SemiCab Awarded $6 Million Contract Expansion, Accelerating Projected ARR to Over $13 Million
SemiCab (NASDAQ: RIME) secured a $6.0 million contract expansion under its Master Services Agreement with one of India’s largest paint manufacturers and retailers on Dec. 11, 2025.
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SemiCab (NASDAQ: RIME) secured a $6.0 million contract expansion under its Master Services Agreement with one of India’s largest paint manufacturers and retailers on Dec. 11, 2025. Committed lanes increased more than seven-fold to 183 lanes, adding up to $5.5 million in annual service revenue versus an initial pilot that managed 25 lanes and generated about $0.5 million annually.
The award is the largest single contract in SemiCab history and is expected to lift its annualized revenue run rate (ARR) to more than $13 million once complete. The expansion follows multiple 2025 contract scale-ups in India and leverages SemiCab’s AI-enabled Collaborative Transportation Platform to target lower logistics costs and reduced empty miles.
Positive
- Committed lanes increased to 183
- Expansion adds up to $5.5M annual service revenue
- ARR expected to exceed $13M
- Largest single contract award in company history
- Pilot-to-expansion revenue growth from $0.5M to incremental $5.5M
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- None.
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News Market Reaction – RIME
On Dec 11, the day this news came out, RIME closed 1.55% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Dec 11 session.
Key Figures
- Contract expansion value
- $6 million
- Largest SemiCab contract expansion in company history
- Projected ARR
- Over $13 million
- SemiCab annualized revenue run rate once expansion is complete
- Customer annual sales
- Over $4 billion
- Paint manufacturer customer’s annual sales across 60 countries
- Committed lanes post-expansion
- 183 lanes
- Expanded Master Services Agreement lane count
- Incremental annual revenue
- Up to $5.5 million
- Additional annual service revenue opportunity from expansion
- Initial pilot lanes
- 25 lanes
- Commercial pilot launched in early 2023
- Pilot annual revenue
- Approximately $0.5 million
- Annual revenue generated from initial pilot program
- Pilot program revenue range
- $1–$2 million
- Revenue from typical pilot programs over 6–12 months
Historical Context
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Joint sales deal with Provisi.ai to scale Apex SaaS freight platform.
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Multi-million Marico expansion adding about $3M in annualized revenue.
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Q3 revenue surged 1,273% YoY to $1.7M amid SemiCab-driven growth.
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Record revenue growth and AI logistics pivot detailed in Q3 results.
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Scheduling announcement for Q3 2025 earnings call and webcast.
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Largest Contract Expansion in Company’s History, 10X Increase Over Initial Pilot Program
Fort Lauderdale, FL, Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Algorhythm Holdings, Inc. (“Algorhythm”) (NASDAQ: RIME) – a leading AI technology company, announced today that SemiCab has secured a major expansion of its Master Services Agreement with one of India’s largest paint manufacturers and retailers. The customer, one of the 10 largest global shippers in the paints industry with over
Under the newly expanded agreement, the number of committed lanes has grown more than seven-fold to 183 lanes, representing up to an additional
This
Ajesh Kapoor, CEO of SemiCab Holdings, LLC, commented, "We’re thrilled to expand one of our largest customer relationships to date. This award is a strong validation of the results our AI-powered platform delivers. By increasing freight volume across this network, we can unlock even greater efficiencies, reduce empty miles, and provide even greater cost savings for our customers."
“As our network grows and more freight flows through our platform, we unlock powerful network effects that create new opportunities for optimization and efficiency,” added Mr. Kapoor. “Each new customer and expanded contract not only increases the volume of shipments we manage but also strengthens the density and reach of our network. This creates a self-reinforcing cycle – higher utilization, lower empty miles, and improved economics – that allows us to scale rapidly and capture additional growth opportunities across India.”
Since 2021, SemiCab has entered into more than a dozen pilot programs with new customers in both the US and India. These pilot programs generate between
This is now the fifth major contract expansion in India in 2025 to expand significantly beyond the initial pilot phase. SemiCab announced a similar contract expansion with Kellanova India, one of the largest fast-moving consumer packaged goods producers in India, in early June 2025 and with a Fortune 50 global CPG company in August 2025.
About Algorhythm Holdings
Algorhythm Holdings, Inc. is a leading AI technology company focused on the growth and development of SemiCab, an emerging leader in the global logistics and distribution industry. Since 2020, SemiCab has enabled major retailers, brands and transportation providers to address common supply-chain problems globally. Its AI-enabled, cloud-based Collaborative Transportation Platform achieves the scalability required to predict and optimize millions of loads and hundreds of thousands of trucks. SemiCab uses real-time data from API-based load tendering and pre-built integrations with TMS and ELD partners to orchestrate collaboration across manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and their carriers. SemiCab uses AI/ML predictions and advanced predictive optimization models to enable fully loaded round trips. With SemiCab’s AI platform, shippers pay less and carriers make more without having to change a thing. For additional information, please go to: http://www.semicab.com
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Brendan Hopkins
407-645-5295
investors@algoholdings.com
www.algoholdings.com
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