Freight software provider Alvys has launched an agentic AI platform that allows carriers and brokers to automate operational tasks directly within its transportation management system (TMS). Called Alvys Foundry, the platform supports pre-built and custom AI agents that work with freight data and workflows already held within the TMS.
Foundry includes more than 20 pre-built agent templates. Customers can also create their own agents or work with Alvys engineers to build and configure agents around specific operating procedures.
The agents are designed to carry out defined steps in freight workflows, including detention processing, document handling, rate audits, shipment tracking, asset compliance, and claims management.
Alvys’ Detention Agent can identify when detention time has been exceeded and file the detention. Document Intelligence reads and files rate confirmations, bills of lading, and proofs of delivery, while the Track & Trace Agent handles check calls and shipment status updates.
Other templates include a Rate Audit Agent for checking invoices, an Asset Compliance agent for authority, insurance, and safety records, and a Claims Agent for opening and documenting claims.
Customers do not necessarily have to program those workflows themselves. Alvys says operators can upload an existing standard operating procedure or describe a task in plain language, after which Foundry generates a workflow for approval.
Agents can be tested against simulated data before deployment on live freight. Operators can then build, deploy, monitor, and pause them through the Foundry platform.
Alvys CEO Nick Darman said the platform was developed after the company observed how customers were adopting AI across their freight operations. He said some implementations introduced additional tools and logins without fitting into existing operating procedures.
Alvys already uses AI elsewhere in its TMS. Insights provides information across loads, lanes, and margins, Intel issues alerts on issues including weather and cargo theft, and another AI feature creates loads from uploaded rate confirmations. Foundry adds agents that can perform approved tasks within configured workflows.
Foundry operates on the existing infrastructure behind Alvys’ TMS, which includes more than 120 integrations and native electronic data interchange connections with hundreds of shippers. This gives the agents access to operating context such as lane history, customer rules, documents, margins, appointments, and exceptions.
“We have the freight context and we understand your lanes,” Darman said. He added that keeping the agents within the existing platform removes the need to maintain separate integrations and logins.
Alvys said Foundry runs on a SOC 2-compliant security foundation and that its agreements with model providers prevent customer data from being used to train public models.