Deep Cognition’s forward-thinking technology has earned the company the title of “Top Tech Startup Award” from Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain, one of the most prominent publications covering the supply chain industry. This recognition reinforces the value we’re delivering to the global logistics ecosystem and signals strong market validation for our approach to AI for customs and freight forwarding. More than a milestone for our team, it reflects our focus on building solutions that address real operational challenges and help logistics businesses drive accuracy, efficiency, and resilience at scale.
Solving a Persistent Operational Bottleneck
Deep Cognition identified a recurring operational bottleneck inside freight forwarding and customs brokerage: teams were drowning in customs paperwork. Hours were lost manually copying data across documents, double-checking codes, and correcting declaration errors. A single mistake could trigger delays, fines, or even a shipment being held at the border. The process was archaic, the workload was overwhelming, and the risk was simply too high.
This challenge led Deep Cognition to build PaperEntry AI platform, a system designed specifically for freight forwarders and customs brokers. It ingests customs documents, extracts and validates key data points, and feeds accurate information into existing workflows and systems. The result is fewer manual touchpoints, faster processing times, and reduced compliance risk.
The PaperEntry AI Platform is a classic example of how Deep Cognition approaches product innovation: we focus on targeted, high-impact use cases where automation can meaningfully change day-to-day operations, not just at a pilot level, but at production scale.
How Deep Cognition Earned the Top Tech Startup Award
Being recognized as a Top Tech Start Up in Food & Supply Chain is the result of disciplined execution against a clear vision: applying AI to high-stakes, high-friction logistics workflows where accuracy, compliance, and cycle time directly affect the P&L.
Domain-specific AI, not generic tooling
Deep Cognition is purpose-built for logistics, freight forwarding, and customs – domains where documentation, regulatory compliance, and data quality are mission-critical. PaperEntry AI platform reflects this focus: it is trained on real customs workflows and decision points, not just unstructured text, enabling higher accuracy and more reliable automation in production environments.
Measurable operational and financial impact
Our customers deploy PaperEntry across millions of shipments per year to materially reduce manual data entry, accelerate clearance times, and lower error rates in customs declarations. These improvements translate into reduced operating costs, stronger SLA performance, and lower compliance risk-outcomes that matter at the executive level, not just incremental process efficiencies.
Enterprise-grade integration and governance
Deep Cognition delivers enterprise-grade AI purpose-built for the complexities of global freight forwarding operations. Acting as a TMS-agnostic automation layer, our technology integrates deeply with the major transportation management systems, ERPs, and customs platforms used across the industry today.
This enables straight-through processing across shipment execution, documentation, and compliance workflows-while preserving established controls, security, and governance frameworks. By complementing rather than replacing core systems, Deep Cognition allows forwarding organizations to scale AI adoption rapidly without costly, disruptive platform migrations.
Scale for global, multi-market operations
Our platform is engineered to handle high document volumes and multi-country workflows, enabling global logistics providers to apply consistent intelligence, rules, and controls across their network, whether they are processing tens, hundreds, or thousands of shipments per day.
This recognition from Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain underscores the combination of innovation, deep domain specialization, and operational rigor that defines Deep Cognition’s approach to transforming the global logistics ecosystem
Customers as Strategic Partners
Deep Cognition’s recognition is rooted in the strength and depth of our customer partnerships. Our product roadmap is shaped in close collaboration with the people who run logistics every day — heads of customs, operations executives, and digital transformation leaders who are directly accountable for service quality, compliance, and performance at scale.
Customers consistently highlight three reasons they partner with Deep Cognition:
Reliability in production – Our solutions are built to withstand real-world complexity, not only demo environments.
Responsiveness and collaboration – We work closely with customers to fine-tune models, workflows, and integrations to their specific business.
Clear ROI – Beyond incremental improvements, automation delivers real results: 60–70% average time savings per shipment, 3–4x productivity gains, and materially reduced manual work and errors.
Looking Ahead
Being recognized as a Top Tech Startup by Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain is an important milestone, but for Deep Cognition, it is also a starting point. We will continue investing in AI-driven products like PaperEntry AI platform that help logistics organizations modernize their operations, reduce risk, and build more resilient supply chains.
Our mission remains clear:
To bring practical, production-grade AI to the global logistics ecosystem, so that teams can focus less on paperwork and more on delivering value to their customers.
If you’d like to explore how Deep Cognition’s technology can strengthen your customs and logistics operations, our team would welcome the opportunity to connect.
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