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Convoy (with CEO Dan Lewis)

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Alright, I just checked and the waveform does spike and clip when I scream like that, so we'll try not to do that anymore for the sake of everyone home. Welcome to season five, episode nine. The home stretch. Of Acquired, the podcast about great technology companies and the stories behind them. We are coming to you live today from the University of Washington. Audience. Can we hear ya?

I'm Ben Gilbert. I'm David Rosenthal. And we are your hosts. Let's talk about trucks. Eighteen wheelers.

Semaize The long haul guys. One out of every four of these that you see on the road. is completely empty. Truckers finish a job and then pick up the phone to find their next load, which could be a state or more away.

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