Trackunit Introduces AI-driven Fleet Intelligence Solutions
Global tech provider Trackunit introduces the Trackunit MCP (Model Context Protocol) server enabling construction and rental professionals to query, understand, and act on fleet data through widely used AI tools through its IrisX operating data platform.
The Trackunit MCP server provides fleet data accessibility through AI clients including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot. Using the MCP, users can query assets, update data, and configure alerts through natural language without custom integrations.
“Connectivity was always the foundation, but connectivity alone doesn’t make decisions, intelligence does,” said Fred Rio, senior vice president, product management at Trackunit. “With the MCP server, equipment, field, and fleet data becomes accessible within the AI tools construction professionals already use, changing how decisions are made in practice.”
The launch marks the next step in Trackunit's AI in IrisX initiative, embedding AI directly into the platform rather than as a separate layer. The approach focuses on turning high-quality data into operational intelligence that enables faster and more confident action. A conversational AI assistant within Trackunit Manager is expected to launch later this summer.
"Telematics has generated vast amounts of machine data across construction, but the challenge has been turning that data into action at the right moment," said Rio. "Before, data required an analyst and days of custom development to become useful. Now it surfaces in minutes, telling operators and fleet managers what to act on, not just what occurred."
IrisX processes more than 2 trillion data points and ingests more than 3 billion new data points daily across 6.5 million connected assets, supporting mixed fleets and complex, multi-brand environments.
"High-quality, reliable data is what makes AI-driven intelligence possible. That starts with connectivity health and getting the right telematics from day one," said Rio. For this purpose, Trackunit is introducing a connectivity health solution, including the Fit App, purpose-built to guide installers from first setup through connectivity monitoring, ensuring assets are configured correctly before data ever reaches IrisX.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.