Chasi

AI Revenue Engine for the Equipment Industry

Y CombinatorWinter 2026ActiveB2B

What they do

Problem

Equipment dealers lose revenue due to low fleet utilization and slow, manual handling of sales, rental, and service inquiries across disconnected systems.

Solution

Chasi deploys AI agents that integrate with dealers’ existing software to automate and respond to sales, rental, and service requests 24/7.

Who it's for

Equipment dealers and rental/service operations that manage equipment fleets and customer requests.

Founders

Akash Pavan

Co-founder & CEO

CEO at Chasi. Ex-Founding team/GM at Axion (pre-seed to Series B - Backed by Bessemer, Salesforce). Led AI deployments at Cummins, Harley Davidson, Denso & F500 Industrials. Built race cars, robots, tractors, and complex industrial automation systems.

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Sarman Aulakh

Co-Founder & CTO

CTO at Chasi. CS @ Waterloo. 2× founding engineer, previously built internal supply chain orchestration software at Tesla, rewards management platform and a VR startup

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