Colombia's courier industry bets on AI and new logistics nodes to deliver same-day

TechnologyColombiaRevista SemanaNov 13, 2026, 12:01 PMAI summary

Courier companies in Colombia are transforming their operations with technology and artificial intelligence. Inter Rapidísimo developed an app so that travelers on urban buses or planes can carry goods, with a pilot planned for January of next year, and cut delivery times from 72 to 24 hours after decentralizing its operation into ten logistics nodes. Coordinadora uses a routing system that predicts which packages will be delivered in the next hour. Colfecar reports 165 companies registered with MinTIC and about 336 million shipments a year.

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Inter Rapidísimo is preparing a January pilot in which passengers on urban buses or planes can carry goods, through an app developed with AI.
The company cut delivery times from 72 to 24 hours by replacing its central Bogotá warehouse with ten logistics nodes across the country.
Coordinadora has a routing system that predicts which packages will be delivered in the next hour and notifies recipients.

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