About this episode

Matt Silver discusses the future of cross-border freight and the challenges of traditional logistics tools.

In this episode, Cargado founder Matt Silver joins Madelyn O’Farrell to unpack the future of cross-border freight between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. He shares his journey from Coyote Logistics and Forager to launching Corgado, a marketplace and pricing tool built specifically for freight brokers. They dive into why WhatsApp and spreadsheets break down collaboration across the 8–12 parties in a typical cross-border shipment, how better-structured data and workflow tools can replace today’s manual copy-paste work, and where AI fits in as more than just a band-aid on legacy TMS systems. Matt also explains why Mexico has become strategically critical for U.S. supply chains, the impact of NAFTA/USMCA, trade tensions with China, and pandemic-driven nearshoring, as well as remaining challenges in Mexican infrastructure and politics. Key takeaways: brokers should focus on relationships and problem-solving, not data entry; modern tools will blur the line between system of action and system of record; and long-term, supply chain collaboration will happen on shared, AI-augmented platforms that connect brokers, carriers, and shippers across North America.

People in this episode

Host: Madelyn O’Farrell

Guest: Matt Silver

Topics covered

• cross-border freight
• supply chain
• data collaboration
• AI in logistics
• marketplace tools
• nearshoring
• trade tensions

Keywords

• freight
• supply chain
• Cargado
• data tools
• collaboration
• AI
• nearshoring
• trade
• logistics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cargado, Coyote Logistics, Forager, NAFTA, USMCA, China

Places: U.S., Mexico, Canada

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