Supply Chain and Logistics Startups funded by Y Combinator (YC) in the San Francisco Bay Area 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/

LinkLane helps businesses move freight with a click. Anyone can get a quote and book instantly, while our AI agents find the carrier, negotiate the rate, and manage every load from pickup to delivery. Trucking is a nearly $1 trillion market still run by call centers of brokers working the phones. We're bringing the Amazon experience to freight, making shipping cheaper and easier for every business.

OpEra Technologies is the AI decision engine for factories, warehouses and fleets. Companies with physical operations make thousands of decisions every day, and we help their teams make the best one at every step from production to delivery: (1) Planning: how much to make, buy and stock. (2) Scheduling: what runs when, and who works on what. (3) Allocation: which warehouse or store gets each order. (4) Routing: boat, plane or truck, and which route each one takes. Founded out of MIT's Operations Research Center.

TrueMile is building a fully autonomous logistics company, starting with trucking. Delayed pickups, empty miles and poor planning eat into a carrier’s profits. Our agents coordinate loads, routes, driver schedules and fuel stops to earn more from each truck and lower the cost of moving goods. We’re starting with our own fleet so we control execution, learn from every delivery and keep the gains. Human drivers come first. As autonomous trucks become available on our routes, we’ll have the customers, freight and infrastructure ready for them. As we drive toward AGI, people will still need groceries, clothes and materials to build their homes. Someone has to move all of it. We want every leap in AI to show up in what people pay for everyday goods.

Applied Kinetics builds and deploys specialized AI employees to handle the coordination work behind America's energy and data center buildout. Our agents chase suppliers, track equipment approvals and delivery dates, and flag delays so project teams can keep critical equipment moving without hunting for updates across emails and spreadsheets.

Restaurants send orders to food distributors by email, text, and photo. Someone at the distributor retypes every one of them into the ERP. Asakana does that entry instead: orders land in the ERP already entered, and anything unclear goes to a person before it goes in. Live at US seafood distributors today, returning 40%+ of order-desk time to selling. Founded by a seafood distributor and a Gemini builder.

Peer is building an AI-native freight brokerage that quotes freight, finds the right trucking companies, tracks shipments, and handles problems from pickup through delivery for shippers.

SpaceFlow is an AI-native procurement services company for businesses that make, move and serve physical goods. We help procurement teams bring more spend under management, execute source-to-contract work and turn identified savings into realized savings without adding headcount or replacing existing systems.

Derya deploys supply chain automations for startups, SMEs, and enterprises that fulfil their entire supply chain function, from prospecting and procurement to distribution of goods. Our mission is to rebuild the supply chain from the ground up, turning one of the world’s hardest coordination problems into an AI native system that moves commodities by being integrated into both the supply chain infrastructure and the customer. We work across robotics, commodities, and food & beverages companies; procuring goods and managing various operation functions for them.

Donkey is the AI-native trading company. Upload a buying list and we land the whole container at one locked, delivered price, tariffs included. You buy from Donkey: one contract, one company responsible for everything between the factory floor and your door. Our own people check the cartons before the factory gets paid, and the balance is due when the goods are accepted at your dock. Small businesses buy imports through three or four middlemen, each adding 15 to 30 points, because none of them can fill a container on their own. Big enough to buy pallets, never big enough to buy the box. Quotes float with freight, FX and tariffs and live 15 to 30 days. A trading company is rooms of people on the phone with factories, forwarders and brokers. Donkey runs that as one engine. It finds the real factory behind the customs record, stacks duty line by line, packs the container on weight and cube, and returns one number that holds from signature. Next comes the shared container: small buyers fill one box together at container prices, and every container earns better factory terms for the next one. Team in San Francisco and Wuhan, English and Mandarin. If your business buys pallets of anything imported, send us your buying list.

Whitespace builds AI agents that run the entire operation of supply chain businesses, starting with wholesale distributors. We give them self-improving AI agents that learn their business and do work like inventory planning and customer service. We're building towards a world where all supply chain operations run through our agents, and all physical goods purchases can happen across businesses without human touch.

Khotan is the platform for forward-deployed engineers to rebuild operations as software and maintain them. It combines your context with the infrastructure harnesses need to deploy, share, and maintain each application. Across procurement, supply chain, finance, and operations, we’ve rebuilt the systems businesses cannot afford to get wrong. Learn more at khotan.com

We're building for the people that keep the world moving. Freight brokers and forwarders operate on razor-thin margins in a relationship-driven business — yet most of their teams spend the majority of their day on manual, repetitive work. We help freight brokers and forwarders build AI teammates that handle their repetitive, manual tasks so teams have time to focus on customers, carriers, and growing the business.

Haladir builds advanced AI systems for logistics. We sit on top of your WMS, TMS and ERP, turning their data into decisions across supply chain planning and execution: solver-grade optimization that decides what should happen, and AI agents that run the workflows. Today's AI brought intelligence. The next frontier is judgement.

Founded in 2023, GETASAP is a San Francisco–based technology and supply chain infrastructure company transforming fresh produce distribution and freight. GETASAP Fresh provides same-day delivery to thousands of restaurants and retail locations across the USA, sourcing directly from farms internationally and operating global cold-chain infrastructure. It also operates an AI-native freight carrier and brokerage, delivering reliable reefer LTL and FTL services powered by VoiceAI dispatch, optimized scheduling, and real-time operational intelligence.

Maximal is building autonomous systems to plan and move the world's freight. Our first product is a context-aware algorithmic load planning platform for full truckload (FTL) carriers. Our agents plug into a carrier's existing ERPs and communication channels, using that context to generate holistically optimized load plans. The result: carriers earn more revenue-per-mile while spending less time planning. Our founding team * grew up in 3PLs and trucking companies * studied the math behind transportation science at Cornell, Columbia, and USC * developed the technology that optimizes Amazon's distribution and fulfillment center network

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.

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.ai/

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.

Saldor is the AI-native procurement and accounts payable platform that takes every purchase from request to paid.

Pax is the AI-native broker that automates and maximizes tariff refunds through duty drawback. We've helped enterprises recover millions in duties and manage their entire trade compliance operation from one platform. Each year, 80% of eligible refunds—equivalent to $15B—go unclaimed. Pax is the first AI-first broker that makes this process transparent and streamline while maximizing all duty saving opportunities. We are two technical founders: Penny got her PhD from MIT and, and was a former research scientist at Amazon & Flexport, where I encountered the problem firsthand. Chris is a second-time founder and former software engineer at Amazon, Brex, and TikTok.

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.

Spherecast is building Agnes, the AI Supply Chain Manager for Consumer Goods. Agnes decides what to produce, where to make it, and how to move it through factories, warehouses, and channels – simulating thousands of options in seconds and executing the best plan. We are building Agnes to shape the physical flow of goods in the world, turning it into something as programmable as code. When we succeed, every consumer product you touch will run on the Spherecast stack – planned in the Spherecast OS, executed over Spherecast Rails, and optimized by the shared Spherecast Network. Oracle turned atoms into bits. Spherecast turns bits back to atoms, but globally optimized. Be part of the next $T company.

Poka Labs builds an AI platform to help sales reps at chemical manufacturers respond to requests from customers and win more business. Our agents understand each companies product catalog, customer purchase behaviors, and tribal knowledge in order to price, quote, and win the business. Malay and Andrew met while pursuing at Harvard Business School and now are building for companies ranging from a few million in sales per year to billions.

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

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.

At Reform, we’re building a platform for building and managing AI agents that perform high-stakes operational work. Some of the most critical industries today run on outdated systems, spreadsheets, and manual processes - creating friction across every handoff, contract, and invoice. We’re rebuilding this infrastructure from the ground up.

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.

FleetWorks is rebuilding the $1 trillion freight marketplace with AI. Every year, companies spend over a trillion dollars moving freight across the U.S. — but the system for matching trucks with jobs is still slow, manual, and fragmented. FleetWorks is fixing that. We’re turning today’s chaotic freight market into a modern, intelligent marketplace — one where AI agents replace the endless phone calls, texts and emails and match jobs to trucks instantly.

HappyRobot is the AI-native operating system for the real economy, closing the circuit between intelligence and action. By combining real-time truth, specialized AI workers, and an orchestrating intelligence, HappyRobot manages complex, mission-critical work with true autonomy. Acting as a central brain, the OS compounds intelligence over time, optimizes decisions at every level, and continuously improves as it operates. Starting with supply chain and industrial-scale operations, HappyRobot enables enterprises to run with greater resilience and speed, while humans focus on strategy, creativity, and values.

Vooma is the AI agent for logistics. We help our customers automate manual tasks and focus on work that drives business value. Mike built self driving trucks as a founding engineer at Kodiak Robotics (prev. Uber, Otto) and led their motion planning and safety teams. Jesse grew a private equity backed logistics software company from $2M to $20M+ as CEO.

Coperniq is workflow software for solar & energy contractors. It cuts soft cost per installation by $3K (17% of total cost) & accelerates project completion by 45 days (30% of project timeline). We replace Salesforce, spreadsheets, pencil-&-paper, & other hacky workarounds with an industry-specific application for the underserved energy workforce. Main benefits for our customers 1. Finish projects faster and cheaper: Our platform cuts 17% of soft costs, allowing contractors to deploy more projects, faster, and cheaper, with 5-star customer experience every time 2. Turn costly (often unprofitable) service calls into a revenue engine: By integrating with hardware OEMs (Enphase, SolarEdge, etc...), Coperniq gives you real-time health checks for your install base, automates service tickets, & drives referral revenue Coperniq does all this and much more in one beautiful platform! Are you or someone you know running or thinking about starting a solar company? [Schedule a call with us :)](https://calendly.com/coperniq-sales/discovery-web-v2 )

Conduit is the operating system for shipping and receiving. We build software that systemizes the planning and execution of work on the loading dock and in the yard — giving operators real-time visibility, accountability, and automation across every site they run. We're a small team (<20 people) with real traction: 100+ customers, 172% NRR, and zero churn. We're backed by Innovation Endeavors and Y Combinator, and we recently closed a $6M Seed round. We're based in San Francisco and Seattle, and work hybrid. We move fast, give people real ownership early, and build in a way that most companies don't allow — direct customer access, minimal process, and full access to AI tools.

Physical operations still run on fragmented data, manual guard shacks, and paper lists that are difficult to verify. In yards and cross-docks across North America, facilities face surging cargo theft, strict compliance requirements (like CTPAT audits), and expensive labor bottlenecks. Moving from messy gate logs and high-risk manual workflows to fast, secure, autonomous access control usually requires breaking legacy systems or throwing more labor at the problem. Supadock is the multi-agent AI platform for physical logistics operations. We help 3PLs, logistics businesses, and fleets automate facility workflows—starting with the gate. Our agents make sense of visitor credentials, validate documents via bank-grade KYC, identify security gaps, and automate the SOPs needed to secure facility perimeters 24/7, while keeping human oversight for operational exceptions. Under the hood, Supadock is a multi-modal learning engine. We connect intelligence across your entire facility stack—orchestrating phone calls, emails, text messages, documents, cameras, access control gates, and TMS APIs. The system captures live operational context that compounds into a living model of your business, bringing multi-agent AI into physical logistics operations one SOP at a time.

Tiriel is the AI workforce for freight dispatch. Not dispatch software. A workforce: specialized AI agents, each with one job, one standard, and one boss, the dispatcher. Scout finds freight across 14+ load boards. Closer negotiates rates with brokers by phone, in parallel, within the rate floors you set. Coordinator manages your drivers in English, Spanish, or whatever language your fleet speaks. Auditor closes the paperwork, files detention and TONU claims, and processes PODs. Analyst learns your operation and makes the team better every week. Every call is recorded, transcribed, and attached to the load. You direct. They execute. Built by a family that has operated trucking companies for over 20 years. Live across the United States. Start with $99 at https://tiriel.ai

Last mile is a $500B industry powering digital commerce but managed largely with self managed API integrations. Nash approaches last mile orchestration with information completeness solutions from checkout, courier management, customer engagement, and post-purchase experience. Doing this enables merchants and customers to capture immense efficiencies, drive better customer experience, reliability and business outcomes. We are working towards a mission of processing a double digit percentage of every physical last-mile transaction. We achieve this by providing top of the market modules for each step of the customer journey and leveraging the network effects from having more information that allows traditional competitors to collaborate. It’s a big mission, but we are already seeing strong market pull as we are already serving some of the largest retailers in the world like Walmart, 7-Eleven and Woolworths. Nash was founded in 2021 by Mahmoud Ghulman (2x Founder, MIT) and Aziz Alghunaim (2x Founder, 2x YC, Ex-Palantir, MIT) and has raised funding from top investors, including Y-Combinator and a16z, to build the world’s best logistics infrastructure platform. We are based in SF.

In Mexico and US trucking demand outpaces capacity, yet 40% of the time trucks roll empty. BeGo uses Machine Learning to reduce empty returns, deadheads, and carbon emissions. BeGo is co-founded by two brothers, Jasiel, with 10+ years of experience in the industry, and Ivan, ex-Tesla engineer with experience in product design and machine learning.

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Experience cutting-edge route optimization with Zeo, a versatile platform designed for both mobile and web. Our innovative app, trusted by over 1 million drivers across 146 countries, revolutionizes last-mile delivery by minimizing delivery times and reducing costs. Zeo Fleet, an essential tool for fleet managers and businesses, offers a seamless, no code solution to manage and assign stops to drivers, streamlining setup in under 15 minutes. Join 5,000+ businesses that rely on Zeo for daily route planning. Zeo caters to a diverse range of industries including last-mile delivery, waste management, healthcare, home services (like lawn mowing, pool maintenance, handyman services, HVAC), real estate, building inspection, and national park service. Key features of Zeo include advanced stop assignment, efficient route optimization, real-time driver tracking, comprehensive proof of delivery tracking, effective load assignment, and precise geo-fencing for drivers. Choose Zeo for a smarter, more efficient routing solution.

Mentum helps procurement and supply chain teams streamline strategic sourcing with AI, transforming unstructured data into actionable insights for faster decisions and cost savings. Backed by Google’s Gradient Ventures and Y Combinator, we serve industries like CPG, energy, automotive, and aerospace.

We help warehouses schedule trucks.

Rickshaw is a local delivery platform that partners with courier companies and delivers several goods, including laundry, gifts, office snacks, and meal subscriptions. It uses algorithms and mobile apps to dispatch, route, and track customer locations. The service is available from Monday to Friday from 7.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. Rickshaw was launched by Divya Bhat and Gautam Jayaraman.