Mercura

AI Quote and Order Automation for Distributors & Manufacturers

Y CombinatorWinter 2025ActiveB2BSales

What they do

Problem

Distributors and manufacturers in the construction supply chain take too long and expend too much manual effort to process customer quote and order requests.

Solution

Mercura provides AI-driven software that automates quoting and order processing workflows so sales teams can turn requests around in minutes.

Who it's for

Sales teams at distributors and manufacturers in the construction supply chain use it to automate quotes and orders.

Founders

Lukas Bock

Founder

CEO at Mercura. Previously, AI Engineer at Google X, implementing end to end ML pipelines impacting millions of users. Former Data Scientist at Allianz, driving AI integration across ~60 global entities. PhD dropout, University of Cambridge. Lifelong exposure to the construction industry, growing up in an HVAC and plumbing family and learning about the industry firsthand on job sites.

Stefan Zheng

Founder

CPO at Mercura. Former Bain consultant, improving operations efficiency across 15+ manufacturing plants. Product Manager at startups and early-stage investor at Cherry Ventures. Researcher at MIT, developing GPT solutions before everyone else did. Graduated within the top 2% from TU Munich and Harvard Business School. Mastered operations by working in his Chinese parent’s restaurant from age 10.