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Startups in LatAm have a knack for disrupting antiquated business practices. And with record foreign VC investment in the region in 2021, more capital than ever is now flowing into solving the many problems that plague the last-mile delivery sector from the Rio Grande to Patagonia.  

In a region where many delivery companies still mainly rely on pen and paper, AI is now being applied to help solve issues that have plagued companies for decades. The Chilean startup sought to address the issue by applying their emergency services software originally built to help firetrucks cut down on their response time to the ongoing issue. The results have been extremely impressive, to say the least. 

Arriving just in time

SimpliRoute began as a university project that applied route-optimization algorithms to successfully help fire response units save 1,400 lives by reducing their response times by 40%. 

SimpliRoute’s Founder and CEO, Álvaro Echevarría

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