Supply Chain Startups funded by Y Combinator (YC) 2026

GrubMarket is the AI-powered technology enabler and digital transformer of American Food Supply Chain industry. Our mission is to build and provide the eCommerce and software technologies to this industry, to transform this completely offline and highly manual industry into modernized online industry powered by software technologies, and improve the efficiency of American food supply chain.

Founded in 2013, we believe trade can move the human race forward. That’s why our mission at Flexport is to make global trade easy for everyone. What the internet has done for bits and bytes, Flexport is doing for physical goods: giving every business the ability to connect to any customer, wherever they are in the world. That sounds pretty straightforward, but a fragmented and inefficient global supply chain has held the world back from untapped growth and innovation. By connecting everyone in the global economy we can unlock commerce, creativity, and human progress. To do so, we’re building the platform for global logistics—empowering buyers, sellers and their logistics partners with the technology and services they need to grow and innovate. Today, we work with more than 40,000 customers and their suppliers across industries like manufacturing, retail, electronics, consumer goods, tech, apparel, and beauty. Companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—used Flexport technology to move nearly $19B of merchandise across 112 countries in 2021. Interested in joining our team? Check out our open job postings on careers site and apply directly today! https://www.flexport.com/careers/jobs/

MarkIt builds AI agents that work directly inside the workflows trade professionals use every day — Excel, PDFs, broker portals, and more. From defensible classification, ACE report audits, and a self-updating system of record, it serves trade professionals end to end with agents intelligent enough to work in the complex environment. MarkIt brings reasoning, memory, and automation to global trade compliance, helping Suppliers, Brokers, and OEMs reduce errors, save time, and streamline operations in the growingly intense world of Global Trade.

Fresh-produce supply chains are built around guesswork. Growers plant without clear demand signals, distributors overbuy to protect against shortages, and retailers end up eating the waste. GETASAP fixes this by rebuilding distribution around real demand and fast execution. We deliver wholesale fresh produce with 8-hour same-day delivery, using micro-fulfillment centers positioned close to demand so we can operate with far less safety stock. Behind the scenes, we look at live retail sales, purchasing, and waste patterns to decide what to source, where to place inventory, and when to replenish. That lets us buy closer to actual demand, turn inventory faster, and materially reduce spoilage. For retailers, GETASAP replaces procurement teams and fragmented supplier management—we handle sourcing, inventory decisions, and fulfillment end to end as a single, reliable partner. As more volume flows through the network, demand becomes clearer, sourcing gets smarter, and the operation becomes cheaper and more predictable over time.

Food Supply Chain companies have been using legacy ERPs for decades. Everyone knows these are necessary evils that essentially run the business but take up a lot of operational capacity. They are not about to just rip and replace their existing system that runs their whole business with a system that takes years to implement. Imagine if they could implement AI that runs the ERP for them, in weeks? Burnt’s building an agentic OS for the Food Supply Chain with AI Agents for each department. Our AI Agent, Ozai, has started by replacing the whole order management job function at food distribution companies, so that sales and customer service teams can focus on what matters - the customer. Ozai monitors all incoming messages (emails, phone calls, voicemails, whatsapp, fax etc.), figures out if it's an order, learns each customer's habits, shorthand, and favorite products, picks up on any prep notes, and enters it straight into the existing ERP. It'll even go back to the customers on your behalf when it's not sure about something, clarify things and carry on working. The more it sees, the smarter it gets.

Fleetline is building the first complete-context algorithmic load planner for mid to large-sized trucking fleets. Today’s dispatchers face an overwhelming task: balancing regulations, customer demands, live fleet data, and individual driver needs, all while coordinating across siloed tools and teams. Mistakes run rampant, and each mistake is thousands of dollars. Even the select fleets using algorithms that have fleet-wide context struggle: the outputs are rigid, hard to interpret, and are blind to real-world nuances like driver preferences and schedule exceptions. Fleetline solves this by combining advanced optimization with LLMs that can easily adapt algorithms to each fleet’s needs and capture driver-specific information. The result is smarter planning truly optimized for every fleet and its drivers.

Lanesurf helps freight brokers book shipments with vetted carriers at the best prices by negotiating rates across multiple calls in parallel. Our self-improving voice AI stack is built for the messy reality of logistics - noisy calls, compliance checks, constant exceptions and turns them into faster bookings at better margins. With each booking, the AI learns from aggregated, anonymized lane and pricing data. As more customers use Lanesurf, this learning compounds, driving faster bookings at the best prices and powering a voice-driven freight marketplace.

DeepAware (Silicon Valley Robotics Center roboticscenter.ai) is the fastest way for enterprises and researchers to get robots and robotics parts in the US — 72-hour delivery or Bay Area pickup. Beyond hardware, we help teams collect teleoperation data, build reinforcement learning environments, and deploy robots into production. Customers include AI labs, industrial operations, research teams, and event producers.

Rebulk accurately measures and monitors bulk inventory like piles of feed, sand, and other assets that do not fit into boxes and barcodes using cameras, LiDAR, and computer vision. Most bulk inventory is still managed with rough estimates, manual checks, delayed updates, and too much guesswork. Because it lives in piles, bays, yards, and truck beds instead of boxes with barcodes, it is much harder to track accurately. When teams do not know what is actually on site, it leads to shrink, stockouts, bad planning, and unnecessary fire drills. We’ve lived this problem, and we know how to solve it. Warren saw it firsthand as a Product Manager at Milk Moovement, a $20M Series A AgTech startup, working closely with feed suppliers and farm managers. Cole was engineer #3 at Tropic, scaling it from seed to Series B, and later led engineering at an AI startup. We’ve built an integrated hardware and software platform and is working with one of the largest agricultural company in North America and Charm Industrial. As industries demand real-time visibility into the physical world, RebuIk is positioned to become the operating system for bulk assets from inventory tracking to procurement and logistics.

Lumari is the world's first AI-powered procurement automation platform purpose-built for direct materials and supply chain execution. Backed by Y Combinator, Lumari is a well-funded startup that deploys 100s of always-on AI agents that run sourcing workflows, manage RFQs, expedite purchase orders, and coordinate supplier communication end-to-end -- compressing cycle times and giving teams full visibility into active orders, RFQs, and supplier performance. Founded by engineers from Google, Tesla, Amazon, and Stripe who have built and scaled supply chain systems serving millions of users. Built to operate directly on top of existing tools and ERP systems, Lumari helps procurement teams move faster, eliminate operational bottlenecks, and build more resilient supply chains. No rip-and-replace, no supplier onboarding. Lumari handles the manual chase: quote follow-ups, PO confirmations, delivery status updates, and risk escalation. Lumari helps companies from Fortune 500s to fast-growing startups automate work from sourcing to delivery, streamline supplier communication and order management, and bring full visibility to their procurement operations. To learn more check out https://lumari.io/

Ovlo is a no-code AI platform for supply chain teams, building custom agents that automate critical workflows like demand forecasting, compliance validation, invoice reconciliation, and inventory optimization to eliminate manual errors and supercharge efficiency. As an AI layer connecting onto of your current tech stack, even email and Sheets, it creates streamlined end-to-end processes, empowering teams.

Trava is building AI agents for global trade compliance. Importers lose billions each year to duty overpayments and filing errors. Trava audits customs entries and automates classification to help importers protect margins and stay compliant at scale.

Vortexify AI is a platform for building fully operational AI workflows tailored to supply chain operations. Deploy specialized, task-specific AI bots in days — not weeks. Our platform streamlines the creation of AI bots that can analyze millions of data rows, manage complex, long-horizon processes, and collaborate seamlessly with humans in the loop. Each AI bot comes equipped with custom tools maintained through AI-powered code editors directly within the Vortexify platform. Development teams can instantly generate dashboards, data pipelines, machine learning models, and custom functions — all contextualized to business goals and data requirements. Bots can operate in Co-pilot or Agent (autonomous) mode. They can be scheduled or triggered by real-time alerts and are governed by robust, natural language-generated guardrail templates that ensure safety, compliance, and reliability.

Mobius is the safe spot market for electronic components like microcontrollers and capacitors. We help electronics manufacturers buy and sell chips quickly, safely & at market prices.

Lighthouz is a backoffice AI solution for freight brokers, to automate AP, AR, and Collections. Leading freight brokers are using Lighthouz AI to automate FTL (full truckload) and LTL (less than truckload) freight bill auditing, automatically filing disputes, and invoicing customers. With Lighthouz, 70%-85% emails do not need to be touched by humans. Hence, brokers using Lighthouz are invoicing customers 36% faster, getting paid 5 days sooner, and reducing back office costs by 40%. Lighthouz brings 25+ years of supply chain, logistics, and AI experience to brokers, with a AI Professor from Georgia Tech who taught 1000+ students, and team with PhD and MS in AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science.

Vendra makes sourcing custom parts from US manufacturers effortless. Submit one RFQ and we automate the entire sourcing process - matching you with the right suppliers, handling outreach, and collecting competitive quotes. Full transparency and no middleman markups - just smarter sourcing. Visit www.vendra.io and submit an RFQ today!

The Forecasting Company builds planning systems based on our in-house foundation models for time series.

Distributors & Manufacturers use Soff to grow revenue through Soff's sales agents that process quotes, orders and handles all communication with customers, co-workers & suppliers.

Poka Labs builds an AI platform to help sales reps at chemical manufacturers respond to requests from customers and win more business. Our agent understands each companies product catalog, customer purchase behaviors, and company specific pricing logic to price, quote, and win the business. Malay and Andrew met while pursuing their MBAs at Harvard Business School. Malay previously worked as an engineer in the specialty chemical industry, saving his employers over $100 million across US, China, and German plants. Andrew worked as a software engineer on data infrastructure at Meta and optimization problems at a seed-stage startup. He also completed a Masters degree at Harvard specializing in Machine Learning.

Cartage is the future of freight coordination. Transparent, tech-driven and eliminating the need for human coordinators.

Panora automates PO entry for distributors, manufacturers and wholesalers. Stop wrong shipments, block duplicates, reclaim ~80% of your order-entry time.

Distro is the all-in-one AI-powered sales platform for counter staff and inside sales at industrial wholesale distributors (HVAC/R, plumbing, electrical, and more).

We are building a safer supply chain. Cargo Theft has been increasing yearly, and the supply chain industry is urgently looking for ways to solve this. Using experience fighting fraud at the largest delivery marketplaces and logistics tech companies, we are building solutions to stop Cargo Theft and improve profit margins and revenue for warehouses and freight brokers.

Forge helps companies recover tariffs and duties paid on imported goods that are later exported or scrapped by automating a process called duty drawback. Billions of dollars of eligible refunds go unclaimed every year. We take full ownership of the process from organizing data to filing claims so businesses can unlock this extra revenue with minimal effort.

Every time workers in a warehouse box an order, they reference a 100 page manual with instructions like where to put the shipping label. RetailReady replaces the instruction manual with a tablet application.

Manufacturing procurement teams spend 70% of their day buried in supplier emails and spreadsheets. Mandel fixes that. We're an AI supply chain coordinator that reads every supplier email, extracts the data that matters - POs, quotes, delivery dates, pricing - and catches disruptions before they cost you.

Guac accurately forecasts grocery demand to help supermarkets order and produce the right amount of inventory — reducing food waste and increasing availability.

Terminal is Plaid for telematics data in commercial trucking. Companies building next generation insurance products, financial services and fleet software for trucking use our Universal API to access GPS data, speeding data and vehicle stats. Raghav (CEO) and Connor (CTO) led product and engineering at a series b-funded neobank where they spent 2.5 years integrating middleware APIs like Plaid & Stripe. Before that, Connor spent 3 years building software for his family-owned logistics company which was acquired by a private equity firm. Raghav’s family is in fleet operations and owns an HVAC company in San Francisco where they operate a fleet of 13 commercial vehicles.

There are billions of dollars of hospital waste caused by inefficient, disconnected supply chains and finance data. Today, clinics are facing unprecedented backorders, recalls, and purchase verticals (medical devices, SaaS, security, commodities). We are building a single product to 10x a fragmented industry with each tool built almost 20 years ago.

Trackstar is the Plaid for supply chain logistics. Our universal API provides a simple and well-documented way for companies to integrate with hundreds of warehouse management systems ("WMS") in minutes, not months.

Tank Payments is building modern financial infrastructure for the trucking industry. We offer payables automation software for logistics businesses that make hundreds of payments to trucking businesses every day. For trucking businesses, we provide a best-in-class banking platform, designed to meet the unique financial needs of the trucking sector.

Today, Retailers have to make 1000s of complex operational decisions every day, all impacting their bottom line.This problem is being currently tackled with excel or legacy systems, both no longer fit for purpose. We make a platform that lets retailers make optimal decisions, easily and quickly. We ingest a retailer's data, generate recommendations and then allow users to approve a given action. Our platform covers topics including product pricing, inventory replenishment and re-ordering with the goal of covering all operational processes.

Our AI Agent runs the entire international trade operation: handles customs processes with government agencies and regulators, orchestrates cross-border payments, and provides credit solutions for trade finance. Built by ECSA, a Central Bank–licensed FX bank, the agent allows exporters and importers to move goods and money seamlessly across borders. Today it powers +USD 1b in annual volume across +17.000 transactions, cutting costs and eliminating regulatory friction.

Kaso (formerly Elkaso) is the largest B2B ordering platform for restaurants and suppliers in the Middle East. Kaso connects restaurants and suppliers, to manage and improve the order process end to end to save time, money, and food.

Attain is a one-stop shop for convenience store owners to buy inventory across all their suppliers with higher reliability, price transparency, and product discovery. On average, store owners buy products from over 10-15 different suppliers each week. This painful process involves shopping in massive warehouses or spending hours working with wholesaler’s sales representatives (who sometimes don’t even show up). As a result, stores waste countless hours ordering products through extremely inefficient and tedious processes. These store owners are also severely impacted by inventory shortages and revenue loss which many times results in them downsizing their business or shutting them down completely. Attain solves this problem by providing a single app to purchase products across all of their suppliers, resulting in a one-stop shop for inventory. By aggregating inventory across a multitude of suppliers and wholesalers, Attain helps stores save significant time and money while allowing them to focus on what they do best - growing their businesses. Feel free to reach out at founders@joinattain.com!

DimOrder - Restaurant POS system for Southeast Asia Founded in 2019, DimOrder is a Hong Kong-based technology company transforming the F&B industry. In addition to online payments, we allow restaurants to market to their customers, order food from their suppliers, and receive short term loans. Through one single platform, restaurateurs can easily manage their business and focus on their passion, we let the chef be chef.

Innovative hardware teams use Cofactr to scale their electronic hardware from BOM through production, replacing spreadsheets and shelves with insights and on-demand infrastructure. We're a Y Combinator W22 company with growing revenue and backed with significant venture funding from VCs like Bain Capital Ventures.

Topship is the easiest way for African businesses to export/import cargo, freight and parcels to their suppliers, distributors and customers. We are building Flexport for Africa. Our goal is to build a Global Distribution System that makes delivery of parcels, cargo and freight easy for African businesses.

Sekilo is building the AI powered halal protein supply chain for foodservice in Indonesia, starting with poultry. The middle downstream food ecosystem is highly fragmented, with SMEs, F&B chains, industrial buyers, and government kitchens relying on multiple vendors, leading to inconsistent quality, pricing, and fulfillment. Sekilo unifies this through an asset light operating layer that integrates procurement, processing, cold chain, and delivery into a single system, layering AI across negotiation, pricing, inventory, and demand planning to automate workflows and improve margins.

An autonomous logistics OS where AI agents handle transportation end-to-end, from procurement and planning to dispatch, tracking, and delivery, across any mode of transport. Continuously improving with every shipment.

Our platform fixes construction's broken supply chain. 70% of construction projects finish late or over budget; procuring and managing building materials is the number 1 reason why. We use LLMs to buy and manage building materials for large construction companies. With DigiBuild, construction contractors can find, order, track and manage their materials from the supplier to the job site. We help customers save money, staff time, and improve construction project schedules. We work with the top real estate developers, general contractors, and subcontractors in the US. We manage billions in building material volume annually in the 2nd largest market in the world.

Freterium is a collaborative SaaS platform that connects organizations, people and technologies in the logistics value chain to help them move things. Our connected cloud platform provides real-time visibility of shipments, elastic logistics infrastructure (in-house & 3rd party fleets), proprietary routing algorithms, productivity tools, and seamless collaboration that breaks down traditional organizational silos.

Alpas provides data-driven sourcing for procurement departments of mid and large-cap manufacturing companies. We use ML methods to provide 360° views of suppliers and supply chains, benchmark suppliers globally and assess geopolitical as well as supplier-specific risks.

Vendease is a marketplace that lets restaurants in Africa, order directly from farms and food manufacturers. Now, instead of going through expensive - middlemen - vendors, or wasting productive man hours sending staff to open markets with hiked prices, restaurants can now get on our platform, click to order and get all their food supplies within 24hrs.

Source high-quality, cost-competitive custom parts faster by partnering directly with vetted manufacturers. Jiga is used by engineers and supply chain managers from NASA, Siemens, Tesla, Google and many more.

Flextock is a tech-enabled fulfillment provider in the Middle East & Africa. For local merchants, we warehouse the stock and deliver orders directly to their customers through our network of last mile delivery partners.

The trucking and logistics industry provides the backbone of the economy, but the payments infrastructure on which it runs is broken; the existing suite of payment tools is outdated, difficult to use, prone to fraud, and saddled with hidden fee structures. AtoB is building Stripe for Transportation — modernizing the payments infrastructure for trucking and logistics, where capital movement occurs quickly and transparently. Our flagship product is the AtoB Fuel Card, a zero-fee fuel card accepted anywhere built for fleets of all shapes and sizes.

We are building an on-demand Fulfillment network and all software tools in a central platform which is required for an Etailer to manage their eCommerce Fulfillment operations. Etailers connect all their stores to our platform and send us their inventory. Whenever an order is placed on any of the channels, our Decision Engine allocates order to the nearest Warehouse holding the inventory, and right courier partner to pick & deliver to the end customer.

Over 70% of B2B trade still happens through emails, PDFs, texts, and phone calls — not because companies prefer it, but because their customers do. This is the default ordering workflow across industries, and despite decades of ERP software, it remains largely manual. Response provides the infrastructure for this reality. We turn unstructured customer messages into ERP-ready draft orders, so teams can review, approve, and move faster without changing how they work. By automating the space between customer intent and systems of record, Response lets operators scale order volume without hiring more people, outsourcing labor, or retraining customers. We’re building the missing action layer for how B2B trade actually works.