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27 October 2026

Spartan’s operators went from AI skeptics to agent builders

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Spartan’s operators went from AI skeptics to agent builders

When Spartan Carrier Group founder and CEO Carlos M. Llanes Jr. started digging into artificial intelligence two years ago, his team did not buy it. Today the Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier’s vice president of operations is learning to build AI agents himself. Spartan grew from zero trucks to about 150 in five years hauling just-in-time automotive freight, with Toyota as its biggest customer.

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