Flexport lets AI agents book freight – who signed the contract?

ID 434788985 © HAKINMHAN | Dreamstime.com By Adam Clermont 6 October 2026 In a nutshell: Flexport’s new MCP server lets shippers’ own AI agents book freight at negotiated rates without anyone logging in. US contract law, and Flexport’s freshly revised platform terms, put the bill for a wrong booking on whoever plugged the agent in. Last week, Flexport launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI agents book freight, track shipments and pull quotes on its platform, with shippers connecting Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot or their own in-house agents. ...