Terminal Industries is an Austin, Texas-based startup applying AI and computer vision to one of logistics' most overlooked black boxes: the yard. While warehouses and over-the-road transportation have seen waves of digitization, the yards, terminals, and gate areas where trailers and containers are parked, staged, and moved remain stubbornly analog, often tracked with clipboards, radios, and human spot checks.
Founded by CEO Max Constant and CTO Neil Robertson, Ph.D., who previously co-founded and built two venture-backed AI companies together, Terminal develops AI platforms that digitize yard operations. The company leans specifically on computer vision to capture data that has historically been difficult or impossible to obtain at scale: which trailers are where, what is moving through the gate, how long assets are dwelling, and where bottlenecks form. By turning camera feeds into structured, real-time operational data, Terminal gives operators visibility they have never had.
That visibility unlocks optimization across yards, terminals, and warehouses, helping operators reduce dwell time, locate assets faster, improve gate throughput, and tighten coordination between yard operations and the broader supply chain. For logistics-heavy businesses, the yard is a frequent source of hidden cost and delay, and making it legible is the first step to making it efficient.
Terminal Industries emerged from stealth with a $17 million seed round co-led by 8VC and Prologis Ventures, with strategic participation from NFI Ventures, Ryder Ventures, Lineage Logistics, Vehicle Velocity Group, the Friedkin Group International, and logistics-focused venture firms including 9Yards, Northstar.vc, Amplifier, and MS&AD Ventures. The roster of strategic investors, spanning real estate, trucking, and cold-chain logistics, reflects how broadly the yard-visibility problem is felt across the industry. Headquartered in Austin with offices in San Francisco and London, Terminal is positioning computer-vision-driven yard intelligence as essential infrastructure for modern logistics operations.