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Avent

AI agents for industrial commerce

San Francisco

3 employees

About Avent

Avent helps manufacturers and industrial distributors run quoting and order entry on autopilot.

Our AI agents manage sales inboxes, build quotes from past pricing and tribal knowledge, and keep records up to date in existing ERPs.

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Founding Engineer

San Francisco, CA, US

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Company details

Team Size3

LocationSan Francisco

Founders

Abhay Kalra

Abhay is the Founder and CEO of Avent. Abhay studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley, where he conducted computer vision research for defect detection in manufacturing. Before Avent, Abhay was an operator in the manufacturing and industrial distribution space.

Abhay

Abhay Kalra

Abhay Kalra

Abhay is the Founder and CEO of Avent. Abhay studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley, where he conducted computer vision research for defect detection in manufacturing. Before Avent, Abhay was an operator in the manufacturing and industrial distribution space.