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Platform Science, the creator of the leading edge application platform for transportation, Virtual Vehicle, today announced that it was named #2 in the 2025 FreightTech 25 Awards by industry news leader, FreightWaves.

Platform Science, the creator of the leading edge application platform for transportation, Virtual Vehicle, today announced a partnership with Phillips Connect, a renowned technology company specializing in IoT devices and fleet solutions. The partnership brings Phillips Connect’s DriverAssist, an integration that delivers actionable trailer insights such as tractor-trailer pairing and TPMS directly into the cab for drivers, to the Virtual Vehicle Marketplace.

Trimble (NASDAQTRMB) and Platform Science announced today they are partnering to transform the transportation industry through a definitive agreement for Platform Science to acquire Trimble’s global transportation telematics business units. As part of this agreement, Trimble will become a shareholder in Platform Science’s expanded business.

Platform Science, the leading edge application platform for transportation, today announced a strategic partnership with TAT (formerly known as Truckers Against Trafficking), a nonprofit organization focused on educating members of the truck, bus and energy industries about the realities of human trafficking and how they can combat it. Through this partnership, the TAT app for ELDs will be installed on tablets provided to Platform Science customers. This initiative ensures that drivers have immediate access to vital resources and tools necessary to identify and report suspected human trafficking incidents.

Platform Science, the leading edge application platform for transportation, announced today that it has achieved the ISO 27001 certification of its information security management system supporting infrastructure and services used to support the development, operations, maintenance, and delivery of the Platform Science Connected Vehicle and Cloud portal applications within the U.S.

Platform Science expanded its leading Virtual Vehicle® application platform to include tractor-trailer pairing across fleets with SkyMatch, an end-to-end asset management solution from SkyBitz, a brand of AMETEK® Telular.

Platform Science, the leading edge application platform for transportation, announced today that it raised $125 million in growth capital to accelerate innovation in the commercial transportation sector. Key strategic investors included C.R. England, Cummins, Daimler Truck, PACCAR, RyderVentures, and Schneider. New financial investors included Activant Capital, BDT & MSD Partners, and Manhattan Venture Partners. Platform Science also had strong participation from existing investors, including 8VC, NewRoad Capital Partners, and Prologis Ventures, underscoring their commitment to the company’s growth plans.

Platform Science announced today that its Virtual VehicleTM platform is being deployed by many of the world’s largest commercial trucking fleets, including Schneider, Werner Enterprises, C.R. England, and Covenant Logistics, as the need for aftermarket in-vehicle tech hardware ends in favor of a more flexible, consistent, cost effective, open software platform that lives natively on the vehicle.

Cheema Freightlines, a 17-year-old family owned-and-operated dry truckload transportation company, and Platform Science, a leading connected vehicle platform, today announced a partnership to roll out Platform Science’s Virtual VehicleTM platform to Cheema’s fleet of more than 500 trucks servicing the Western United States.

Platform Science, a leading connected vehicle platform, today announced it has been recognized on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500TM, a ranking of the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America.

Averitt, a leading provider of freight transportation and supply chain management solutions with an international reach to 100+ countries, and Platform Science, a leading connected vehicle platform, today announced a partnership to roll out Platform Science’s Virtual Vehicle to Averitt’s fleet. Averitt will deploy the Virtual Vehicle platform - which acts as the operating layer through which any application can collaborate with another - to the more than 5,000 trucks that comprise its LTL, TL, and dedicated divisions.

Platform Science, a leading connected vehicle platform, and Aperia Technologies Inc., a leading supplier of tire management technologies that improve the safety and efficiency of commercial vehicle tractors and trailers, announced today that Aperia’s Halo Drive app will be featured in Platform Science’s solutions catalog. Halo Drive is the industry's first automated pre-trip tire inspection tool to deliver comprehensive tire health insights to drivers. Platform Science's innovative transportation solutions make it easier for fleets to develop, deploy, and manage mobile devices and applications on commercial vehicles.