March 19, 2026
Quickcode is leveling up in 2026 with a wave of new features that extend its impact far beyond the trade compliance department – empowering pricing, sourcing, procurement, product and finance teams to act on trade intelligence in real time. From seamless IEEPA refund support to smarter, faster catalog ingestion, we’re making it easier than ever to operate at scale.
March 10, 2026
Tariffs have become one of the most fluid and disruptive forces shaping procurement decisions in 2026. Section 301 measures on China continue to shift in scope and application. Section 232 tariffs affecting steel, aluminum, automotive inputs, and semi-conductors remain subject to revision. Antidumping and countervailing duty actions are expanding across categories, while the President’s IEEPA tariffs introduce temporary surcharges that can appear, expire, or be reinstated with little warning. Read more from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM).
March 2, 2026
Food logistics has always been complex, but the next few years will test the resilience of even the most sophisticated operations. Read more from Food Logistics.
March 1, 2026
February 27, 2026
Cross-border risk is no longer episodic. It’s systemic. In 2026, tariff volatility, HTS updates, PGA enforcement, and USMCA uncertainty are colliding with slower freight growth and rising operational costs. Compliance is no longer a back-office function — it’s a supply chain control tower issue. Read more from Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
February 25, 2026
In this golden age of AI coding, we get asked all the time: “Is your code AI-generated?” Nope, it isn’t.
The follow-up question is usually, “Why not?” Fair question. AI is fast. AI is impressive. AI can vibe-code like a champ. But building a great product isn’t just about generating code, it’s about generating value.
February 23, 2026
Authority Magazine interviews Quickcode CEO, Shannon Hynds on how tariff policies constantly shifting and businesses are facing new challenges in keeping their supply chains efficient, cost-effective, and resilient.
February 10, 2026
Quickcode.ai, the AI-powered trade compliance platform transforming how companies manage tariff classifications and regulatory changes, today announced the launch of its Tariff Calculator 2.0, with expanded features designed to help importers, manufacturers, and global supply chain teams understand tariff exposure before committing to sourcing decisions.
As tariffs, trade remedies, and regulatory requirements continue to shift rapidly, many organizations still discover compliance costs after purchase orders are finalized, often too late to protect margins. Quickcode’s Tariff Calculator changes that dynamic by embedding compliance intelligence earlier in the sourcing and procurement process.
January 27, 2026
Shannon Hynds, CEO of Quickcode, breaks down the 2026 tariff landscape in Institute for Supply Chain’s latest article, “Tariff Flashpoints Importers Can’t Ignore.” From Iran-linked secondary tariffs to a pending Supreme Court ruling and a rise in tariff threats, Shannon explains why landed costs, sourcing decisions, and compliance strategy are more uncertain than ever and what procurement teams can do to stay ahead.
January 22, 2026
Discover how Quickcode’s updated Tariff Calculator gives importers and supply chain teams fast, accurate insight into duty exposure and landed costs. In this issue, we highlight full-feature access for International Customs Day, share our presence at Manifest 2026 with actionable trade intelligence, and explore four surprising ways AI is transforming global trade compliance.
December 18, 2025
Quickcode.ai won this award for its ability to deliver AI-powered trade compliance built for a quickly changing regulatory environment. The platform combines advanced natural language processing, large language models, curated trade data, and human-in-the-loop workflow to automate and de-risk global trade compliance.
It helps importers, customs brokers, logistics providers, and compliance teams classify products accurately, identify exposure, and maintain defensible compliance records.
December 17, 2025
From a Top Tech Startup award to new partnerships and how human-in-the-loop AI is shaping the future of global trade, this month’s newsletter breaks it all down.
December 9, 2025
We’ve partnered with BITE Data, to enable seamless access to automated denied party screening (DPS) and forced labor risk screening directly within the Quickcode platform.
Screen customers, suppliers, and partners against 200+ global lists, including forced labor and UFLPA risks – automatically and continuously.
No more manual checks. No more risk blind spots.
December 9, 2025
Joe Morales, Quickcode’s CTO, was interviewed by Food Engineering Magazine on agentic AI and how it’s reshaping operations, compliance, and decision-making across manufacturing.
Joe breaks down how embedded and agentic AI is already transforming global trade compliance, acting as a digital compliance officer that monitors tariff updates, regulatory shifts, and evolving agency requirements in real time.
November 27, 2025
Shannon Hynds and Joe Morales join the Simply Trade podcast for a Thanksgiving-themed deep dive into classification madness. From Turkey Trot running shoes and football essentials to unexpected pasta AD cases and even a frozen turkey used for bowling (you read that right!), Shannon breaks down how QuickCode’s AI tackles real-world holiday items, and how shifting tariffs shape the true cost of your feast.
November 26, 2025
In 2025, global supply chains are being reshaped by one major force: strategic partnerships that blend advanced AI capabilities with deep regional expertise. Despite continued pressure from geopolitical instability, climate disruptions, and fluctuating demand, companies are finding resilience by collaborating across technologies, regions, and industries.
November 24, 2025
This month’s edition breaks down a Thanksgiving reality check for importers:
If today’s tariff policies had been in place last year, Americans would’ve paid $26.6B more for holiday gifts. Electronics, apparel, toys, furniture – no category would’ve escaped the spike.
November 12, 2025
AI labor gap strategist. Use AI to forecast labor shortages, optimize workforce allocation, and coordinate automation deployment to keep supply chains running smoothly despite staffing gaps.
November 3, 2025
Two software vendors, Quickcode and Magaya, come together to apply artificial intelligence to the classification of imported goods under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, but humans aren’t out of the loop.
October 30, 2025
Big news this month: we took home a major innovation award, hit the road for ICPA, and rolled out new features your compliance team will actually use. Catch the highlights and watch the webinar you might’ve missed.
October 20, 2025
Quickcode.ai is a software-platform company that specializes in AI-powered trade compliance and tariff classification tools for importers, manufacturers, logistics firms, and compliance teams. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Quickcode.ai CEO Shannon Hynds to gain a deeper understanding of the company.
October 16, 2025
Quickcode.ai has been named the 2025 Supply Chain Innovation Award™ winner at CSCMP EDGE for its collaboration with Magaya on the Broker AI Assistant. The award recognizes how the partnership is transforming trade compliance with explainable AI that cuts classification research time by 90% and improves accuracy across the supply chain.
September 30, 2025
September’s newsletter covers big shifts in compliance and global trade. We spotlight our upcoming webinar on “shifting compliance left,” where experts share how to embed compliance early in the supply chain. You’ll also find trade insights on tariffs and where to meet our team at industry events this fall.
September 22, 2025
Quickcode is thrilled to share that we’ve secured $1.4M in additional seed funding, led by Buckhorn Capital Group with participation from our founders. Buckhorn’s founder and principal, Tom Ray, will also be joining Quickcode’s Board of Directors.
With this support, Quickcode will scale our AI-driven compliance platform to help businesses stay ahead of every change with clarity, speed, and confidence.
September 16, 2025
The fallout from recently enacted tariffs is reverberating across the globe, with consequences for consumers, manufacturers and trade-dependent economies. In the U.S., shoppers are beginning to feel tariff-driven inflation in their wallets, while in India, exporters face some of the steepest trade penalties in recent memory.
August 26, 2025
August was big for Quickcode! Our team gathered in Breckenridge, CO with investors and customers for Quickcode Week – a week of strategy, innovation, and some trivia, and bowling fun.
August 4, 2025
Global trade policy is shifting faster than ever, with new tariffs driving inflation and putting compliance teams under pressure. Manual processes can’t keep up, leaving companies exposed to costly errors, delays, and reputational risk. Advances in AI are transforming trade compliance by automating classification, monitoring regulations, and flagging impacts in real time. Businesses that embrace AI-driven compliance gain speed, accuracy, and resilience in an increasingly politicized trade environment.
July 10, 2025
Quickcode.ai has unveiled major enhancements designed to greatly broaden its influence on global trade. The platform now offers comprehensive support for HS codes across all countries and empowers users to manage millions of SKUs efficiently. These updates are transforming how importers and supply chain professionals operate within today’s complex regulatory landscape.
June, 2025
Tariff-driven turbulence creates an opportunity to rethink, retool, and reinforce logistics operations. Rather than viewing tariffs as an uncontrollable threat, you can use them as a catalyst for digital transformation.
We are living through a period of profound global transformation. While American perspectives continue to play a central role, the broader international outlook has shifted dramatically. Just a few decades ago, the world seemed to converge around three core ideas that shaped global policy and business.
May 21, 2025
In a world where tariffs flip overnight and compliance guidance reads like a math word problem (remember those?), trade professionals are the ones making sense of the chaos. With shifting rules, vague directives, and real business consequences on the line, you’re not just checking boxes – you’re protecting your company.
Trade compliance professionals connect legal nuance with operational reality. You keep goods moving legally, efficiently, and often more affordably. And in today’s volatile trade landscape, that’s not just important, it’s essential.
April 02, 2025
The immediate pain of the tariffs will be felt by manufacturers that rely on steel and aluminum. For instance, Steelport Knife Co., a small Oregon-based manufacturer, has already seen a 10% price hike from its U.S. steel supplier. The company’s Japanese and German competitors can source steel at lower costs, putting the business at a disadvantage. To cope, Steelport is cutting costs by tightening inventories and reducing travel to trade shows.
By leveraging AI, companies can proactively manage risks, optimize supply chains and stay ahead of policy shifts.
March 20, 2025
Introduced in Quickcode, an artificial-intelligence (AI)-powered trade-compliance assistant, are new features designed to help businesses navigate evolving International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and Section 301 tariffs and other trade regulations. With new tariffs already in place and more on the way, Quickcode’s latest enhancements make compliance faster, more efficient and more accessible for businesses of all sizes, according to company officials.
March 20, 2025
Quickcode, an AI-powered trade compliance assistant, is introducing new features designed to help businesses navigate evolving IEEPA and Section 301 tariffs and other trade regulations with ease. With new tariffs already in place and more on the way, Quickcode’s latest enhancements make compliance faster, more efficient, and more accessible for businesses of all sizes.
March 19, 2025
Quickcode, the AI-powered trade compliance assistant, is introducing new features designed to help businesses navigate evolving IEEPA and Section 301 tariffs and other trade regulations with ease. With new tariffs already in place and more on the way, Quickcode’s latest enhancements make compliance faster, more efficient, and more accessible for businesses of all sizes.
October 17, 2024
Maintaining and up-to-date product catalog is vital to staying compliant, and regulations are changing more than ever! HTS Code changes, PGA updates, Ch. 99 codes, and new AD/CVD cases have all affected solar panel imports over the last decade. See how Quickcode can help keep you on top of these changes and give you all the information that you need to stay compliant!
October 01, 2024
A large manufacturing company, a leader in electronics and machinery production, imports a wide range of raw materials and components from various global suppliers and exports its finished products to markets all over the world. As the company scaled its operations, managing trade compliance became increasingly complex and time-consuming. With strict regulations like Section 301/232 tariffs, anti-dumping/countervailing measures, PGA compliance, the company struggled to keep up with the evolving landscape of trade regulations.
The company turned to Quickcode’s trade compliance platform to automate and streamline its compliance processes, particularly around HS classification and regulatory updates.
June 7, 2024
Quickcode.ai (AI / Government & Commercial Tech) based in Mclean, Virginia, took second place and a cash grant to advance their work on improving trade compliance with large language models and generative artificial intelligence. “This award will help us introduce Quickcode to more manufacturing firms who want to save money and avoid costly fines on their imported goods.” – Shannon Hynds, CEO of Quickcode.ai.
Judge’s Take: “There is a tremendous opportunity to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to help secure our economic borders by ensuring regulatory and trade compliance.” – Jennifer Simpson
May 7, 2024
QuickCode AI aims to streamline regulations, compliance tariffs and taxes related to imports; which is what attracted to PS27 CEO and Founder Jim Stallings to the company.
“Keeping up with regulations is almost a full-time job and keeping up with contracting the parts is a full-time job,” Stallings said. “And unfortunately, in many cases, this is a manual process for companies. So what QuickCode does is say ‘look, we’ll do the searching and assembling. As well as the tracking and registration.'”
April 18, 2024
This strategic collaboration provides Cubic’s clientele with seamless access to Quickcode’s cutting-edge technology directly within the Cubic platform.
Oran Sever, CEO of Cubic, is enthusiastic about the integration, stating, “Cubic specializes in simplifying the overseas logistics for eCommerce retailers. With Quickcode on board, we’ve lightened the load when it comes to hunting down HS codes.”
Ms. Peaker is a Licensed Customs Broker who brings two decades of trade compliance experience. She started her career at Expeditors and is currently Vice President at Gallagher Transport International, a logistics firm specializing in US Customs and Freight Forwarding.
Her expertise will be invaluable as we continue to move the product forward with new features and functionality.
Bo brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the customs and trade industry, making him a valuable addition to the Quickcode team.
As Vice President of Sales, Bo will play a pivotal role in leading marketing and sales efforts. He will collaborate closely with the product and engineering teams to enhance Quickcode’s AI-based trade compliance solution, ensuring it remains best-in-class and aligns seamlessly with the evolving needs of importers and manufacturers.
In his new role, Mr. Owen will provide strategic guidance and counsel to Quickcode.ai as the company continues to expand its suite of AI-powered tools for cross-border trade.
During his tenure at CBP, Mr. Owen was responsible for overseeing a wide range of initiatives aimed at facilitating and securing trade between the United States and its international partners. He brings a wealth of expertise in cross-border trade, customs regulations, and supply chain management to his new role at Quickcode.ai.
May 4, 2023
The AI Revolution is coming to HS Classification! Classifiers will not be replaced by AI, but they will be replaced by humans using AI.
April 13, 2023
Listen to the insightful conversation with Shannon Hynds and Joe Morales as they share their expertise on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in streamlining the tariff classification process.
