When AVI-SPL launched autonomous freight operations between Dallas and Houston, the technology solutions provider made a deliberate choice: announce what they had already accomplished, not what they hoped to do.
“We think that a lot of people are, especially with AI, saying, ‘This is what we’re going to do [and] we hope to do this,’” said Jeremy Codiroli, vice president of global supply chain at AVI-SPL, in an interview with FreightWaves. “And we wanted to really make a point of saying, ‘We did this. We are doing this. This is not a dream, this is real life.”
AVI-SPL’s commercial autonomous freight operations began the week of June 8, 2026. For Codiroli, the launch represents a forward-thinking approach to risk management in an industry facing mounting pressure…