Aida AI Dispatcher — 24/7 Broker Calls & Rate Negotiation

📦 What’s Included

Everything a dispatcher does — automated.

Aida replaces the manual work of calling brokers, haggling over rates, and chasing down paperwork. Every task below runs autonomously, around the clock.

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Outbound Broker Calls

Aida calls brokers directly from your contact list or from your DAT load board pipeline. She identifies herself by your company name, asks what loads are available on the lane, and requests the broker’s rate before revealing any number. Each call is recorded, transcribed, and stored in your TMS dashboard for review. Average call duration is 90 seconds. Aida can make up to 200 calls per hour across all lanes simultaneously.

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Rate Negotiation

You set three numbers per lane: floor rate (minimum acceptable), target rate (what you want), and max rate (your ideal outcome). Aida always asks the broker for their rate first and never reveals your floor. She negotiates upward from the broker’s offer using $50 increments, pushing toward your target. If the broker’s best offer is below your floor, Aida politely declines and moves to the next broker. No exceptions, no emotional decisions.

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Round Numbers Only

Human dispatchers quote round numbers. So does Aida. She never says “$2,137” — she says “$2,150.” All counter-offers move in $50 increments: $2,200, $2,250, $2,300. This makes Aida sound natural on the phone and prevents brokers from suspecting they are speaking with AI. Brokers respond better to round-number negotiations because it mirrors how experienced dispatchers actually work.

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Email Follow-up

After every call — whether a load is booked or not — Aida sends a follow-up email to the broker. For booked loads, the email includes pickup/delivery details, truck information, and a rate confirmation request. For unbooked calls, the email thanks the broker and expresses interest in future loads on that lane. This keeps your carrier name in front of brokers and builds long-term relationships without any manual effort.

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Voicemail

When a broker doesn’t answer, Aida leaves a professional voicemail. The message includes your company name, available truck type, current location, and a note that follow-up details are being emailed. Voicemails are kept under 25 seconds. Aida tracks which brokers received voicemails and schedules a callback attempt 45 minutes later. Brokers who don’t respond after three attempts are deprioritized for that lane.

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Call Analytics

Every call is recorded, transcribed, and analyzed. Your dashboard shows calls per day, average call duration, broker response rates, negotiation success rates, and revenue booked. You can filter by lane, by broker, by time of day, or by agent. Weekly reports summarize which lanes are performing, which brokers are reliable, and where your rates are trending. This data helps you adjust floor and target rates over time.

⚙ How It Works

How Aida Actually Works

Six steps from setup to booked load. No human intervention required at any stage.

You Set Your Rates

Open your carrier dashboard and set three numbers for each lane you run. Example: Chicago to Atlanta — floor rate $2,200, target rate $2,800, max rate $3,200. The floor is the absolute minimum you will accept. The target is what Aida aims for. The max is what she’ll ask for if the broker seems flexible. You can update these numbers anytime and they take effect on the next call.

Aida Calls Brokers

Aida pulls broker contacts from two sources: your personal broker contact list (uploaded via CSV or entered manually) and your DAT load board pipeline (if connected). She prioritizes brokers you’ve worked with before, then moves to new contacts. Calls go out in parallel — Aida can dial multiple brokers simultaneously across different lanes without any scheduling conflicts.

Asks Broker’s Rate First

This is critical. Aida never leads with your number. She asks: “What are you paying on Chicago to Atlanta today?” The broker gives their rate. If the broker says $2,600, Aida now knows where to start the negotiation. If the broker says $3,100, Aida might accept immediately since it exceeds your target. Never revealing your floor is the single most important rule in rate negotiation.

Negotiates in $50 Steps

If the broker offers $2,500 and your target is $2,800, Aida counters at $2,900 (slightly above target). Broker comes back at $2,600. Aida counters at $2,800. Broker says $2,700. Aida says $2,750. Each step is a round $50 increment. This back-and-forth sounds natural because it mirrors how experienced dispatchers negotiate. Aida won’t go below your floor even if the broker pressures.

Books Load & Requests Rate Con

Once a rate is agreed upon that meets or exceeds your floor, Aida confirms the load details: pickup location, delivery location, dates, weight, commodity. She requests the rate confirmation document from the broker and provides your carrier email for delivery. The load is automatically created in your TMS dashboard with all details populated. Status is set to “Booked — Awaiting Rate Con.”

Follow-up & Driver Notification

After booking, Aida sends the broker a follow-up email with a summary of the agreed terms. Simultaneously, the assigned driver receives a push notification and SMS with pickup details, address, and appointment time. The load appears in the driver’s mobile app with turn-by-turn navigation to the shipper. Your TMS dashboard updates in real time so you always know what’s booked, in transit, and delivered.

How Aida negotiates freight rates automatically

🎬 Real Scenario

Friday night. 11:47pm. Broker has a hot load.

The difference between having a human dispatcher and having Aida is most obvious late at night, on weekends, and on holidays — the exact times when hot loads pay the best rates.

❌ Without Aida

Broker calls at 11:47pm Friday with a hot load from Memphis to Dallas paying $2,800. Your dispatcher left the office at 5pm. Phone goes to voicemail. Broker waits 10 minutes, then calls the next carrier on their list. By the time you see the missed call Saturday morning, the load has been booked by someone else for $3,100.

Missed call at 11:47pm
Voicemail not returned until 8am Saturday
Broker already booked with another carrier
$2,800+ revenue lost
Broker less likely to call you next time
Driver sits empty until Monday

✅ With Aida

Broker calls at 11:47pm Friday. Aida answers in 2 rings. “Hi, this is Aida with [Your Company]. What do you have available?” Broker says Memphis to Dallas, $2,800. Aida knows floor is $2,600, target is $3,000. Counters at $3,100. Broker comes back at $2,900. Aida says $2,950. Deal. Load booked in under 3 minutes.

Call answered in 2 rings at 11:47pm
Broker’s rate obtained first: $2,800
Counter-offer: $3,100 (above target)
Settled at $2,950 — $150 above broker’s offer
Rate con requested, email sent automatically
Driver notified with pickup details by morning
Load in TMS before you wake up Saturday

$2,950 booked at 11:49pm

While you were sleeping. No dispatcher fee deducted. Full revenue to your truck.

🤖 The System

The 11 AI Agents Behind Aida

Aida isn’t a single agent. She’s a coordinated system of 11 specialized AI agents, each powered by GPT-4o, working together to handle every step of the dispatch process.

#	Agent	What It Does	Activates When
1	🔍 Lead Qualifier	Screens loads before any call is made. Checks if the lane matches your truck’s current location, if the pickup date works with your schedule, and if the posted rate is within range of your floor. Loads that fail screening are skipped entirely, saving call time.	New load appears in pipeline
2	📞 Rate Negotiator	The primary call agent. Dials the broker, introduces your company, asks for available loads and rates, then negotiates using your floor/target/max parameters. Handles objections, counter-offers, and closing. This is the agent brokers actually speak with on the phone.	Lead Qualifier approves a load
3	📩 Voicemail Agent	When a broker doesn’t answer, this agent leaves a concise, professional voicemail. Includes your company name, truck type, current location, and availability. Keeps messages under 25 seconds to ensure brokers listen to the full message.	Broker doesn’t pick up
4	✉ Email Composer	Drafts and sends follow-up emails after every call. For booked loads: confirms pickup/delivery, truck info, and requests rate con. For missed connections: thanks broker and states continued availability. Emails use your company letterhead and signature.	After every completed call
5	📄 Rate Con Parser	When a broker sends a rate confirmation PDF, this agent reads the document using OCR, extracts the rate, pickup/delivery addresses, dates, and any special instructions. It compares the rate con against the verbally agreed rate. If there’s a discrepancy, it flags the load for your review.	Rate con email received
6	🚚 Load Matcher	Matches available trucks to loads based on current location, equipment type, driver availability, and hours-of-service remaining. Prioritizes loads that keep trucks moving in preferred lanes and minimizes deadhead miles. Considers driver home-time preferences when scheduling.	Load booked or new truck available
7	🕑 Follow-Up Scheduler	Manages callback attempts for brokers who didn’t answer or requested a callback later. Spaces calls 45 minutes apart to avoid being annoying. After three unsuccessful attempts, the broker is moved to a lower-priority queue for that lane. Tracks optimal call times per broker.	Voicemail left or callback requested
8	🛡 Compliance Checker	Before booking any load, verifies the broker’s authority status, insurance coverage, and credit rating through FMCSA and third-party databases. Flags brokers with revoked authority, lapsed insurance, or poor payment history. Prevents you from hauling loads for unreliable brokers.	Before confirming any booking
9	📈 Lane Analyzer	Tracks historical rates for every lane you run. Over time, builds a database of what rates are normal, high, or low for each lane by day of week and season. Uses this data to recommend floor/target adjustments. Identifies trending lanes where rates are rising so you can position trucks there.	Continuously in background
10	📱 Driver Notifier	When a load is booked, sends the assigned driver a push notification and SMS with pickup address, appointment time, broker contact info, and any special instructions. Includes a deep link to the load in the driver mobile app with turn-by-turn navigation to the shipper’s facility.	Load is booked and assigned
11	📊 Analytics Engine	Generates daily, weekly, and monthly performance reports. Tracks total calls made, loads booked, revenue generated, average rate per mile, broker response rates, and negotiation win rates. Identifies your most profitable lanes, best brokers, and optimal calling times. Exportable as CSV or PDF.	End of each day / on demand

All 11 agents work together. The Lead Qualifier screens, the Rate Negotiator calls, the Voicemail Agent handles no-answers, the Email Composer follows up, the Rate Con Parser reads documents, the Load Matcher assigns trucks, and the Analytics Engine reports everything. No single point of failure. If one agent is busy, others continue working independently.

💬 What Carriers Are Saying

Owner-operators talk about Aida.

Real feedback from carriers who switched from human dispatchers to Aida.

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I was paying my dispatcher 10% of every load. On a $3,000 load that’s $300 gone before I even pay for fuel. Aida does the same job — actually better, because she doesn’t take lunch breaks — and it costs me nothing right now. Last week she booked three loads on Sunday while I was at church. I checked my phone after service and had $8,400 in booked revenue sitting in my dashboard.

Marcus T.

Owner-operator, dry van · Memphis, TN

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I was skeptical about an AI calling brokers. Figured they’d hang up immediately. But Aida sounds natural. She uses round numbers, she pauses at the right moments, she handles objections. I listened to about 20 of her recorded calls and honestly couldn’t tell it wasn’t a real person. One broker told me “your dispatcher is really sharp” — that was Aida.

Roberto D.

Owner-operator, reefer · Fresno, CA

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The floor rate feature is what sold me. My old dispatcher would sometimes accept loads below what I needed because he was tired or under pressure. Aida doesn’t get tired, doesn’t feel pressure, and absolutely will not go below my floor. I set $2.10 per mile as my floor and she has never once gone below it. That consistency is worth more than any human dispatcher.

Karen W.

Owner-operator, flatbed · Houston, TX

📋 Comparison

Aida vs Traditional Dispatcher

A side-by-side look at what changes when you switch from a human dispatcher to Aida.

Category	Aida AI Dispatcher	Traditional Dispatcher
Monthly cost	✓ $0 (free through Dec 2026)	✗ $800–$2,000/month or 8–12% per load
Working hours	✓ 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, 365 days/year	✗ 8–10 hours/day, weekdays only
Consistency	✓ Same performance every call, every time	✗ Varies by mood, fatigue, distractions
Languages	✓ English, Russian, Spanish natively	Usually 1, sometimes 2 languages
Rate negotiation	✓ Never reveals floor, always asks broker first	May reveal floor under pressure
Emotional decisions	✓ Zero — follows rules exactly	✗ Fatigue, frustration, personal issues affect judgment
Vacation & sick days	✓ None — always available	✗ 2–4 weeks/year plus sick days
Scalability	✓ Handles 1 truck or 100 trucks identically	✗ One dispatcher per 5–8 trucks maximum
Call recording	✓ Every call recorded, transcribed, searchable	Rarely recorded, never transcribed
Reporting	✓ Daily automated reports with full analytics	Manual spreadsheets if any
Training time	✓ Zero — already trained	✗ 2–6 weeks onboarding
Late-night loads	✓ Answers at 11pm, 2am, 4am — same quality	✗ Not available after hours

⚡ Getting Started

Setup in 5 Minutes

No contracts, no onboarding calls, no waiting period. You can have Aida making broker calls within 5 minutes of signing up.

Create your carrier account. Enter your company name, email, and set a password. No credit card required. The entire platform is free through December 2026, including Aida.

Set your lanes and rate preferences

Tell Aida which lanes you run. For each lane, set your floor rate (minimum acceptable), target rate (what you want), and max rate (ideal). Example: Dallas to Chicago — floor $2,400, target $2,900, max $3,300. You can add as many lanes as you want.

Upload or connect your broker contact list

Upload a CSV of broker contacts (name, company, phone, email) or connect your DAT account to pull load postings automatically. You can also enter broker contacts manually. Aida prioritizes brokers you’ve worked with before.

Configure your truck details

Enter your truck type (dry van, reefer, flatbed, step deck), weight capacity, and current location. This information is used when Aida speaks to brokers so she can accurately describe what equipment is available.

Turn Aida on — she starts calling immediately

Flip the switch in your dashboard. Aida begins calling brokers on your active lanes right away. You can monitor calls in real-time from the dashboard, listen to recordings, and review transcripts as they come in. Pause or stop Aida anytime with one click.

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