Is Lunavo profitable in 2026?

No revenue or profitability figures are publicly disclosed for Lunavo as of July 31, 2026. The two-person YC F25 startup has a claimed live deployment with an intermodal freight forwarder but no independently verified revenue, per PitchBook's profile which contains no financial data.

Could AI replace Lunavo's carrier customers' back-office staff?

That is Lunavo's own pitch: it automates order intake, quoting, invoice auditing, and track-and-trace so carriers escalate only exceptions to humans. NFI already won a July 16, 2026 FreightWaves award for similar in-house automation, reclaiming 100+ hours per week.

Who is Lunavo's biggest competitor?

Freight Hero is the closest funded rival, raising a $5M seed round announced July 27, 2026 with nearly identical positioning managing back-office operations for freight brokers. TMS incumbents McLeod and project44 also ship overlapping AI features natively.

Lunavo Technologies GmbH is founder-owned, registered November 10, 2025 in Pullach im Isartal, Germany under Amtsgericht Munchen HRB 307008. Co-founders Felix Losch (CEO) and Stefan Niclas Heun (CTO) are listed as Geschaftsfuhrer, per a January 25, 2026 commercial register profile.

Has Lunavo raised a seed round?

No seed round has been publicly confirmed for Lunavo as of July 31, 2026. It is a Y Combinator Fall 2025 batch company that presented at Demo Day around December 1, 2025, but PitchBook's profile shows no disclosed valuation or funding data.

Does Lunavo have named enterprise customers?

No third-party-verified named customer logos were found as of July 31, 2026. Lunavo's own marketing site cites a 40 percent improvement metric using a case example, but this appears to be an illustrative product-demo screenshot rather than a confirmed customer.

YC Fall 2025 · Germany

Lunavo

Two-person YC F25 startup building an AI back-office assistant for freight forwarders.

Protection under test

Assessed 27 July 2026 · Evidence as of 27 July 2026

Something worth protecting exists and is being tested right now.

On the recordSince 27 July 2026 · Checkable from Q4 2026 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: Lunavo seed round announcement or failure to close

The call

Lunavo sells a real workflow into a real problem, but McLeod, project44, and better-funded rival Freight Hero are all building the same thing faster.

Lunavo is a two-person startup that uses AI to handle back-office work like scheduling for freight companies and shipping carriers. The problem is real and there is demand, but the big companies that already own the main shipping software (like McLeod Software and project44) are adding this AI feature directly into their own systems right now. Since they own the customer relationship and the core system that customers rely on every day, they can bundle the AI scheduling feature for free or cheap and lock out a startup like Lunavo. The one thing that could change this is if Lunavo lands a major paying customer before McLeod and project44 finish rolling out their own AI features, which would prove customers prefer a standalone tool over the built-in version.

Why

AI pressure: project44 AI agents and McLeod/Greenscreens.ai integration. TMS vendors that already own the system of record are shipping the same quoting and pricing agents Lunavo sells as an add-on. Could AI do the core job? Yes, likely.

Bigger players: McLeod Software and project44. Both are large logistics software vendors bundling AI features into platforms forwarders already use, with no pricing reason to keep buying a separate tool. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.

What protects it. None confirmed: no named enterprise customer, no funding round, and no disclosed founder domain expertise in freight yet.

What would change this call

Lunavo announces a seed round or fails to close one by Q4 2026. Shows whether Lunavo can fund a fight against better-capitalized rivals like Freight Hero.
McLeod or project44 ships an AI agent module matching Lunavo's quoting/exception-handling features. Confirms incumbents are absorbing Lunavo's feature set into the TMS system of record.
Lunavo headcount grows past 2-3 employees or gains a named, third-party-verified customer. Would indicate real traction beyond self-reported claims and mockup case studies.

Key numbers

2 employees as of mid-2026 (2026-07-20)
Freight Hero raised $5M seed for nearly identical product (2026-07-27)
No disclosed funding or revenue for Lunavo (2026-07-31)

Named risks

TMS incumbents like McLeod and project44 can bundle equivalent AI features natively with no cannibalization barrier. Severity: high
No disclosed seed funding as of July 31, 2026 while competitor Freight Hero raised $5M for similar positioning. Severity: high
Only 2 employees and no verified named customers, limiting ability to scale sales and support. Severity: medium
HQ and entity location inconsistent across YC listings (San Francisco vs Munich/Pullach), suggesting unsettled operating base. Severity: low
Large carriers like NFI building comparable AI capability in-house, reducing addressable market for third-party vendors. Severity: medium

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
McLeod Software	losing to	Shipped Greenscreens.ai dynamic pricing into PowerBroker July 8, 2026, natively bundling Lunavo's core feature
project44	losing to	Launched AI agents for procurement, scheduling, exception management around April 16, 2026
Freight Hero	losing to	Raised $5M seed with identical positioning announced July 27, 2026, versus Lunavo's undisclosed funding
NFI	losing to	Built in-house agentic AI automation, won FreightWaves award July 16, 2026, reducing need for outside vendors
Prox	contesting	YC-backed rival with agents already live in production at ShipBob for carrier claims automation

Questions people ask

Is Lunavo profitable in 2026?: No revenue or profitability figures are publicly disclosed for Lunavo as of July 31, 2026. The two-person YC F25 startup has a claimed live deployment with an intermodal freight forwarder but no independently verified revenue, per PitchBook's profile which contains no financial data.
Could AI replace Lunavo's carrier customers' back-office staff?: That is Lunavo's own pitch: it automates order intake, quoting, invoice auditing, and track-and-trace so carriers escalate only exceptions to humans. NFI already won a July 16, 2026 FreightWaves award for similar in-house automation, reclaiming 100+ hours per week.
Who is Lunavo's biggest competitor?: Freight Hero is the closest funded rival, raising a $5M seed round announced July 27, 2026 with nearly identical positioning managing back-office operations for freight brokers. TMS incumbents McLeod and project44 also ship overlapping AI features natively.
Who owns Lunavo?: Lunavo Technologies GmbH is founder-owned, registered November 10, 2025 in Pullach im Isartal, Germany under Amtsgericht Munchen HRB 307008. Co-founders Felix Losch (CEO) and Stefan Niclas Heun (CTO) are listed as Geschaftsfuhrer, per a January 25, 2026 commercial register profile.
Has Lunavo raised a seed round?: No seed round has been publicly confirmed for Lunavo as of July 31, 2026. It is a Y Combinator Fall 2025 batch company that presented at Demo Day around December 1, 2025, but PitchBook's profile shows no disclosed valuation or funding data.
Does Lunavo have named enterprise customers?: No third-party-verified named customer logos were found as of July 31, 2026. Lunavo's own marketing site cites a 40 percent improvement metric using a case example, but this appears to be an illustrative product-demo screenshot rather than a confirmed customer.

Timeline

2026-07-27Rival Freight Hero announces $5M seed round with nearly identical positioning
2026-07-20YC directory lists Lunavo at 2 employees
2026-07-16NFI wins FreightWaves AI Excellence award for in-house back-office automation
2026-07-08McLeod Software integrates Greenscreens.ai dynamic pricing into PowerBroker
2026-05-25Trade press reports TMS vendors broadly embedding native AI in trucking back office
2026-04-16project44 launches AI agents for procurement, scheduling, exception management
2026-01-25German commercial register confirms Lunavo Technologies GmbH founders
2025-12-01Lunavo presents at Y Combinator F25 Demo Day
2025-11-10Lunavo Technologies GmbH registered in Pullach im Isartal, Germany
2025-11-05Lunavo publicly launches on Y Combinator's Launch platform

Revision history

27 July 2026

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