Interview · May 5, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

Michael Caney

Let's Talk Logistics with Michael Caney

Michael Caney, co-founder of Highway, built the identity and compliance infrastructure that the freight industry should have had a decade ago — and grew from zero to 1,200 broker customers in four years because there was simply nothing else. In this episode, he breaks down the three types of freight fraud, how organized crime has turned cargo theft into a scalable operation, and why Highway is building less like a startup and more like Visa. Plus: why AI in carrier sales is the wrong first use case, what actually moves a broker’s P&L, and why posting loads in public is intelligence leakage.

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Interview · Apr 28, 2026 · 46 min

Danielle Spinelli

Danielle Spinelli spent 8 years as a broker moving high-value freight — copper, electrical, postal — and getting hit by cargo theft enough times to make it her mission. Now Director of Partnerships at Gen Logs, she breaks down how cargo theft has evolved from smash-and-grab to sophisticated load hostages and overseas shipments, why your vetting process might be blocking good carriers while bad actors slip through, and how AI is now arming thieves faster than the industry is adapting.

Enough listening. Let's talk about your freight.

15 minutes with people who ship sofas, pergolas and squat racks for a living. Bring your worst lane — we'll bring ideas.

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