Burnt LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Burnt says La Tua Pasta was its first customer and claims order-processing speed improved by 96% after deployment.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Burnt is an AI-native operating system for food distribution that automates sales/order processing, procurement, and credit-control workflows inside existing ERPs. It was founded by three food-industry operators and is positioned as supplier-first, implementation-heavy enterprise software for distributors.
Primary product
Ozai and Burnt's agentic operating system for food supply chain operations
Founded
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AI agents / food supply chain automation
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
United States
United Kingdom
Business model
B2B enterprise software
AI automation platform
ERP augmentation/integration
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$4.3M
Latest round
Seed · Sep 2025
Latest amount
$3.8M
Sep 2025 · Penny Jar Capital
Jul 2025 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CPO
Chandru Shanmugasundaram
Co-Founder & CTO
Work & culture
Small, in-office team that emphasizes ownership, clear communication, honesty, fast iteration, high standards, and building alongside customers in the field.
Work style
Onsite
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
The YC Founding Engineer posting listed $125K-$250K salary and 0.10%-1.50% equity, with hiring limited to US citizens/visa holders.
Benefits
Competitive salary
Equity
Benefits
Product & market
Differentiators
- —Supplier-only focus
- —AI-native rather than retrofit
- —Works inside existing ERPs without rip-and-replace
- —Automates unstructured order channels like email, WhatsApp, fax, text, voicemail, and phone
- —White-glove on-site onboarding
- —Built by operators with direct food-supply-chain experience
Technology
Python
Java
Spring Boot
AWS
Lambda
Step Functions
RDS
Pinecone
OpenAI
Amazon Bedrock
Next.js
JavaScript
React
SQL
Redis
NetSuite
NumPy
CSS
HTML
Figma
Customers
La Tua Pasta
independent food distributors
seafood distributors
meat distributors
specialty ingredients distributors
large UK food conglomerate
Competitors
Sysco
US Foods
Choco
Silo
legacy ERP vendors
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
six-figure revenue
Latest news
Burnt blog · Apr 2026
Burnt published commentary on Sysco's acquisition of Restaurant Depot and broader food-industry consolidation.
FoodNavigator-USA · Oct 2025
Covers the same seed round and explains Burnt's agentic OS for distributors, including Ozai and the company’s focus on unstructured channels like phone, email, WhatsApp, text, and fax.
PRNewswire · Sep 2025
Official seed-funding announcement: $3.8M led by Penny Jar Capital with Scribble Ventures, Formation VC, and Dan Scheinman; says Burnt automates workflows in legacy ERP systems for the food supply chain.
TechCrunch · Sep 2025
Reports the seed round, notes Burnt had processed more than $10M in monthly orders, and says the company was generating six-figure revenue while growing steadily.
Jobs and careers at burnt
8 jobs at burnt
Senior Protocol Engineer
Remote
Engineering
Remote
1y ago
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Full-time
Project Manager - Marketing
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Marketing
NYC, Europe - remote or hybrid
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Head of Design
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Marketing
NYC, Europe - Remote or hybrid
1y ago
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Full-time
Ecosystem Growth
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Ecosystem
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1y ago
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Full-time
Developer Relations Engineer (DevRel) - APAC
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Engineering
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1y ago
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Full-time
Cult Leader
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Ecosystem
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1y ago
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Full-time
General Application
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General
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High-Functioning Psychopath (Front End)
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Engineering
Remote
1y ago
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Full-time