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Brazil’s Postal Service Seeks Blockchain, AI Solutions for Operations

Through a pre-selection process it aims to find blockchain and AI-based solutions to enhance its operations.

Mar 8, 2025, 6:29 p.m.
Smart locker in São Paulo, Brazil (Clique Retire/Unsplash)

What to know:

  • Brazil's state-owned postal service, Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos, is looking for blockchain and AI solutions to enhance operations.
  • It aims to improve business processes, operational efficiency, and internal supply management.

Brazil’s state-owned postal service, Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos, has launched a pre-selection process for companies and specialists in blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) to develop solutions for its logistics and operational management.


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The tender, published in the country’s official journal Diário Oficial da União on Friday, seeks proposals that support the digital transformation of the agency's services. The initiative, called Licitação Seleção Prévia e Diálogo nº 25000001/2025 CS, is focused on finding advanced technological solutions to modernize business processes, operations, and internal supply management.


“We want to promote a collaborative and dynamic process to find artificial intelligence and blockchain solutions for our business, operations, and hiring challenges,” the company announced.


The organization did not specify the exact use cases it is targeting, but blockchain technology has been widely adopted for supply chain tracking, document authentication, and transaction security. The use of artificial intelligence is likely linked to logistics optimization and enhanced data analysis.

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