Descartes Acquires Drivin for $30M to Strengthen Last-Mile

Descartes Systems Group has acquired Drivin, a Santiago-based last-mile logistics technology company, for $30 million in cash with up to $5 million in performance-based earnouts. This acquisition marks Descartes' strategic expansion into Latin American delivery operations, adding advanced routing, dispatching, and real-time visibility capabilities powered by machine learning and agentic AI. Drivin's platform is specifically built for high-density urban delivery environments where service expectations are increasingly demanding.

The company brings valuable operational metadata and real-world delivery execution data across Latin America that will enhance Descartes' AI training, predictive analytics, and optimization capabilities. This acquisition follows Descartes' April purchase of Idelic, a Pittsburgh-based fleet safety solutions provider, indicating a deliberate portfolio strategy to build integrated fleet performance management solutions. For supply chain professionals, this deal underscores the accelerating consolidation in logistics technology and the growing importance of last-mile optimization as a competitive differentiator.

Latin America represents an emerging growth market where urban delivery complexity and rising customer expectations create demand for sophisticated logistics software. Descartes' strategic investments suggest that integrated platforms combining safety, performance, routing, and visibility will increasingly define industry leadership.