chrt
Spring 2025
Active
chrt is a logistics platform for time-critical shipping
chrt is a logistics platform for time-critical shipping. We enable businesses to deliver their most critical items same-day.
Time-Critical Logistics is a $30B market growing at a 20% CAGR driven by growth in American healthcare and manufacturing.
Businesses that place time-critical orders are enterprises who have urgent items they need to deliver ASAP. These orders are critical in nature and often require white glove service -- think therapeutic treatments for healthcare providers or specialized equipment for manufacturers.
chrt provides a marketplace of professional couriers who pick up and deliver these orders. We build the software these couriers use to handle the shipments, including a driver app and fleet management tools. This gives us full control of the shipment and allows us to provide shippers with end-to-end tracking. It also allows us to intervene early if we notice something is going wrong.
We’re software engineers that became friends years ago at McKinsey. Kyle is an expert in Time-Critical Logistics, having led strategy at a leading startup in the space. Aaron is an expert at designing and implementing AI systems to handle complex coordination. We were shipping code together on nights and weekends for years before chrt; now we’re also shipping freight.
Active Founders
Co-founder and CEO
Software engineer, Co-founder and CEO of chrt, building a platform for Time-Critical Logistics operated by AI agents.
Previously, Kyle led Strategy at a Series C Time-Critical Logistics startup, scaling the company 4x and working closely with dozens of enterprise customers, like J&J and Boeing.
Kyle studied Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics and builds web and mobile apps.
Software engineer, Co-founder and CEO of chrt, building a platform for Time-Critical Logistics operated by AI agents.
Previously, Kyle led Strategy at a Series C Time-Critical Logistics startup, scaling the company 4x and working closely with dozens of enterprise customers, like J&J and Boeing.
Kyle studied Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics and builds web and mobile apps.
Co-founder and CTO
Software developer, AI/ML engineer, Co-founder and CTO of chrt, building a platform for Time-Critical Logistics operated by AI agents.
Aaron is an expert in the web stack. He's worked at a YC company as a full stack developer and deployed many full-stack side projects. He's also trained from-scratch AI/ML models, deployed NLP microservices, and self-hosted LLMs for clients like the DoD.
Aaron studied Chemical Engineering and Computational Science.
Software developer, AI/ML engineer, Co-founder and CTO of chrt, building a platform for Time-Critical Logistics operated by AI agents.
Aaron is an expert in the web stack. He's worked at a YC company as a full stack developer and deployed many full-stack side projects. He's also trained from-scratch AI/ML models, deployed NLP microservices, and self-hosted LLMs for clients like the DoD.
Aaron studied Chemical Engineering and Computational Science.
Company Launches
📦 chrt – Logistics Platform for Time-Critical Shipping
See original launch postHi everyone! We are Kyle and Aaron, co-founders of chrt.com. We’re helping businesses deliver and track their most critical same-day shipments.
🎯 Who is it for?
- Industrial manufacturers and healthcare companies that need white-glove, same- or next-day delivery with live tracking — for shipments such as life‑saving therapeutics or mission‑critical production parts
- Courier companies and freight forwarders that want to provide their customers with end-to-end tracking and custom workflows
⛔️ Problem:
- Businesses shipping critical items depend on outdated freight forwarders
- Two-thirds of these forwarders’ staff are call-center agents coordinating shipments across thousands of professional courier companies
- Call center agents rely on phone and email to reach couriers
- With no real-time tracking, shipment status is unknown, causing frequent failures and delays
- Your life-or-death shipment? Tracked worse than a pizza
✅ Solution:
chrt is the all-in-one platform for time-critical logistics
- 📦 Businesses place urgent shipments on chrt.com
- 🚛 chrt matches a vetted provider for pickup and delivery
- 📱 Couriers execute the job entirely through chrt’s mobile app
- 📍 Real-time tracking and custom workflows provide complete shipment visibility
- ⚡ Automation slashes overhead, delivering faster, cheaper, and more reliable service
🙋♂️ About us:
We’re software engineers that became friends years ago at McKinsey. Kyle is an expert in time-critical logistics, having led strategy at a leading startup in the space. Aaron led gen AI deployment projects at Deloitte, launching AI projects for clients like the Department of Defense. We were shipping code together on nights and weekends for years before CHRT; now we’re also shipping freight.
🙌 How to help us:
If you have or handle time-critical shipments (or know someone who does) we would love to get connected. We’ll help you ship your most complex and important orders same-day.
📧 Email us: founders@chrt.com
