Built for the People
Doing the Work.
We're a Y Combinator-backed AI company building tools for freight brokers and carriers — people who move America's freight and deserve technology that actually helps them do it.
The Manifold Story
A Decade in the Making.
Oliver cut his teeth as the #12 engineer at Convoy, a company that would become known for its incredible technology and forward-thinking executive team.
It was at Convoy that he met Evan, Andrew, and Mac, and together they would build and utilize some of the most advanced technology the transportation industry had ever seen — spot bidding, tender acceptance, RFP tools, tracking updates, payments, and more. The kind of experience you can't fake and you can't buy.
When Convoy ceased operations in October 2023, Oliver and Andrew realized they had a window of opportunity to bring this technology to the market, anchored by a conviction that freight tech should bring value to every party in the transaction.
Y Combinator agreed. Manifold was accepted into the W24 cohort, and Mac became the first non-founder to join.
For some on the team, Manifold is a reunion. For others, it's a new adventure with people they'd heard about for years. And with future team members, it's all about expanding the vision while continuing to pursue excellence.
The Team
Meet The People
Behind the Platform.
Freight operators, engineers, and revenue leaders who got tired of waiting for someone else to build the tools this industry needed.
Oliver Jones
CEO & Co-Founder
Has worked across nearly every part of the freight lifecycle — spot bidding, tendering, scheduling, carrier matching, tracking, and payments. Believes the best teams, like the best technology, are built by pushing people beyond what they thought was possible.
When he's not doing that, he's at an open-pit BBQ with his large extended family or deep in a biography of someone who changed history.
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Andrew Huff
CTO & Co-Founder
Has spent nearly his entire career in freight tech — minus one enlightening stint at Dell building large-scale data storage systems. Gravitates toward startups because that's where problems worth solving actually live.
An amateur woodworker with an inexplicable focus on lamps; grew up in North Carolina, went to school in Indiana, and settled in Washington. Still migrating west, somehow.
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Trey Griggs
Chief Revenue Officer
Keynote speaker, author, and freight-tech revenue leader. Brings a contagious energy to every room he's in as he builds out an enjoyable and unforgettable customer expereince, from sales to steady customer.
In his spare time, he's winning gold medals at the International Barbershop Competition (2023, 2026) and taking in Chiefs games. He's also visited all 50 states with his family, most in an RV. The competitive drive is apparently non-negotiable.
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Mac Ankhelyi
Product & Customer Support
Five years in transportation blending ops, analytics, and an instinct for how technology should fit into real freight workflows. Builds customer relationships the same way he coaches competitive swimmers — with genuine curiosity, high standards, and a lot of patience for the process.
Also a decade-deep music producer and a certified weld inspector. Most well-rounded person on the team, or most dangerous at a bonfire. Possibly both.
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Evan Whipple
Technical Program Manager
Seven years in freight tech — four at Convoy alongside Oliver and Andrew, three at Amazon — gives Evan a range of perspective that shows up in every integration he touches. Leads new customer integrations with carrier portals and TMS systems — the technical foundation that makes everything else work.
An avid chess player and former college debate competitor who went head-to-head with universities domestically and internationally. Has performed twice at Benaroya Hall, Seattle's most-visited performing arts venue. Apparently has no interest in doing things halfway.
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Chelsea Schmidt
Full Stack Software Developer
A seasoned full stack engineer wise beyond her years, Chelsea builds incredible technology at an extraordinary pace — and builds it to last. She's the kind of engineer who makes hard problems look easy, which is a credit to her career as a licensed CPA before the world turned upside down.
When she's not building, she's rock climbing, swing dancing, deep in a sci-fi or fantasy novel, or refusing to lose at a board game.
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Fans First.
We took inspiration from Jesse Cole and the idea that you should build for your fans — not just your customers. A customer uses your product. A fan tells people about it, defends it, and feels like someone built it specifically for them.
In freight, that means the dispatcher who's answered the same ETA question 140 times today should feel like we built Manny specifically so they'd never have to answer it again. The broker covering spot freight at midnight should feel like we built the email automation specifically for that moment.
Every decision we make starts with one question: does this make the job better for the person actually doing it?
Eliminate Friction
Every extra click, every manual step, every "wait for someone to respond" is a failure. We measure success by how little our customers have to do.
Do the Unexpected
Most freight software does the minimum. We try to do the thing you didn't know to ask for.
Build for the Person, Not the Title
Our users are dispatchers, ops managers, freight brokers — real people who are really busy. We build for them.
What We Believe
The Principles Behind
Everything We Build.
These aren't values on a wall. They're the lens we use when we build, ship, and support every part of Manifold.
Freight is hard. We make it less hard.
We don't romanticize the complexity of freight. Margins are thin, timing is brutal, customers are demanding. Our job is to remove as much of the grind as possible so people can do more of the work they're actually good at.
Real AI. Not demos.
Freight has seen a lot of "AI-powered" tools that are really just dashboards with a chatbot bolted on. Manifold's AI takes action — it quotes loads, responds to emails, answers ETAs, and executes decisions. Not recommendations. Work.
Speed wins. We're obsessed with it.
In spot freight, the broker who responds first wins. The carrier who books first gets the load. Speed isn't a feature — it's the whole game. Everything we build is optimized around being faster than what the market expects.
Your team stays in control.
Automation that operates in the dark makes people nervous — for good reason. Manifold shows your team everything it does. Full visibility, full override. The AI handles the volume; your team handles the judgment calls.
Manifold is a Y Combinator company — backed by the same program that funded Airbnb, Stripe, and DoorDash. We take that responsibility seriously and we're building something that lasts.
Work With Us
See What We Built
For You.
We'd rather show you than tell you. Request a demo and see Manifold in action — built for freight brokers and carriers who are serious about doing more with their team.
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