
Descartes Bought Tai. Your Only Lever Is 60 Days.
Descartes paid about $100M for Tai and named broker transaction, carrier and shipment data as the rationale. Tai's published terms already pre-authorize assignment to a successor by merger and permit pooling of aggregated data — so the only lever a broker holds is the 60-day notice before auto-renewal.
August 24, 2026 · 12 min read