Trimble Insight kicks off with NEXT Showcase

Trimble Insight opens in San Diego with autonomous AI and agent-ready platforms

Trimble Insight is officially underway in San Diego. The annual conference kicked off with a keynote from Trimble CEO Rob Painter and Transportation & Logistics Sector VP Michael Kornhauser.

Together, they introduced a strategy to help fleets combine operational experience with automated execution. The goal is to help transportation leaders adapt to market volatility and put valuable time back in the hands of fleet operators.

“Navigating today’s volatile market requires clarity, resilience and the willingness to adapt,” said Painter. “Intelligent technology is only as powerful as the network supporting it, which is why we’re pairing autonomous AI with operational context so our customers have the tools to keep moving forward.”

The opening session highlighted how technology must fit smoothly into daily work.

“Our mission is to bring innovation directly into customer workflows without forcing disruptive platform overhauls,” said Kornhauser. “Whether modernizing core systems like Trimble® TruckMate® software or delivering route-planning autonomy with Appian, it comes down to a simple value equation — turning human context and AI into value for our customers.”

Introducing the Trimble NEXT Showcase

At the center of the keynote was the Trimble NEXT Showcase, featuring nearly 20 new features and updates. These announcements target key areas of fleet operations across the full breadth of Trimble solutions.

Mapping and navigation innovation

Trimble unveiled hands-free and voice-activated automation to simplify driver and dispatcher tasks:

• CoPilot Driver Assistant: Offers hands-free, natural-language navigation to help drivers locate fuel, park and manage Hours of Service (HOS) rules directly in the cab.
• Route Orchestration for PC*Miler: Unifies planning, execution, visibility and settlement into one workflow. It balances safety, toll costs and delivery rules to optimize the whole route.
• Appian Fleet Assistant: Features autonomous route planning for private fleets. It acts as a virtual dispatcher to build multi-stop route plans in seconds.

Fleet maintenance AI upgrades

New updates to TMT Fleet Maintenance AI Invoice Scanning use vision models to batch-process up to 100 vendor PDF invoices at once. The technology automatically enters data and maps repairs to VMRS codes. In testing, this saved more than 136,000 minutes across 19,500 invoices compared to manual entry. This helps shop teams clear paperwork faster and get trucks back on the road.

Dock and yard orchestration

Trimble Dock & Yard added Advanced Trailer Orchestration to remove blind spots between the highway and the warehouse. The solution connects appointment scheduling, live arrivals and carrier messaging into one shared record. Features like Time Slot Management and a Carrier Yard Visit Portal adjust for changing arrival times, helping you lower detention costs and avoid delays.

Carrier TMS modernizations

Trimble introduced browser-based, AI agent-ready updates for its core Carrier TMS platforms, including TMW.Suite, TruckMate, Innovative and Fuel Dispatch. These cloud-hosted updates keep decades of proven business logic while offering clean browser interfaces that help people and AI tools work together. The team also highlighted Trimble TMS, a native cloud tool built for growing North American full-truckload carriers and small to medium businesses.

Trimble Arc Agent

The keynote highlighted Trimble Arc Agent, an AI digital colleague launched in August. Arc Agent handles multi-step operational tasks through a simple chat interface. It automates core workflows like Order Entry, Contract Intake and a new Intelligent RFQ Builder. Teams can also build custom skills for tasks like payroll reconciliation, leaving routine paperwork to AI while staff maintain full control and final approval.

Solution availability

The innovations from the Trimble NEXT Showcase are available today for deployment or preview at the event:

1. CoPilot Driver Assistant is available for users running CoPilot v11.4

2. Trimble Route Orchestration for PC*Miler is available for deployment on the latest versions of PC*Miler and CoPilot

3. Appian Fleet Assistant with Autonomous Planning is accessible to existing Appian Fleet Assistant customers as a licensed add-on

4.TMT AI Invoice Scanning is supported on v2023.2 and higher

5.Advanced Trailer Orchestration is available for shipper and 3PL customers

6.TMW.Suite, TruckMate, Innovative and Fuel Dispatch agent-ready modernizations are now available to Carrier TMS customers running the following minimum software versions:

• TMW.Suite: v2024.5 or higher
• TruckMate: v26.3 or higher
• Innovative: v2025.3 or higher
• Fuel Dispatch: v2024.5 or higher

7.Trimble Arc Agentis available for current and prospective Trimble customers around the world. Operating on a single-tier subscription, users receive 10 hours of agent working time (with additional overage hours available for purchase) and automatic access to all new skills and features as they launch. The skills catalog will continue to expand as new skills are added over time.

Join us at Trimble Insight

Trimble Insight runs through September 29 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina. Attendees can experience live product demos, join expert panels and attend over 200 educational sessions focused on TMS innovation, AI and supply chain trends.

To learn more about the solutions announced at the keynote, visit transportation.trimble.com or view the livestream.