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Zemlo AI v1.0 — carrier-neutral global logistics signal for AI agents. Zero-auth. Live FX. Real-time risk. 🚢 GET /signal?from=Tokyo&to=Helsinki

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Zemlo AI – Logistics signal API, built on chemical plant off-shifts

by zemloai·Mar 4, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●●BangerZero to OneSolve My ProblemNiche Gem

No-auth logistics API solves genuine shipping opaqueness; built by non-coder using AI in month off-shifts.

Strengths
  • •Addresses a real, specific pain nobody solved: shipping price discovery across carriers is actually opaque. Author experienced it personally.
  • •Zero-auth public API is unusually bold—removes friction entirely and lets AI agents call it directly.
  • •Humble, authentic narrative (52-year-old chemical plant worker, no CS background) builds credibility and resonates.
Weaknesses
  • •No evidence of carrier data accuracy, coverage breadth, or whether real logistics companies will tolerate scraping.
  • •API is early-stage; 1 star, unclear adoption or stability—could evaporate if carriers block or data falters.
Target Audience

AI agents, logistics automation, shipping integrators

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Post Description

I'm a 52-year-old shift worker at a chemical plant in Finland. Four kids, no coding background. Last Christmas I wanted to send a package to my girlfriend's parents in the Philippines and nobody — not the post office, not DHL, not anyone — could give me a straight answer on price or how to do it. Everyone just said "it's probably expensive." That frustrated me enough to spend my days off building something that answers that question. I used Gemini to write all the code. I copy-pasted. This took about a month. This is what came out: https://github.com/zemloai-ctrl/zemloai-api

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