Corey Berther on LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Corey Berther announced the open-sourced 'khotan-data' package and described it as a reusable data-plumbing layer built after repeatedly rebuilding customer integrations at Pollinate.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Pollinate is a YC W26 startup founded in 2024 by Adeep Mitra and Corey Berther. Public materials describe it as supply-chain automation software for procurement teams, while the live homepage also frames the company as data infrastructure for AI agents and an open-source data SDK (Khotan / khotan-data).
Primary product
Supply-chain execution platform for procurement teams; the live homepage also markets Khotan data infrastructure for AI agents.
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Sub-industry
SCM software / supply-chain execution
Offices
0 jobs at Pollinate
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Business model
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-seed (YC Winter 2026) · Jan 2026
Latest amount
$500K
Jan 2026 · Y Combinator
Investors
Founder-led, customer-obsessed, and hands-on. Public writeups emphasize spending time with users in warehouses, iterating quickly, and shipping bespoke tools in days rather than quarters.
Compensation
No public salary bands, equity policy, or compensation guide were found.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$246K–$1.2M annual revenue (third-party estimate; point estimate about $418K)
Estimated monthly visits
1.2K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Corey Berther on LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Corey Berther announced the open-sourced 'khotan-data' package and described it as a reusable data-plumbing layer built after repeatedly rebuilding customer integrations at Pollinate.
FaBA · Mar 2026
Explains Pollinate's origin in food supply-chain automation, its first paying customer, early support from UniQuest Extension Fund, and later US expansion.
Inspirepreneur Magazine · Jan 2026
Reports Pollinate's YC acceptance, US$500k funding, and expansion from food supply-chain workflows into broader ERP and manufacturing use cases.
Y Combinator · Jan 2026
Official YC launch describing Pollinate's supply-chain automation product, ERP integrations, and workflows such as invoice processing, production scheduling, and vendor management.
University of Queensland Ventures · Jan 2026
Profile of the founders' customer-first approach, early pilots, and the path that led Pollinate into Y Combinator.