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Factory Floors, USA
Joined October 2024
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I'm a big fan of Fairlife protein.
They had a cyber attack 2 weeks back, which caused large-scale production halts and stock outs everywhere. I haven't been able to get my hands on it since.
I bought Muscle Milks (warning: they're nasty), and got sent down a rabbit hole on the whey supply chain. Or better yet, how it's skyrocketing.
Whey isolate jumped 400% in 2 years.
$2.50/lb -> $13+.
I plugged whey (90%) into a @TenkaraAI demo account and it cobbled together some interesting findings:
-616 prospective global producers spotted in a 24 hour analysis
-After enrichment: the best option quoted whey 23% cheaper than current market rates
-~85% of whey is domestically produced. The most competitive place to buy whey right now is the US itself.
Many manufacturers are leaving money on the table because switching vendors feels worse than the price hike.
We find alternative supply, qualify, onboard, and present options apples to apples on a DDP basis. Manufacturers get the benefits of switching with less of the sucky work that goes with it.
Tenkara AI retweeted
As a recent alumni of @hf0, these guys perfected a recipe to grow unbelievably fast, and remove all outside noise.
Tenkara AI retweeted
We led Tenkara’s $7M round to bring ops agents to U.S. manufacturers.
When we first met Ben Stern, his lived experience was obvious. As he puts it: "Ten years ago I was building factories. Today I'm building the tools I wish I had inside them."
Manufacturing has an infrastructure problem. Tenkara is building the ops layer that lets small procurement teams operate with the scale and efficiency of much larger organizations — automating supplier discovery, procurement, compliance, and logistics.
As domestic manufacturing becomes increasingly important, this kind of infrastructure becomes foundational.
Huge congrats to the @TenkaraAI team on this next chapter.
#AI #Manufacturing #SupplyChain #Startups #VentureCapital #Automation
Tenkara AI retweeted
Mid-market manufacturers have never had the tooling to match their ambition. @TenkaraAI changes that — aggregating supplier data, deploying AI agents, and turning days-long quoting into minutes. Our Co-founder Phil Black shares more.
trueventures.com/blog/why-we…
Tenkara AI retweeted
I'm hosting a supply chain kickback @hf0 March 10th. If you're fascinated by how stuff gets made, or building something in the space, come through.
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New manufacturer went live today with @TenkaraAI. Never thought I’d see this, but the lady running things teared up when she saw it work. Tears of relief
