News & Events
Check out the latest happenings and join us for our upcoming events. We have a range of activities lined up. Stay tuned for more information and updates!
Ganes Kesari Speaks at The Waste Leadership Summit
June 8-10, 2026 | Washington Hilton, WA
Tensor Planet’s founder takes the stage at The Waste Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., joining waste and recycling operators, municipal decision-makers, and investors to discuss how AI is reshaping the waste industry.
Tensor Planet Exhibits at NPTC Annual Conference
May 9-11, 2026 | Orlando, FL
We exhibited at the NPTC Annual Conference in Orlando, meeting fleet managers from private motor carrier fleets across North America. Conversations centered on predictive maintenance and how AI fits into existing shop workflows without adding complexity.
AI Provides a Predictive Edge for Fleet Maintenance
May 11, 2026 | Transport Topics
Transport Topics covers how fleets including Knight-Swift are moving from AI experiments to real ROI. Featured in the piece: results from a Tensor Planet customer, a Maine waste hauler where exhaust repairs dropped 41% in ten weeks, and why adoption speed is now the industry’s main challenge.
Ganes Kesari Speaks on AI in Waste Collection at SWANA NJ Spring Conference
Apr 16-17, 2026 | Atlantic, NJ
Real deployment data took center stage at the SWANA NJ Spring Conference in Atlantic City, where Ganes presented on practical AI applications in waste collection: contamination detection, service verification, and predictive fleet maintenance, with a focus on what frontline adoption actually looks like.
The Human Side of AI Adoption: Lessons From the Field
April 14, 2026 | MIT Sloan Management Review
AI adoption lags in waste management, construction, and freight, and the technology is rarely the reason. This piece examines what actually blocks progress and how leaders in non-tech-native operations can build real, lasting adoption.
A Maintenance Revolution: Reducing Downtime With AI
Sep 17, 2025 | MIT Sloan Management Review
Drawing on deployments at BMW and Shell, Ganes writes on what makes predictive maintenance work in practice, and why data quality, workflow integration, and frontline trust matter more than the algorithm itself.
The Future of Fleets: AI Predictive Maintenance Prevents Breakdowns
Jul 07, 2025 | Forbes
Published in Forbes, this piece makes the case for why predictive maintenance is the most immediate AI opportunity for commercial fleets, and how telematics data can surface failure patterns weeks before a breakdown ever reaches the shop.