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Industrial & Manufacturing
Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series D
Total Funding
$251M
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
2014
Uptake specializes in AI-driven software solutions designed for heavy industries, focusing on optimizing asset performance through data analysis. The company monitors over 1.3 million industrial machines, utilizing machine learning and failure data to predict equipment failures and enhance maintenance schedules. This helps clients, including steel manufacturers and logistics companies, reduce unplanned downtime and save on maintenance costs. Uptake's software integrates with existing systems, providing tailored analytics and predictive maintenance services. Unlike competitors, Uptake emphasizes measurable cost savings and improved equipment availability, aiming to maximize asset performance for its clients.
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Progressive Benefits - We’re proud to offer medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance - in addition to health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts and commuter spending accounts. And Uptake doesn’t just offer a 401(k) - we offer a match as well.
Family Oriented - We’re all about family. We provide parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers – birth or adoption. Our medical plan even offers a Special Beginnings program to get expectant parents and their children off to a healthy start with ongoing education, guidance and support.
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Doran Manufacturing has partnered with Uptake Technologies and is aiming to improve tire safety and fuel efficiency for fleets of all sizes by integrating Uptake Analytics with Doran 360 TPMS.
Adam McElhinney, the CEO of Uptake Technologies, a predictive analytics company, said he expects more companies will turn to the power of AI over the next decade to optimize data, leading to more informed decisions.Speaking with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller on Thursday at FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival, McElhinney discussed the future of AI in logistics. McElhinney’s company helps businesses transform data into insights that help them make better decisions to minimize unexpected downtime.McElhinney, who has been working in machine learning for 20 years, said AI is here to stay and will be even more deeply integrated into logistics companies within the decade. He recommended companies that are curious about AI consider what problems they hope to solve and determine if AI would be the best solution.“You’re going to see a lot more chat interfaces, voice interfaces,” he said. “You’re going to see all that unstructured data that we’re all sitting on — work orders, random Excel files, documents — become queryable, identifiable, and all that will have a positive impact on the industry in general.”He pointed out large language models (LLMs) as an opportunity for fleets. Important data about trucks can be hidden in the comments, notes and messages that go back and forth in a company, rather than just work orders themselves. The LLM can examine and structure that data in a searchable way, which McElhinney said enables customers to use their own data to predict failures or breakdowns — leading to big savings by avoiding unexpected costs. McElhinney also said AI can be handy for search
The American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) recently published a report on average standard repair times for many common repairs. Significant increases were shown for the majority of those repairs. While these repairs increase costs and labor for fleets, they also contribute to supply chain delays, driver turnover, roadside breakdowns and the loss of customers.FreightWaves teamed up with Uptake to survey carriers about their experiences with unplanned breakdowns, preventive maintenance and emerging predictive maintenance solutions. The duo sought to better understand fleets’ most common pain points, as well as their existing attitudes surrounding the implementation and advancement of the modern predictive maintenance model.Complete the form below to download the full report
California and its generous voucher program and subsidies available through the Inflation Reduction Act provide a comfort zone for electric truck purchases that wouldn’t exist without them.How long will incentives be needed? It’s going to be awhile.“We definitely need the incentive money right now to help lower the cost,” Salim Youssefzadeh, CEO and founder of startup Truck-as-a-Service WattEV, told me. “Long term, we have to see prices of these trucks come down. We have to see prices of the charging equipment come down.”That requires economies of scale. At least 1,000 Class 8 electric trucks, he said. But it’s probably more than that.Volvo Trucks North America, Paccar and Daimler Truck North America are building Class 8 electric trucks on regular production lines now. Daimler’s is a dedicated line in Portland, Oregon
Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) is working with Uptake to provide predictive analytics through a data-as-a-service (DaaS) model.
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Industries
Industrial & Manufacturing
Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series D
Total Funding
$251M
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
2014
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