TheCarGo raises $110K from Yoshlar Ventures and a U.S. angel to scale its AI platform for auto-transport brokers
The Delaware-incorporated, Uzbekistan-based startup behind an AI operating system for U.S. car-shipping brokerages has closed its first external round and is preparing to roll AI agents out across ten live customers.
TheCarGo, an Uzbekistan-based startup building an AI operating system for U.S. auto-transport brokerages, has raised $110,000 in its first external round. The backers are Yoshlar Ventures, Uzbekistan's state fund for young founders targeting global markets, and Yasin Ehsan, a U.S.-based angel investor. The company confirmed the capital has been received.
The problem
U.S. auto-transport brokerages run their operations across a fragmented stack of tools — CRM, quoting software, dispatch systems, carrier communication, dialers, and payment platforms — all running in parallel and rarely talking to each other. For a small shop, this means constant manual work, missed follow-ups, and time spent on coordination instead of closing shipments.
The product
TheCarGo consolidates all of these tools into one platform. The company is now layering AI agents on top to automate calls, texts, and bookings — taking repetitive work off the broker's plate entirely.
"This round goes straight into the AI agents. The point is to take the calls, the texts, and the follow-ups off the broker's plate, so a one- or two-person shop can run like a much bigger one," said Ziyobek Turdiev, Founder and CEO.
TheCarGo is incorporated in Delaware as TheCarGo OS Inc. and currently operates from Uzbekistan, with a U.S. relocation planned for 2026.
Traction
TheCarGo signed its first paying customer in March 2025 and today serves ten active U.S. brokerage companies, several of which migrated from Salesforce, spreadsheets, and standalone phone systems. The platform is approved by both Central Dispatch and Super Dispatch — the two industry systems most U.S. brokers depend on. The company has also secured AWS cloud credits and a grant from ElevenLabs to develop its AI voice agents.
The team
The company is led by Ziyobek Turdiev, a former U.S. auto-transport broker who went on to run two car-shipping companies before building the software, and co-founder and CTO Bakhtiyor Ergashev, who leads engineering.
Use of funds and next steps
The new capital is being directed into shipping the first two AI agents, supporting brokerages currently onboarding, and hiring. Two AI agents are scheduled to ship within two to three months, with full deployment across the active customer base expected within six. TheCarGo plans to open a larger, U.S.-led follow-on round in the next six to eight months.