Articles about Dan Lewis

Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis exits Microsoft to launch stealth startup aiming to reinvent AI supply chain

Dan Lewis, who led the Seattle freight marketplace Convoy before it shut down in 2023, has left Microsoft to start a stealth company focused on running AI models more efficiently, extending a career spent at the intersection of AI and logistics. Read More

Stop trying to make people read instructions: 10 startup lessons from Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis

Convoy co-founder and Microsoft Corporate Vice President Dan Lewis drew on his experience building the one-time unicorn trucking startup to share lessons for entrepreneurs at this week’s Seattle AI Startup Summit. Read More

Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis joins Microsoft in exec role leading work on enterprise AI

Dan Lewis, the former CEO of shuttered Seattle trucking startup Convoy, has joined Microsoft in a chief product officer role.… Read More

Flexport relaunches Convoy trucking marketplace after acquiring tech from Seattle startup

Convoy’s digital marketplace is back on the market following the demise of the Seattle startup and subsequent technology acquisition by… Read More

Convoy hit with class action lawsuit alleging violation of WARN Act

Trucking marketplace startup Convoy is facing a proposed class action lawsuit from a former employee, less than a week after… Read More

Convoy CEO makes first public comments on company’s shutdown

Convoy CEO Dan Lewis said his company got to the “1/2 yard line” on two potential M&A deals before the… Read More

First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

As summer approaches, many high schoolers and college students are off to their first jobs and professional internships across the… Read More

Convoy’s latest digital trucking breakthrough is 100% automation of the load pricing process

Convoy has reached another milestone on the long road toward complete automation of the trucking industry’s brokering process. The Seattle-based… Read More

Billion-dollar startup founders share advice on how to build teams, establish values, scale, and more

Manny Medina may be the head of a billion-dollar startup, but when asked what mythical creature represents the company, it’s… Read More

Convoy hires VPs of marketing and revenue, doubles workforce to 750 in bid to transform the trucking industry

Convoy is adding two new senior executives to lead marketing and revenue, capping a year of massive growth following a… Read More

Advice from Jeff Bezos: Here’s what the Amazon CEO taught this startup about cultural values

There are sprinkles of Amazon influence at Seattle startup Convoy, and that’s not by mistake. Convoy CEO Dan Lewis spoke… Read More

Podcast

Q&A: Convoy CEO Dan Lewis on lessons learned from Amazon, and disrupting the trucking industry

In a little more than a year, on-demand trucking startup Convoy has raised nearly $19 million from a high-profile group of investors.… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Football robots, giant piles of tech cash, the ‘Uber of Trucking,’ and Chewbacca trivia

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: An NFL team has begun practicing against robots; how Zillow missed its Zestimate,… Read More