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Forbes Features SemiCab’s AI Platform as Key to Reducing Hidden Costs in Food Supply Chains
Fort Lauderdale, FL, Feb. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Algorhythm Holdings, Inc. (“Algorhythm”) (NASDAQ: RIME) – a leading AI technology company, today announced that the Company and its SemiCab platform were featured in Forbes in an article examining the hidden role of freight inefficiency and its impact on rising food costs and global supply chain economics. The article, entitled “How an Airline Analogy Is Reframing the Cost of Food,” highlights that approximately one-third of global freight m
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