Kanava AI
Kanava AI is a YC Spring 2025 (P25) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 2.
About Kanava AI
Summary
Kanava AI builds voice AI agents for wholesale distributors, handling the inbound sales work that human reps currently do manually: stock and price checks, order calls, field note logging, and CRM updates pulled from live ERP data. As the system trains on real rep workflows, it takes on fuller sales calls, surfaces upsell opportunities, and reactivates dormant accounts. Distributors use it to grow sales volume without adding headcount.
Go-to-market
Wholesale distributors are the buyer, targeting operations squeezed by shrinking sales workforces and rising call volume. The product starts with routine inbound calls and expands scope as it learns from each customer's top reps and existing workflows.
From the Y Combinator listing
Your First AI Sales Hire for Wholesale Distributors
Distributors face a shrinking workforce and rising call volume. Kanava AI builds voice-based agents that act like junior sales reps — starting with routine inbound calls, stock and price checks, field note logging, and CRM updates using live ERP data. As the system learns from top reps and real workflows, it levels up: managing full sales calls, surfacing upsells, coaching teams, and reactivating dormant accounts. We help distributors scale sales output without adding headcount — by automating the work reps shouldn’t be doing in the first place.
Facts
- B2B / B2B -> Supply Chain and Logistics
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2
- Inactive
- Early
Founders (2)
- Smit Dagli
- Vikhyath Mondreti
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