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Engineering the agentic infrastructure powering the physical economy.

Building an atomic task system

How does Loop turn messy supply chain documents into usable data? This post explores the atomic task system, a framework that breaks complex logistics data problems into small tasks completed by humans and AI working together to extract and normalize critical supply chain information.

Kevin Tee

September 2, 2025

5 minute read

Loop internship highlights: Pierce Maloney.

Inside a summer internship at Loop, one engineer shares how they built a machine learning model to extract fuel surcharge data from massive carrier contracts—taking an idea from whiteboard to production in just a few months. It’s a look at how Loop engineers move fast, experiment often, and ship work that has real impact on the business.

Pierce Maloney

August 1, 2024

6 minute read

Domain-driven design at Loop

Building software for logistics and payments requires more than code. This post explores how Loop uses domain-driven design to model complex real-world systems, align engineers and domain experts, and build technology that reflects how the industry actually works.

Max Heinritz

September 14, 2023

10 minute read

8VC Emerging Builders Spotlight: Jack Taylor

Meet Jack Taylor, one of Loop’s founding engineers, and learn how he went from search engineering to tackling the messy, complex world of freight data and payments. In this interview, he shares what it’s like building core systems at an early-stage startup and why logistics is one of the most technically interesting industries to work in.

Jack Taylor

December 9, 2022

14 minute read

8VC Emerging Builders Spotlight: Will Taft

Freight invoices look simple until you see the contracts behind them. In this engineer spotlight, Will Taft explains why logistics billing is one of the most complex data problems in business and how Loop is building the systems to model, audit, and ultimately automate it.

Will Taft

December 7, 2022