Articles about Flexport

Supply chain startup Auger, led by ex-Amazon operations chief, raises $50M and lands big customers

Former Amazon executive Dave Clark’s supply chain startup has raised $50 million in new funding, bringing its total to $150 million, as it builds a customer base that includes Meta, Fanatics, and Kimberly-Clark. Read More

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

Flexport is selling Convoy’s technology to freight giant DAT

Convoy’s long, winding journey is getting another chapter. San Francisco-based freight forwarding company Flexport announced Monday that it is selling… Read More

Former Amazon exec Dave Clark is back in Seattle with a startup of his own — and $100M in funding

Dave Clark, the former Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO and Flexport CEO, is launching a new supply-chain technology startup called Auger,… Read More

Flexport buys Convoy’s tech; Convoy CEO Dan Lewis, other employees to join freight company

Freight company Flexport has acquired technology and a few dozen employees from Convoy, the one-time giant of the Seattle startup… Read More

Flexport reportedly working on deal to acquire Convoy’s trucking tech

More details are emerging about where Convoy’s assets may end up. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Flexport is… Read More

Logistics giant Flexport lays off 165 people from Bellevue office as part of larger cuts

The layoffs at Flexport are hitting the company’s Seattle-area office, with 165 employees affected, according to a new filing Monday… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Sprint CEO rejoins F5 board; Flexport engineering exec departs; and more

— Michel Combes, a longtime telecommunications and finance executive, rejoined F5’s board of directors. He previously stepped down from the… Read More

Tech Moves: Flexport execs depart; Rover adds board member; longtime T-Mobile leader to retire

— Dave Clark isn’t the only former Amazon exec out at Flexport. Five other ex-Amazonians who joined Flexport over the… Read More

Former Amazon exec Dave Clark abruptly resigns as Flexport CEO a year after joining logistics company

Dave Clark, the former longtime Amazon executive, has resigned as CEO of Flexport, the San Francisco-based logistics company he joined… Read More

Former Amazon consumer chief Dave Clark lands at Flexport as CEO

Longtime Amazon executive Dave Clark, who announced plans to leave the tech giant last week in an abrupt departure, has… Read More

Fresh off $1B funding round, shipping and logistics startup Flexport opens office in Seattle

Flexport has arrived in Seattle. The fast-growing shipping and logistics startup that just raised a massive $1 billion investment round… Read More

Why Amazon is getting into the freight business, explained by an industry insider

Amazon is getting directly into the business of moving packages and freight across the country and around the world. In… Read More