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Donkey

The AI-native trading company: China factory-direct for US importers

Summer 2026B2B / B2B -> Supply Chain and LogisticsSan Francisco, CA, USA7 employees
Logistics
Manufacturing
Supply Chain
AI

About

Donkey is the modern trading company. We buy straight from Chinese factories and sell delivered to US importers: one USD price to their dock, duty paid, our own inspectors on the factory floor before the factory gets paid. Most importers buy through trading companies that mark up every container 15 to 30 percent and never reveal the factory. US customs records are public. Almost nobody reads them, so we arrive already knowing their supply lane. They send one photo of a part they reorder. We name the factory that actually makes it and beat their landed cost in 72 hours, or they keep their supplier. We take title, run the inspection, move the money, and offer credit-insured net-45 terms to qualified buyers. The old trading giants ran this coordination with tens of thousands of people. Our machine runs it with a handful, and every settled order compounds the pricing and reliability data the next one runs on. Team in SF and China, English and Mandarin. Know a US importer buying from China? Send them our way: one photo of a part, and we will name their factory. donkey.trade

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Founders (2)

Benjamin Martindale
Founder
Minghao Tan
Founder

Details

Status
Active
Stage
Early
Team Size
7
Regions
United States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote