Chasi
Product & Competitive Intelligence
Deploys 24/7 AI agents that automate sales, rental, and service for equipment dealers.
Company Overview
Builds an AI revenue engine that deploys 24/7 conversational AI agents to automate sales, rental, and service operations for industrial equipment dealers across cell, web chat, and email.
Competitive Advantage & Moat
Product Roadmap & Public Announcements
24/7 AI agents for sales, rental, and service. Multichannel (cell, web chat, email). Deep CRM/DMS/ERP integrations. KPIs: 2+ hours saved per rep/day, 3x faster response, 15% higher quote-to-win, 90% reduction in missed leads.
Signals & Private Analysis
Investor backgrounds from OpenAI, Airbnb, DoorDash, EquipmentShare, Reddit. Persistent multi-turn conversational AI and agentic workflow orchestration in development. Push toward autonomous deal-closing agents and expansion into parts distribution.
Product Roadmap Priorities
Instant AI-powered lead response and intelligent routing ensures no customer inquiry goes unanswered, 24/7.
An AI agent answers every incoming sales inquiry instantly—day or night—and sends it to the right person so no deal slips through the cracks.
It's like having a receptionist who never sleeps, never forgets a name, and always knows exactly which salesperson to transfer the call to.
AI automates quote generation and CRM data entry, eliminating hours of manual admin work for sales reps.
The AI listens to what the customer needs, automatically builds a quote, and logs everything in the CRM—so reps can sell instead of type.
It's like having a super-fast assistant who listens to your sales call, fills out all the paperwork, and slides a polished quote across the table before you've even hung up the phone.
Company Overview
Key Team Members
- Akash Pavan, Co-Founder & CEO
- Sarman Aulakh, Co-Founder & CTO
Founder Force Multiplier
Akash Pavan led AI deployments at Cummins, Harley-Davidson, Denso, and other Fortune 500 industrials. Mechanical engineer by training who built race cars, robots, tractors, and complex automation systems. Sarman Aulakh is CS at Waterloo, built supply chain orchestration software at Tesla, led engineering at multiple startups, and shipped products across rewards, logistics, and VR. Both have deep credibility in the industrial equipment sector most AI startups overlook.
Funding History
- 2025 | Akash Pavan and Sarman Aulakh co-found Chasi.
- 2026 | Accepted into Y Combinator W26 batch.
- 2026 | Backed by investors from OpenAI, Airbnb, DoorDash, EquipmentShare.
Competitors
- Vertical Equipment SaaS: DIS, e-Emphasys, CDK Global.
- AI Sales Assistants: Drift/Salesloft, Conversica, Exceed.ai.
- Industrial AI: Uptake, Augury, Sight Machine.
