The Buzz for August 2nd: Featuring Venture 53 Field Day Winners
The Buzz is Supply Chain Now’s regular Monday livestream, held at 12 noon ET each week. This show focuses on some of the leading stories from global supply chain and global business, always with special guests – the most important of which is the live audience!
In this week’s episode of The Buzz, hosts Scott Luton and Mary Kate Love welcomed Dan White with Venture 53, Venture 53’s first Field Day winners, Reade Kidd with EDRAY and Beth Flippo with Drone Express. Together they discuss the recent Venture 53 Field Day event in Atlanta, along with:
- Gen AI’s demanding energy needs
- Investors pulling back on funding for logistics start-ups
- The (near!) future of drone delivery
- New tech solutions for international shippers
- And so much more!
This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Mary Kate Love, and produced by Amanda Luton and Katherine Hintz.
Additional Links & Resources
Check out all the great resources and information mentioned during the show:
- Watch this episode NOW on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/C2mwlRLXlQg
- Check out the episode transcript here: https://bit.ly/3LMUMVE
- Most recent edition of With That Said: https://bit.ly/3YtHaq5
- 1st Annual Transportation Management Technology Survey with RateLinx: https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/OVD4kQ
- Logistics start-up funding: The investor pullback continues- https://bit.ly/3YoLA1h
- Generative AI requires massive amounts of power and water, and the aging U.S. grid can’t handle the load: https://bit.ly/46u3XUr
- Scott’s article about Venture 53 Field Day: https://bit.ly/4cZ8jVX
- Connect with the Supply Chain Now community & programming: https://linktr.ee/Supplychainnow
- Learn more about EDRAY: https://www.edray.com/
- Learn more about Drone Express: https://droneexpress.com/
- Learn more about Venture 53: https://www.venture53.com/
- OMNIA Partners Spend Visibility: From Analysis to Action: https://bit.ly/3LdMgyS
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