Our Story

Built by people who
actually drove the trucks.

VAU0 LLC was founded in 2024 — but the people behind it have been in trucking since before most dispatch software existed. Combined, our team has over 25 years in trucking operations and over 25 years in enterprise software development. We didn't read about trucking problems in a business school case study. We lived them.

2024
Year VAU0 LLC was founded
2015
Year our founders started in trucking
1999
Year our tech team started in IT
10+
Years combined trucking operations experience
How We Got Here
We didn't build VAU0 because we saw a market opportunity. We built it because we needed it ourselves.

In 2015, we started working in trucking — first as drivers, then as owner-operators, then managing fleets. Every year, we watched the same problems repeat. Dispatch software that costs $500 per truck per month but was built by people who've never been inside a cab. ELD systems that comply with regulations but make drivers' lives harder. AI that's really just a chatbot with a trucking theme. We kept buying software that promised to solve our problems and kept ending up back at Excel spreadsheets and phone calls.

In 2024, we decided to stop complaining and build what we actually needed. VAU0 LLC was incorporated in Albuquerque, NM. We put our own trucks on the road as a licensed carrier — not for freight revenue, but as a live test environment. Every feature we build gets tested on our own operation before it goes to customers. If it doesn't work for us, it doesn't ship.

"Most trucking software is built by engineers who've never seen a weigh station. We're engineers who've run weigh stations, negotiated with brokers at midnight, and replaced a blown tire in a rest area at 3am. That's why VAU0 is different."
— VAU0 LLC Founders
Our Journey
25 years of experience. 2 years of VAU0.
The company is new. The experience behind it is not.
1999 — The IT Foundation
Our tech leadership enters the technology industry
Our senior technology team began their careers in enterprise IT in 1999 — when the internet was still being figured out. Over the next 25 years, they built and scaled software systems across logistics, finance, and operations for companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. Database architecture, API design, real-time systems, AI integration — the technical foundation that VAU0 runs on was built over decades of real enterprise software work.
2015 — First Truck
We got into trucking the hard way — behind the wheel
In 2015, our founding team entered the trucking industry as drivers and owner-operators. Not as consultants. Not as observers. As CDL holders running loads, dealing with brokers, filing IFTA, managing HOS compliance, and learning what it actually costs to keep a truck profitable. This experience would become the foundation for every product decision VAU0 makes.
2018 — Fleet Management
Scaled to fleet operations
After years as owner-operators, we started managing fleets — overseeing multiple trucks, multiple drivers, and the full complexity that comes with it. Dispatch, compliance, driver qualification, safety management, insurance, broker relationships. We used every major TMS and ELD system on the market. We found them all lacking in different ways. The expensive ones were overbuilt and disconnected from reality. The cheap ones cut corners on the things that mattered.
2022 — The AI Experiment
We started experimenting with AI for dispatch
When GPT-4 became available, we immediately started testing whether AI could handle broker calls. The first tests were rough — AI that sounded robotic, couldn't handle objections, and quoted odd numbers that made brokers suspicious. We spent two years refining the approach — training on real broker call transcripts, building rate negotiation logic with floor/target/ceiling structure, and tuning the personality until brokers couldn't tell the difference.
2024 — VAU0 LLC Founded
VAU0 LLC incorporated in Albuquerque, NM
In 2024 we officially incorporated VAU0 LLC as a licensed motor carrier and technology company. We put our own trucks on the road — not to move freight for profit, but to test our platform in real conditions. ERETH ELD registered with FMCSA under ELD ID ERS238. VAU0 Portal launched in beta. AI dispatch agents began live broker calls.
2025 — Platform Launch
VAU0 Portal opens to carriers
After months of internal testing on our own fleet, VAU0 Portal opened to other carriers. Early adopters helped us identify gaps and improvements. AI dispatch handled its first real broker negotiations. Rate Con AI parsed its first external PDFs. ERETH ELD deployed on trucks outside our own fleet. The feedback validated our core thesis: carriers needed tools built by people who understood their work.
2026 — Where We Are Now
Growing fast. Staying honest.
In 2026, VAU0 serves carriers from owner-operators to 100+ truck fleets. We have 700+ driver applications processed through our portal, 10+ carrier companies operating on the platform, and AI dispatch agents handling real broker calls 24/7. We're still a young company — but behind the company is a team with decades of real experience in the two industries that matter most: trucking and technology.
Our Home
Albuquerque, NM. Not San Francisco.

Silicon Valley builds trucking software from conference rooms and pitch decks. We build it from Albuquerque, NM — where I-25 and I-40 intersect. The distribution centers of Amazon, Walmart, and dozens of manufacturers are within reach. When we walk outside our office, we see the industry we serve.

Albuquerque sits at the crossroads of I-25 and I-40 — a critical artery of the southwestern freight network. New Mexico is a gateway state connecting the Pacific Coast to the heartland. We build here because this is where the freight moves.

"We didn't move to Austin to be near investors. We built where the trucks run."
— VAU0 LLC, Albuquerque, NM
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Built in America's Freight Corridor
Albuquerque sits at the intersection of I-25 and I-40 — a key freight corridor connecting the Southwest. Every day, thousands of trucks pass through. We know this industry because we live in it.
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Our Own Trucks
We don't just build the software. We run it on our own trucks.
Every carrier that uses VAU0 gets a platform that's been tested in real operations — not just in a development environment.
Live Testing
Our Fleet Runs VAU0 Every Day
VAU0 LLC operates its own trucks as a licensed motor carrier. Every feature in VAU0 Portal is tested on our fleet before it ships to customers. If something breaks in real conditions, we find it before you do. If a feature doesn't help in real operations, it doesn't make the cut.
Autonomous Research
Testing Autonomous Technology
We're not just building software for today's trucks. Our fleet is our testbed for autonomous vehicle technology integration — sensors, cameras, and AI systems that we're developing to eventually allow trucks to operate with reduced human intervention. We expect autonomous truck routes on select corridors by 2030. The software infrastructure we're building now is designed with that future in mind.
ERETH ELD
Our Own ELD — FMCSA Registered
We didn't integrate with someone else's ELD. We built our own — ERETH ELD, registered with FMCSA under ELD ID ERS238. Every telemetry feature, every HOS rule, every DVIR workflow was developed on our own trucks. We know ERETH ELD works because we stake our own compliance on it every day.
The People
The team behind VAU0.
A small team with a combined half-century of experience in trucking and technology.
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Operations Leadership
Trucking & Fleet Management
Over 10 years in trucking — started as a CDL driver, progressed to owner-operator, fleet manager, and carrier operations. Has managed dispatch, compliance, driver qualification, and safety for multi-truck operations. Understands every problem in VAU0 because he's lived it.
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Technology Leadership
Software Architecture & AI
25+ years in enterprise technology starting in 1999. Has architected software systems for logistics, financial services, and operations companies. Led AI integration projects and real-time data systems before most companies were talking about AI. Knows that good software has to be invisible — it should make hard things simple, not add complexity.
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Product & Growth
Product Development & Partnerships
Bridges trucking operations and technology — has worked in both industries and understands what carriers actually need vs what software companies think they need. Manages product development priorities, carrier partnerships, and the growing network of carriers and brokers on the VAU0 platform.
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We're a small team. We don't have 200 employees and a ping pong table. We have people who answer emails the same day, who get on calls when something isn't working, and who care about whether this platform actually helps you.
What We Believe
What we stand for.
🔧
Build it. Use it. Improve it.
We run VAU0 on our own trucks. We use ERETH ELD for our own compliance. Our AI agents call brokers for our own loads. We have skin in the game — and that changes how we build.
💬
Say what it does. Do what it says.
We don't promise features that are 18 months away. We don't say "AI-powered" when we mean "we added a keyword filter." Every feature page tells you what's live today and what's coming — and when.
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Small carriers deserve enterprise tools.
The owner-operator with one truck deserves the same technology as Schneider or Werner. Enterprise TMS companies priced out small carriers for decades. We're here to end that. Free through 2026 is not a marketing tactic — it's a commitment to proving value before asking for payment.
How We Build
Technology should disappear. The work should remain.
The best logistics software is the kind you stop noticing. You upload a rate con and the load creates itself. You set your minimum rate and the AI handles the negotiation. You plug in the ELD and the HOS logs itself. Every feature we build is evaluated by one question: does this make the driver's job simpler, or does it make it more complicated? If the answer is "more complicated" — we go back to the drawing board.
We have 25 years of IT experience, and we've watched the technology industry make the same mistake over and over: building for the demo, not for the person doing the actual work. A trucking platform that looks good in a pitch deck but requires 3 hours of training before a driver can file a DVIR is a failure. VAU0 is built to be picked up and used — by a 58-year-old trucker who has been on the road since before smartphones existed, or by a 24-year-old who just got their CDL and is running their first load.
Find Us
We're real people. You can reach us.
General
Contact Us
We respond to every email. Usually same day during business hours. If you have a question about the platform, a feature request, or just want to talk trucking — reach out.
Enterprise
Large Fleet or Broker?
If you're a carrier with 50+ trucks or a freight broker looking to integrate real-time tracking and carrier vetting, our enterprise team will personally walk you through the platform and your specific needs.
Location
Albuquerque, NM
VAU0 LLC is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM — at the intersection of I-25 and I-40. We're in the middle of the freight network we serve. Licensed motor carrier and technology company.
25 years of experience. 2 years of VAU0. All free through 2026.
Join the carriers who trust VAU0 to run their operations — built by the people who've run the same operations.