Guided Energy
Entrepreneur First '23Paris, FR · Founded 2023 · 3 known investors
Guided builds AI agents that automate freight operations for logistics and transportation teams, handling tasks like carrier sourcing, booking, document collection, and shipment tracking across email, TMS, voice, and SMS. The agents integrate with existing systems while leaving business-critical decisions such as price negotiations and escalations to human staff.
Also known as Guided · Voltify
Founders & leadership
Guided Energy was founded in 2023 by Anant Kapoor and Eric Daoud.
Investors · 3
Also in the syndicate · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Guided Energy (marketed as "Guided") is a Paris, France-based company founded in 2023 by Anant Kapoor (CEO) and Eric Daoud. Its current public positioning, as presented on its website, is an AI agent product for logistics and transportation teams. A single agent is configured to run across email, TMS (transport management system), voice and SMS, executing routine freight workflows: extracting order details from inbound booking emails and PDF attachments and pushing them into the TMS, answering rate requests using TMS data and rate cards, searching for and contacting carriers by lane, verifying inbound carriers and returning a fraud verdict, booking loading and unloading appointments with warehouses, tracking shipments proactively and following up with carriers, and chasing documents such as PODs and CMRs. The website states the agent adapts to a customer's carriers, lanes and playbooks over time, and that business-critical judgment calls — price negotiations and escalations — remain with the customer's staff.
Earlier and still-widely-indexed descriptions present the company differently: as an all-in-one EV fleet and energy management platform. Under that description, the software let fleet managers schedule charging sessions, monitor progress, receive alerts on issues such as charging disruptions, and receive suggestions for optimal charging sequences and job allocations, including direct control of charger power output; ecosystem integrations covered telematics, on-site and public charging networks, payments, invoicing and expense management. Sequoia Capital lists Guided Energy under Climate Tech with this EV-fleet description, founded 2023 and partnered 2023. Third-party profiles report EV-fleet customers including Sixt and Addison Lee and a partnership with charging management platform AMPECO. The sources reviewed do not explain or date the transition between the two positionings.
A French startup registry lists the legal entity name VOLTIFY at 72 rue de la Folie Méricourt, 75011 Paris, with a headcount band of 2–10 and total funds raised of €4.8M. Reported funding figures vary across sources: the website states "$6M+ raised," while funding trackers report a $5.2M round in February 2024 (one aggregator records it as $5.0M seed, announced 2024-02-01).
Founding story
Founded in 2023 by Anant Kapoor and Eric Daoud. Kapoor, listed as CEO, studied Mechanical Engineering (B.A. and MEng) at the University of Cambridge and previously held product roles as Head of Product/Product Lead at Vector.ai (2022) and Senior/Group Product Manager at Improbable (2020–2022), starting Guided in January 2023. A third-party profile describes the founders as combining logistics product management and machine learning expertise, and says the original idea came from the observation that electrification introduced new systems and data streams incompatible with fleets' existing digital workflows, creating silos for fleet managers.
Business model
B2B software sold to logistics, transportation and fleet operators. The current website presents an AI agent that connects to a customer's existing TMS, email and phone systems and is configured with customer-specific workflows, communication style and escalation rules; earlier material describes an AI-powered SaaS platform for EV fleet and charging management. Sources do not disclose pricing.
Not disclosed in the sources; described by a third-party profile as an AI-powered SaaS platform, and by a French registry as a B2B web/mobile platform service.
Traction
Website states "$6M+ raised" and that logistics teams are already using the product, without naming them or giving volumes. Third-party profiles report EV-fleet customers Sixt and Addison Lee following the February 2024 round, and a claim of up to $10,000 in annual savings per EV. A French registry lists headcount of 2–10.
Latest developments
The current company website describes the AI freight-agent product line, states more than $6M raised and describes Sequoia backing, and invites demo bookings, indicating active operation. No newer funding, acquisition or leadership events appear in the sources.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Positions itself as bringing AI automation to freight operations, an industry it describes as underserved by modern technology. In its earlier framing it was categorized as Climate Tech by Sequoia and listed among energy/EV-fleet startups in France. Sources do not provide market share or ranking data.
Website claims: a single agent covering all touchpoints (email, TMS, voice, SMS) so carriers need no new tools; adaptation to a customer's specific carriers, lanes and playbooks; explicit human retention of pricing negotiations and escalations; and fast deployment onto existing systems. Third-party material on the earlier EV product cites AI-driven charging and dispatch optimization, unified data integration across vehicles, chargers and energy sources, deep ecosystem integrations, automated expense management, and support for diverse EV makes and charging infrastructure.
Technology
AI agents operating across email, TMS, voice and SMS channels, with document parsing of PDF booking confirmations and automatic order creation in the TMS, carrier verification with a fraud verdict, and real-time shipment monitoring; the agent is described as improving with use of a customer's data and playbooks. Earlier EV-fleet technology descriptions cite machine learning for charging schedule and dispatch optimization, direct control of charger power output, and integrations aggregating vehicle, charger and energy data. A public tech-stack listing for the site notes Framer for the website, AWS hosting and Route 53, and HubSpot, Mixpanel, Hotjar and Google Analytics for analytics.
Go-to-market
Direct sales driven from the website via "Book a demo" calls to action, emphasizing rapid onboarding — connecting a customer's TMS, email and phone systems in under 24 hours and going live in days. Marketing references being backed by Sequoia.
Current site targets logistics and transportation teams — freight operators, forwarders and carriers handling booking, carrier sourcing, tracking and document collection. Prior EV-fleet positioning targeted corporate fleets, delivery and field-service companies, car rental agencies, leasing firms and ride-sharing/logistics operators; named customers cited by third parties are Sixt and Addison Lee.
Geography
Headquartered in Paris, Île-de-France, France (registered address 72 rue de la Folie Méricourt, 75011 Paris). Product examples reference European lanes such as Marseille to Hamburg and European documents (CMR). No other offices are identified in the sources.
History
Founded in 2023 in Paris; Sequoia records partnering with the company in 2023. In February 2024 the company announced a round reported at $5.2 million co-led by Sequoia Capital and Dynamo Ventures (recorded elsewhere as a $5.0M seed dated 2024-02-01), with named EV-fleet customers Sixt and Addison Lee. A third-party profile also describes an early strategic partnership with EV charging management platform AMPECO. The company's own website now describes an AI-agent product for freight operations and cites "$6M+ raised," indicating a shift from the EV fleet and energy management positioning still shown on investor and directory pages; the sources do not date this change.
Risks & controversies
Sources conflict on core facts: total funding is variously stated as $6M+ (company site), $5.2M (funding trackers) and €4.8M (French registry); round size is recorded as both $5.2M and $5.0M; and one aggregator lists an employee band of 1001–5000 while a French registry lists 2–10, an inconsistency that suggests unreliable third-party data. The company's own description of its business (AI agents for freight) diverges sharply from investor and directory descriptions (EV fleet and energy management), and no source explains the pivot. Investor lists also differ substantially between sources. No controversies, litigation or regulatory issues are reported.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsGuided Energy secured $5.2 million in an investment round co-led by Sequoia and Dynamo Ventures, intended to fund growth and expand a client roster that already included Sixt and Addison Lee. One aggregator records the round as a $5.0M seed announced 2024-02-01.
$5.2M source ↗
A third-party profile describes an early strategic partnership with AMPECO, an EV charging management platform, to integrate charging infrastructure with fleet and energy management.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Guided Energyguided.energy · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Guided Energy do?
- Paris-based startup building AI agents that automate freight and transport operations; previously an EV fleet management platform.
- Who founded Guided Energy?
- Guided Energy was founded by Anant Kapoor, Eric Daoud in 2023.
- Who are Guided Energy's investors?
- Guided Energy's investors include Sequoia Capital, Entrepreneur First.
- Where is Guided Energy headquartered?
- Guided Energy is headquartered in Paris, FR.