FreightProof — Signed Proof of Carrier Vetting

For: PAID Inc / ShipTime / Warehowz From: Rootz Corp Date: June 2026

The Problem

On May 14, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II that freight brokers can be sued for negligent carrier selection. The FAAAA preemption shield is gone.

The courtroom question is now: "What did you know about this carrier's safety record at the exact moment you dispatched this load — and can you prove it?"

  • Median nuclear verdict in trucking: $36 million
  • Average trucking verdict (2020–2023): $27.5 million
  • Federal surety bond covers: $75,000 (0.2% of median verdict)
  • Insurance premiums rising for brokers without documented vetting

    • What FreightProof Does

    One API call at dispatch time generates a cryptographically signed vetting record:

  • Pulls live FMCSA data — authority, safety rating, BASIC scores, crash history, inspections, insurance, enforcement
  • Scores risk (0–100) mapped to every factor the Montgomery Court identified
  • Seals a SHA-256 hash of the exact data at the exact moment — timestamped, immutable, independently verifiable
  • Returns a recommendation: APPROVE / CAUTION / REJECT with red flag list

    • The hash proves what the data showed. Anyone can verify it without trusting us.

    Why This Matters to PAID

    PAID/ShipTime sits on both sides of the Montgomery liability line — and Warehowz adds a third:

    Your RoleLegal DutyLawWhat FreightProof Proves
    Dispatch / brokerOrdinary care in carrier selectionMontgomery (2026), 9-0FMCSA vetting + risk score at dispatch moment
    Run trucks / carrierCare of goods in custodyCarmack Amendment, 49 U.S.C. §14706Condition at tender + delivery, unbroken chain
    WarehowzReasonable care while storedUCC §7-204 (bailment)Condition in/out + storage conditions

    One Proof of Good Care document covers all three roles. No competitor touches more than one.

    Integration

    `` ShipTime label/dispatch → POST /api/vet (one call, <2 seconds) → Returns: risk_score, recommendation, vetting_id, SHA-256 hash → Proof of Good Care doc auto-created, QR on label

    Driver / dock (PWA) → Appends tender, pickup, delivery events Warehowz intake/outtake → Appends warehouse-in / warehouse-out → Care Score + hash chain, verifiable at /care/{id} `

    Smallest start: One API call at label time turns every ShipTime dispatch into a defensible receipt. Sellable on day one.

    The Competitors — And What They Don't Do

    SolutionWhat It DoesPer-Dispatch Proof?Independent Verification?Price
    FreightProofRisk scoring + SHA-256 signed vetting record + hash-chained custodyYesYes — anyone re-runs SHA-256$10/record (volume: $8–9)
    HighwayCarrier identity / fraud detectionNo — onboarding onlyNo — proprietarySales-led
    CarrierAssureAI risk scoring (A-F grade)No — score onlyNo — proprietary score$149/mo
    RMISEnterprise onboarding workflowsNo — workflow toolNoSales-led
    Carrier411FMCSA data + monitoring alertsNo — database lookupNo~$100/mo
    Transfix TMSTMS with audit trailsPartial — TMS-lockedNo — proprietary formatTMS price

    Nobody generates independently verifiable, per-dispatch cryptographic proof.

    The Math

    For a broker doing 50 dispatches/day (250 working days/year = 12,500 dispatches/year):

    ItemCost
    FreightProof at $10/record$125,000/year
    FreightProof at 500-packs ($8/record)$100,000/year
    No monthly fees. Credits never expire.

    RiskCost
    One Montgomery lawsuit defense (legal fees)$500,000+
    Median nuclear verdict$36,000,000
    Insurance premium reduction for documented compliance10–25% estimated

    $100K/year vs $36M exposure. The ROI is not close.

    Pricing

    No subscriptions. No monthly fees. Credits never expire.

    Details
    Sign Up30 free credits — no credit card required
    Pay As You Go$10/record (buy 1–99)
    100-Pack$900 ($9/record)
    500-Pack$4,000 ($8/record)
    EnterpriseContact us for volume pricing

    Every record includes: SHA-256 signed vetting, risk scoring, dashboard, watchlist, alerts, batch API, reports.

    What's Live Today

  • 12.8M FMCSA records loaded (4.4M carriers, 3.6M crashes, 4.85M inspections)
  • 12 MCP tools — any AI agent can vet a carrier in seconds
  • Risk scoring engine — 11-factor, Montgomery-mapped, context-aware (private vs for-hire, insurance, OOS rates)
  • Proof of Good Care — hash-chained custody ledger, live verification
  • Broker Dashboard — quick-vet, watchlist, alerts, compliance reports
  • SEO bridge pages — 4.4M carrier profile URLs for search + AI discovery
  • .well-known/ai` — AI discovery endpoint, MCP-native

    • Try it now: freight.rootz.global

    The One Line

    > "After Montgomery, you're exposed as the broker AND as the carrier on the same load. We make one signed document that proves care on both sides — and it prints on the label you already print."

    Rootz Corp · steven@sprague.com · freight.rootz.global