Traba

Traba

The autonomous future of industrial labor

Flatiron, New York
75 employees
ai, logistics, manufacturing, marketplace, b2b
Series A · $45.6M
Founded 2021

About Traba

Traba is building the AI operating system for the industrial supply chain - the network of warehouses, manufacturers, logistics providers, and workers behind the physical goods people rely on every day.

We started by tackling labor, supplying industrial businesses with consistent, reliable temporary workforces, and quickly became the fastest growing staffing company in America.

Since then, we've expanded our suite of AI agents to help logistics providers, manufacturers, 3PLs, and other industrial businesses fully automate their manual workflows, derive insights from their data streams, and transform their decision intelligence.

Our mission is to build a world where the global supply chain operates at peak efficiency.

We’re proud to be backed by some of the world’s best investors, including Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.

Additional positioning:

  • We’re building the strongest staffing company in the market — high quality, high reliability, deeply embedded with customers
  • On top of that, we’re building the AI and software layer that transforms the light industrial supply chain
  • Products like Neo handle the operational grind (cross-system reasoning, early warnings, and routine actions) so teams can focus on service and scaling the business.

Benefits

  • 📈 Start-up equity
  • 💰 Competitive Salary
  • 🩺 100% Paid health, dental & vision coverage
  • 🍽️ Dinner Provided via Grubhub & stocked kitchen for NY employees
  • 🚍 Commuter benefit
  • 🎤 Team building events
  • 🏋🏽 Wellhub Benefit
  • 🌴 Flexible PTO
  • ✚✚ Additional: One Medical Membership, HSA via Optum, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teledoc Health

Open positions (3)

Company details

Team Size75
LocationFlatiron, New York
Industryai, logistics, manufacturing, marketplace, b2b

Funding

Total raised

$45.6M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

Founders Fund
Khosla Ventures
General Catalyst

Founders

Mike Shebat

Mike Shebat

Former Senior Manager of Global Product at Uber; idea for Traba stemmed from his earlier experience managing a distribution center at McMaster-Carr.

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Akshay Buddiga

Akshay Buddiga

Stanford University alumnus; met co-founder Mike Shebat through On Deck's intro Slack channel before co-founding Traba in 2021.

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GD

Gonzalo De Mujica

Listed as a co-founder by Tracxn; active as Founding Operations & Strategy leader at Traba.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.