Industrial Supply Association (LinkedIn) · May 2026
ISA welcomed Avent Industrial as a member and described the company as automating the quote-to-cash cycle for industrial distributors.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Avent is a YC S25 San Francisco startup building an AI operating system for industrial commerce: it automates RFQ-to-quote workflows, order entry, inbox management, and procurement for industrial distributors and manufacturers, while working inside existing ERP systems. Public sources show a single $500K YC-backed funding round, a small in-person team, and no official GitHub or X page surfaced in the reviewed public sources.
Primary product
AI platform for distributors and suppliers that automates quoting, order entry, inbox management, and procurement
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
industrial commerce automation
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Offices
Business model
Stage
seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Seed · Jan 2025
Latest amount
$500K
Jan 2025 · Y Combinator
Investors
Small in-person San Francisco team; the hiring pages emphasize high ownership, speed, impact over optics, direct customer work, and taking direction rather than waiting for instructions.
Work style
Onsite
Visa sponsorship
No
Compensation
Public roles advertise $120K-$150K salary + 1%-2% equity for Founding Engineer, $100K-$130K salary + 1%-2% equity for Founding Forward Deployed Engineer, and $90K-$110K salary + 0.4%-1.0% equity for Founding Growth Operator.
Benefits
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated monthly visits
657
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Industrial Supply Association (LinkedIn) · May 2026
ISA welcomed Avent Industrial as a member and described the company as automating the quote-to-cash cycle for industrial distributors.
Avent blog · Apr 2026
Event post announcing Avent’s ISA26 presence, booth, live demos, and two workshops focused on messy supplier data and building custom AI agents.
Avent blog · Aug 2025
Official launch post announcing Avent out of Y Combinator and describing its AI platform for quoting, order entry, inbox management, and ERP integrations.
Modern Distribution Management · Aug 2025
Founder profile and product explainer covering Abhay Kalra’s background, the manual-work pain point, and Avent’s three core capabilities: quoting, order entry, and product search.