The Buzz for August 2nd: Featuring Venture 53 Field Day Winners

The Buzz is Supply Chain Now’s regular Monday livestream, held at 12 noon ET each week. This show focuses on some of the leading stories from global supply chain and global business, always with special guests – the most important of which is the live audience!In this week's episode of The Buzz, hosts Scott Luton and Mary Kate Love welcomed Dan White with Venture 53, Venture 53's first Field Day winners, Reade Kidd with EDRAY, and Beth Flippo with Drone Express. Together they discuss the recent Venture 53 Field Day event in Atlanta, along with:Gen AI's demanding energy needsInvestors pulling back on funding for logistics start-upsThe (near!) future of drone delivery New tech solutions for international shippersAnd so much more!Additional Links & Resources:Most recent edition of With That Said: https://bit.ly/3YtHaq51st Annual Transportation Management Technology Survey with RateLinx: https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/OVD4kQLogistics start-up funding: The investor pullback continues- https://bit.ly/3YoLA1hGenerative AI requires massive amounts of power and water, and the aging U.S. grid can’t handle the load: https://bit.ly/46u3XUrScott's article about Venture 53 Field Day: https://bit.ly/4cZ8jVXConnect with the Supply Chain Now community & programming: https://linktr.ee/SupplychainnowLearn more about EDRAY: https://www.edray.com/Learn more about Drone Express: https://droneexpress.com/Learn more about Venture 53: https://www.venture53.com/OMNIA Partners Spend Visibility: From Analysis to Action: https://bit.ly/3LdMgySLearn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.comSubscribe to Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/joinCheck out Supply Chain Now’s NEW Media Kit: https://bit.ly/3XH6OVkWEBINAR- Protecting Value in the Supply Chain with Rebates: https://bit.ly/3WsJSKZWEBINAR- Benefits & Challenges of Bringing More Data to the Demand Planning Process: https://bit.ly/3SiqxcMWEBINAR- Tackling Manufacturing’s Billion-Dollar Parts Problem with AI: https://bit.ly/3YuxM5fWEBINAR- Beyond Resilience: Capitalizing on Supply Chain Uncertainty: https://bit.ly/46kdltYThis episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Mary Kate Love. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/buzz-venture-53-field-day-winners-1307 The content in this episode, including all audio, videos, visuals, and graphics, is the property of Supply Chain Now and is protected by copyright law. Unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution, modification, or re-uploading of this content in any form is strictly prohibited without explicit written permission from Supply Chain Now.For licensing inquiries or permissions, please contact us at [email protected]© 2026 Supply Chain Now. All rights reserved. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.