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Poka Labs

Helping industrial manufacturers win deals fast, at the right price.

Y CombinatorSummer 2024ActiveB2BSupply Chain and LogisticsSaaSSupply ChainAIIndustrial

What they do

Problem

Chemical manufacturers struggle to respond to customer requests quickly and accurately with the right pricing and quotes, leading to lost deals.

Solution

An AI platform with agents that learn a manufacturer's product catalog, customer buying patterns, and internal knowledge to generate pricing and quotes and help win sales.

Who it's for

Sales teams at chemical manufacturing companies ranging from mid-market to large enterprises.

Founders

Andrew Bass
Founder

Andrew is the Co-Founder and CTO of Poka Labs. Before Poka, he worked on critical data infrastructure systems at Meta, as well as optimization software at a Series A startup (acquired) that helped mobility companies boost their revenue 40%. He has both an MBA and MS degree at Harvard where he focused on ML systems.

Malay Shah
Founder

Malay is the Co-Founder and CEO of Poka Labs. He earned degrees in Chemical Engineering and Economics from NC State and an MBA from Harvard Business School. With a background in the specialty chemicals industry, Malay has held various positions in operations and engineering working across plants in US, Germany, and China. His work in deploying chemical expertise with advanced analytics has saved his previous employers tens of millions of dollars.

Open roles 3

Fullstack / AI Engineer (3+ YOE)
San Francisco, CA, US · Full-time · $150K - $200K · 0.50% - 1.25%
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Founding Deployment Strategist
San Francisco, CA, US · Full-time · $140K - $190K · 0.50% - 0.75%
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Founding GTM
San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (US) · Full-time · $140K - $180K · 0.30% - 0.70%
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