and transportation operations. The company was born out of 40 years of research at Princeton University and is led by CEO Daniel Powell and CFO Scott Kenerly. Optimal Dynamics serves industry customers including CRST, D.M. Bowman, Halvor Lines, KBX Logistics, Leonard's Express, and Uber Freight. It intends to use the new funding to accelerate expansion of its platform capabilities and to scale product, support, and sales teams to meet surging demand for decision automation in logistics. The company raised $40M in a Series C to support that growth. Optimal Dynamics builds an AI-driven decision layer for transportation planning, powered by its CORE.ai engine. The platform automates and optimizes truckload planning by incorporating uncertainty to enable real-time, adaptive decision-making and resilient networks. Customers range from 50-truck middle-market for-hire carriers to major logistics firms, and the product answers strategic, tactical and real-time operational questions. The company plans to use new proceeds to accelerate hiring in critical areas to drive expansion and to better enable teams to deploy products to customers. Optimal Dynamics reported sales growth of +300% and momentum in revenue and customer adoption. The company was founded in 2017 by Daniel and Warren Powell. Optimal Dynamics develops the decision layer for logistics and supply chain management through its CORE.ai SaaS product, which consolidates strategic, tactical and real-time planning in one platform. CORE.ai enables dynamic planning and automated operations and can learn from and plan for uncertainty. The platform supports strategic what-if simulations, tactical planning (1–15 days) and real-time planning using the same technology. The company raised $18.4M in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners to support growth. It plans to use the funds to more than triple its current 25-person team with a focus on R&D and expanding sales and marketing. Management also intends to drive development of new products for the logistics and supply chain industry.

Total raised

$91M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series C

Latest activity

May 2025