About 3PL Connect
The 3PL market, still sourced by cold call.
There is no Zillow for warehouses. No LinkedIn for 3PLs. Shippers still find third-party logistics partners through broker referrals and six-week RFP cycles. 3PL Connect is the AI marketplace that market never had.
The gap
Every market got its map. Except one.
Homes got Zillow.
real-estate listings, mid-2000s
Careers got LinkedIn.
professional network, early-2000s
Trucking got load boards.
digital freight matching, decades ago
Warehousing got a phone book.
still sourced by cold call
Discovery layers rebuilt how homes, careers, and trucking get found. Warehousing kept the cold-call tax. Shippers overpay in time, and great independent warehouses lose deals to whoever has the bigger sales team.
The bet
AI-native from day one. Not bolted on later.
3PL Connect is built by Chris Razzuoli, founder of Vortex Ventures. Chris is a solo founder, not a solo builder. He runs a team of AI agents that design, write, and ship the platform alongside him. That is how a one-person company builds marketplace infrastructure that normally takes a funded team, and it is why the product is an AI-native logistics marketplace rather than a directory with a chatbot stapled on.
The thesis: matching shippers to warehouses is a structured problem software should have solved a decade ago. So Eleanor, our AI matchmaker, turns what you ship into a structured sourcing profile, and a deterministic engine scores verified providers on real fit. Matches arrive in minutes — and when coverage is thin, Eleanor flags the gap instead of inventing matches. Match quality is not a feature of the product. It is the product.
Principles
The marketplace only works if the matching is trustworthy.
Honest matching
Every match shows its reasons: geography, capacity, services, certifications. No black-box scores.
Ranking is never for sale
Match ranking is pure relevance and never for sale. Featured placement is always clearly labeled and never changes a provider's match score or position in your results.
Verified before listed
Every provider passes verification before it can appear in search.
Help build the map.
Whether you ship products or run a 3PL, the marketplace gets sharper with you on it.