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David Smason

David Smason

Co-founder and former CEO of CargoSeer, now VP of CargoSeer, Trade & Travel Solutions at BigBear.ai, leading AI-powered customs and border security technology.

Oct 8, 2026

NeilHOST
4:09
So why is that balance so difficult with, let's say, the traditional processes?
4:15
That's a, a really good question.
4:17
I mean, any time you have really complex processes with, you know, hundreds of thousands of moving parts, by nature, it's gonna get difficult to find a balance.
4:29
Um, traditionally, you know, customs was one of those industries that it was all paper-based.
4:34
Uh, literally people running around with clipboards, um, in ports trying to find the container that they're supposed to be looking at.
4:42
I mean, if you, if you can imagine, uh, up until 10 years ago, that, that's really how it was.
4:46
And it is, it is still that way in some parts of the world.
NeilHOST
7:29
Yeah.
11:10
back down the chain, how's it speeding up operations elsewhere?
11:14
Well, you know, it's an interesting question.
11:16
I think that if traditionally supply chain was this convoluted kind of thing that nobody really understands, there's not really any standardization, right? Everybody's speaking different languages.
11:30
I mean, we've both been there.
11:32
We know how it is.
11:34
There's two interesting things that are happening.
11:36
Customs agencies and governments are telling the supply chain actors, hey, guys, get your game on.

8 MINS LATER

20:10
I'm just talking about, I'm trying to get a picture of the flow through.
3:11
It's just some
3:14
breaking news here, if you will.
3:16
Yeah, I mean, it's pretty cool.
3:18
We're excited.
3:20
Been excited for a while.
3:23
First of all, thanks, guys, for having me.
3:24
Good morning to everyone.

6 MINS LATER

9:07
I guess the red flags come up on shipments that they need to apply their expertise to, to say, hey, we really do need to look at this, but then it's a more efficient process.

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