The startup deploys AI agents to manage supplier communication, detect disruptions, and replace email-and-spreadsheet workflows in complex manufacturing networks.
Mandel AI has raised $3.9 million Seed funding to build coordination for global supply chains.
The startup has developed an AI supply chain coordinator that helps manufacturers manage supplier coordination, detect disruptions, and automate procurement, replacing the spreadsheets and email chains that still run most industrial supply chains today.
The platform sits on top of existing email and ERP systems, using purpose-built AI agents to read supplier communications, extract critical data, reconcile documents such as PO confirmations and invoices, and act autonomously—following up with suppliers, flagging discrepancies, and escalating issues in accordance with company-defined rules.
One procurement manager with Mandel agents can now coordinate what used to take an entire team: reading, reconciling, and acting on hundreds of supplier emails per day, 24/7.
The round is backed by Y Combinator, Category Ventures, Ritual Capital, e2vc, and other Silicon Valley investors and angels.
This year, due to supply chain disruptions, businesses will lose over $1.6 trillion, and 62 per cent of manufacturers say unstructured data remains their number one barrier to AI adoption.
Mandel has already processed $1B+ in material spend for clients in aerospace, pharma, industrials, and similar complex manufacturing industries. The timing is not coincidental. As tariffs and geopolitical volatility force manufacturers to rapidly diversify supplier networks, often adding dozens of new supplier relationships under intense time pressure, the limitations of email-and-spreadsheet coordination have never been more exposed. Companies that might have managed 20 suppliers are now managing 60, with no new headcount to match.
“Every supply chain system was built to track what happened. None were built to read and act on what’s happening right now,” says Nick Gospodinov, Bulgarian founder and CEO.
“Sales has Gong. Legal has Harvey. Finance has Ramp. We built the AI for the people who keep the world’s supply chains running.”
Mandel AI’s vision is to become the API for global trade communication, enabling self-coordinating supply chains for every manufacturer and distributor in North America and Europe.
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