Big fleet or five trucks and a laptop — plug your systems into Crucible and get in front of local e-commerce shippers, manufacturers and 3PLs looking for capacity right now. No enterprise gatekeeping, no exclusivity, no cost to integrate.
Our Philosophy
Crucible wasn't built in a boardroom. It was built by someone who spent years managing freight from the ground up — and knows the difference between a fleet with a full EDI team and a five-truck operation running off a laptop and a cell phone.
Both deserve the same shot at new business. Integrating with us isn't about checking a technology box — it's about putting your trucks in front of local e-commerce shippers, manufacturers and 3PLs who are looking for capacity right now, the same way the big platforms do it for their carriers, minus the enterprise gatekeeping.
Big fleet or small, this is a way to reach markets you couldn't get in front of on your own.
Why Partner
Once integrated, your fleet's real-time status is visible directly inside Crucible for every shipper and 3PL we work with — local e-commerce operations included. No separate portal, no manual status calls, no closed door.
When Optimus manages an exception — a carrier intercept or a carrier change — integrated partners are the carriers it can actually act on. Non-integrated carriers aren't in the decision loop.
We build and maintain the adapter on our side. There's no integration fee and no exclusivity requirement — you keep every other lane and relationship you already have.
The Process
Four steps. Built on the same adapter architecture already running FedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS, XPO and ODFL.
Send us your API docs, EDI specs or tracking portal credentials. Whatever you already have is enough to start — we don't require a purpose-built integration on your end.
Our engineering team builds and tests a dedicated adapter against your systems. This is the same process we've run for every carrier already live in Crucible.
We run live shipments through the adapter with you before it touches client data, confirming tracking events, ETAs and status codes map correctly.
Your fleet's shipments become visible in Crucible in real time, and you're in the pool Optimus draws from for reroutes and carrier changes.
Ideal Partner Profile
Founding Partner Program
We're onboarding our first carrier partners now — 53-footers or a five-truck outfit, it doesn't matter. Tell us about your fleet and how you track shipments today. We'll take it from there.
Become an Integration Partner