Podcast

The Making of SearchCarriers.com

FreightCaviar · January 20, 2026

Why Garrett Allen, Founder at SearchCarriers.com, left big teams and crowded freight tech to run a carrier intelligence platform brokers rely on daily. This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, CtrlChain, CloneOps.ai. Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com. 00:00 Founder mindset – building fast, close to users 00:02:30 How SearchCarriers started and why it took off 00:04:57 The reality of working with FMCSA & public data 00:06:25 New Tools on the Platform 00:08:22 Garrett’s background in freight and FreightTech 00:11:16 Pivot from Load Partner to SearchCarriers 00:16:49 Live demo: inspections, ELP & linked entities 00:24:54 What’s next – Future features 00:28:28 Wrapping up and final thoughts

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