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A small freight broker expresses fear that C.H. Robinson's AI-powered software for finding market-bottom pricing will eliminate smaller competitors, though a commenter notes their AI is currently 'alright, but far from perfect'.

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RedditSep 25, 2026By u/Practical-Risk-4130

r/FreightBrokers

AI Fears - supporting burnout

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So, before I get called out for being weak and now wanting to “hit the phones”. I understand the work equals rewards and these business out there if you just hammer the phones. (I have a 30-40k a month book at 60% commission, I built from zero in one year) However, I’m wanting to keep growing and have a good team I’ve put together underneath me. But I’m starting to have nightmares and overwhelming fear that the mega brokers (CH Rob.), there software finding market bottom, etc is going to completely annihilate us small guys within the next year. How is everyone dealing with this? I understand “we all have to integrate AI, blah blah blah. But is anyone freaking out the one of the coming Mondays you are gonna call your customers, they laugh and say no “we are good, we have our portal access with CH and we will reach out if we need anything? Lol 🫠

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  • [comment u/Equal-Document4213] Ill tell you right now, the AI at CHR is alright, but far from perfect. Like someone else mentioned, the moat they have is easier to cross now given the availability of these tools for smaller brokers.

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  • “The industry has changed from when I started in 2010. Back then there was only a handful of brokers and getting the giant customer was a simpler process. I think nowadays the market is saturated with brokers and the overall economy has slowed down post COVID. Covid for me was the best time and the margins were 40 percent at times. Over the next 5 years AI will change our industry. When automated”

    u/TehranBro2 points · Sep 25, 2026View

  • “Ill tell you right now, the AI at CHR is alright, but far from perfect. Like someone else mentioned, the moat they have is easier to cross now given the availability of these tools for smaller brokers.”

    u/Equal-Document42132 points · Sep 25, 2026View

  • “The fear is understandable, but customers don’t stay with smaller brokers just because of rates. They stay for responsiveness, trust and someone who can handle the mess when a portal can’t. AI may squeeze margins, but it won’t replace strong relationships overnight.”

    u/dexnacho2 points · Sep 25, 2026View

  • “I love to hear that and maybe I just need to get a little more confident on how AI can help the small brokers. My fear is just with large networking systems and “Happy Robot ish” call that there is just gonna be no way we can compete with them on rates/truck capacity. Which we all know is really all that matters to these customers. I’m maybe work $25-$50 more than the other guy”

    u/Practical-Risk-41301 points · Sep 25, 2026View

  • “Portals don't fix exceptions on the dock, they just hide the calls until something breaks. Shippers still need a human who eats the blame when a load falls through, that's your moat.”

    u/KwameKnowsWine1 points · Sep 25, 2026View

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        "excerpt": "I love to hear that and maybe I just need to get a little more confident on how AI can help the small brokers.\n\n My fear is just with large networking systems and “Happy Robot ish” call that there is just gonna be no way we can compete with them on rates/truck capacity.\n\n Which we all know is really all that matters to these customers.\n\n I’m maybe work $25-$50 more than the other guy",
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        "excerpt": "AI is actually going to help small brokers more than it will help large brokers. Small brokers with lean teams and AI technology can compete with large brokers which was not possible before. AI can very well handle the ops and brokers can focus on customer side relationship building.\n\n But yes pricing of AI tools has to be small brokers friendly.  We built our AI platform specially for small broke",
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        "excerpt": "I think the concern is real, but I don’t believe small brokers or independent agents are going away. The advantage is simply changing.\n\n Mega brokers will always have scale, technology and buying power, but they still can’t easily replicate strong relationships, fast decision-making, accountability and personalized service.\n\n AI and pricing technology will absolutely squeeze purely transactional f",
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