Timeline
August 2025
Announced Major Investment In AI-Automation.
June 2025
Completed first Deep Learning Price Prediction Model
Dec 2024
Shipped 200
Millionth Bushel
Nov 2024
Broke Ground On
New Office Building
Sept 2024
Launched Market
Gauges
Jan 2024
Beacon Pricing
Launched Beacon Pricing product
Jun 2024
Launched Birthday
Beacon program
Oct 2023
$1 Billion
Cumulative sales cross $1 Billion
Jun 2023
Automated Trading
System
Went live with first automated trading system
Dec 2021
100 Millionth
Bushel
100 millionth bushel ships
Nov 2021
HedgeBeacon Subscription
Launched HedgeBeacon subscription product
Jan 2021
Est Lighthouse Logistics
Established Lighthouse Logistics freight brokerage
Dec 2020
HedgeBeacon
Released
HedgeBeacon signal algorithms released
Oct 2020
Beacon Fund Est
Beacon Fund matching donation program
established on Five year anniversary
Jan 2020
1st Client Summit
First annual client summit held
Dec 2019
Software Automation
Software process automation begins
April 20th 2019
Jim Kirkeide passes away
Jan 2018
Rebranded
Company rebranded As Lighthouse Commodities
Dec 2017
Andrew Kabes
Andrew Kabes joins as COO
Nov 2017
Re-financed
Company re-financed with Jim Kirkeide and Cornerstone Bank
Oct 2017
Est. Lighthouse Hedging
Established Lighthouse Hedging futures brokerage
Feb 2016
Jessica Crist
CFO Jessica Crist Joins as employee #2
Dec 2015
Signed 1st Client
Signed first professional merchandising client
Oct 2015
Founded
Founded as Standard Commodity management w/Financing from Standard Nutrition company