Platform Science

Platform Science is a San Diego-based provider of fleet management and telematics software for commercial transportation fleets. Its connected vehicle platform combines telematics, IoT data capture and fleet optimization tools in an open, cloud-based architecture that links drivers, vehicles, devices and back-office systems. The company describes two product families: PS Fleet solutions (telematics, compliance, productivity and safety, with driver applications such as PS HOS, PS DVIR, PS Navigation, PS Workflow, PS Messages, PS Forms and PS Analytics) and Instinct fleet solutions (driver apps, back-office tools including vehicle asset tracking, fleet manager, log auditing and video intelligence).

At the center of the offering is Virtual Vehicle, an open platform for device and driver management that hosts a marketplace of third-party applications and integrations across categories including asset and trailer tracking, bypass and tolling, compliance, document management, driver productivity and safety, fuel management, hardware, maintenance, navigation and routing, sensors, supply chain, TMS, training and video safety. Custom SDKs and APIs let partners and developers share data, build applications and integrate third-party hardware and sensors. The platform also serves as an electronic logging device (ELD) solution supporting FMCSA compliance, and the company provides in-house rollout services covering installation and driver training.

Investor materials describe Platform Science as turning trucks into IoT devices and positioning itself as an open operating system for the trucking industry, with software embedded through truck OEM partnerships and a growing catalogue of applications. The company markets industry-specific solutions including an oil and gas vertical.