Trust at Every Mile: Carrier1 Earns a Spot on the 2027 FreightTech100

Carrier1 has been named to FreightWaves' 2027 FreightTech100. Here's what the recognition means and why the trusted transaction layer matters in freight.

Carrier1 Named to the 2027 FreightTech100

Chattanooga, TN · September 2026

On September 18, FreightWaves announced its 2027 FreightTech100 list of companies changing how freight moves. Carrier1 is on it.

We're proud of this, and we also know what it's measuring. FreightWaves' Research team reviewed the nominations and judged each company on three things: documented innovation, market impact, and how the company's ideas have changed since last year. That last one matters to us. The list isn't about who has the loudest pitch. It's about who is building something real and keeps pushing it forward.

This year's list changed a lot. More than half of the 2027 honorees weren't on the 2026 list, which shows how fast this industry moves and how hard it is to earn a place on it.

What happens next

The FreightTech100 is the starting pool for the FreightTech25. An independent panel of more than 80 industry executives will rank all 100 companies, and the accounting firm Henderson, Hutcherson & McCullough will independently oversee the vote. The FreightTech25 will be announced live on October 26 at the inaugural F3 Awards Dinner at The Signal in Chattanooga. The F3: Future of Freight Festival follows on October 27 and 28.

For a company based in Chattanooga, being recognized at home, in the city where so much of freight tech got its start, means a lot.

Why Carrier1

Freight doesn't have a technology shortage. It has a trust problem.

Every load passes through a string of disconnected handoffs: tendering, carrier checks, rate confirmations, tracking, documents, settlement. Each one sits in a different system, and each gap between them leaves room for fraud, errors, and cost. The industry has spent years automating work inside those gaps. Carrier1 is built to close them.

We're building the trusted transaction layer for freight, one connection between the broker, the carrier, and the driver:

• Carrier1: Your carrier network, working as one.
• Vault: Every load. Every action. One trusted record. Vault gives brokers one place to tender, verify, confirm, and document every load, with identity and insurance checks built into the transaction.
• Driive: Every load. One driver experience. The one App Drivers will actually use.

We're not anti-AI. We're the opposite. AI needs somewhere to work, and it works better on top of a trusted, connected record than on scattered data. Brokers keep the tools they already rely on. Carrier1 gives those tools solid ground to stand on.

Being named to the FreightTech100 tells us the industry sees what we see: freight's next step isn't one more tool, it's a trusted way for every party on a load to transact. We're building that and we're grateful to be recognized alongside companies pushing this industry forward. — Travis Rhyan, CEO, Carrier1

Thank you

To the FreightWaves Research team, to everyone who nominated us, and to the early partners, carriers, and drivers helping shape what we build: thank you. Recognition like this comes from the work, and the work comes from the people doing it with us.

We'll see you at F3 in October.

One Connection. Trust at Every Mile.