Optimizing cargo bike networks

Kale AI is a tech startup focused on AI-enabled dispatch and routing systems for last-mile delivery in cities, with an emphasis on cargo bikes. The company aims to fill a gap in the market for logistics software able to deal with the idiosyncrasies of cargo bike operations—the need to take steepness and terrain into account, the need to reload vehicles more often, etc. Partnering with optimization consultancy Nextmv, the company has developed a number of machine learning innovations for solving vehicle routing problems that optimize cargo bike operations more effectively.

As AI-enabled tools and methods for more efficient dispatching percolate from global logistics networks into last-mile networks, cities will benefit from a more efficient and resilient local delivery network. This will make cities more capable of responding to changes in demand for goods movement as climate adaptation measures are put into place.iosyncracies of cargo bike operations—the need to take steepness and terrain into account, the need to reload vehicles more often, etc. Partnering with optmization consultancy Nextmv, the company has developed a number of machine learning innovations for solving vehicle routing problems that optimize cargo bike operations more effectively.

As AI-enabled tools and methods for more efficient dispatching percolate from global logistics networks into last-mile networks, cities will benefit from a more efficient and resilient local delivery network. As adaptation create new demands for the movement of goods, cities will be able to respond quickly.