News / Locus bids to hurdle India's last-mile barriers with artificial intelligence

Bangalore-based start-up Locus is using artificial intelligence to overcome last-mile logistics challenges in India.

In one of the world’s fastest growing e-commerce markets, the company uses AI to automate shipment sorting and route optimisation, processing up to a million orders a day for 3PLs and online retailers.

Locus co-founder and chief executive Nishith Rastogi (pictured above) said the company’s revenue was growing at 500% year-on-year, with 40 clients on the books and an expansion to South-east Asia under way.

“A million new locations are visited ...