Global logistics surpassed $11 trillion in 2023, accounting for nearly 10.6% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that year, yet much of freight still operates manually. Key takeaways Freight and logistics remain one of the largest, least digitized cost centers in the global economy. 2026 is shaping up as a tipping point as AI routing, autonomous trucking pilots, warehouse robotics, and sustainability mandates move from trials to scale. A new wave of logistics startups in 2026 is tackling long-standing problems, such as high fuel costs, empty miles, poor visibility, slow turnaround times, and pressure to reduce emissions. The most promising freight tech startups are rethinking how goods move, are stored, and arrive. This article breaks down seven haulage and logistics startups with...