Pulse Charter Connect’s AI-powered platform aims to simplify aerial organ transport for pilots, charter providers, and hospitals. [Courtesy: Pulse Charter Connect]
Key Takeaways:
Pilot Laura Epstein founded Pulse Charter Connect to tackle the high rate of wasted donated organs, primarily caused by inefficient communication and logistics in air transportation.
The company developed an AI-powered platform that digitizes and synchronizes communication between hospital transplant coordinators, vetted transportation vendors, and pilots.
This platform streamlines organ transport by using a matching algorithm to find the most efficient aircraft, expediting the process and reducing the time stakeholders spend on phone calls.
Pulse Charter Connect has already facilitated the transport of 65 organs in its first year and, with recent $2 million seed funding, plans nationwide expansion to further optimize organ delivery.
Pilot-turned-founder Laura Epstein is tackling one of the most pressing challenges in aerial logistics.
According to the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS), there are more than 100,000 people in the U.S. waiting for an organ transplant. But each year only about 45,000 transplants are performed, and more than 28,000 donated organs are wasted.
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Jack is a staff writer covering advanced air mobility, including everything from drones to unmanned aircraft systems to space travel—and a whole lot more. He spent close to two years reporting on drone delivery for FreightWaves, covering the biggest news and developments in the space and connecting with industry executives and experts. Jack is also a basketball aficionado, a frequent traveler and a lover of all things logistics.
