The $6 trillion chemical industry runs the physical economy but still relies on email and Excel.
We are bring agentic AI to the industry, starting with quoting and pricing tools. We are already deployed in major manufacturers and distributors, including Fortune 100 companies. We are looking for scrappy engineers to help scale and own these systems.
Quote Automation
Our agent starts with an email exchange between and account manager, matches the request to the product catalog, asks clarifying questions, and determines the right price (including tariffs, freight, currency exchange). We what is often a weeklong process involving several people and turn it into a 5 minute process. This saves account managers hours each week, improves turnaround time, win rate, and margin.
Bulk Repricing
Chemical companies have an extensive catalog, often 20K+ items. We make the process of determining optimal catalog and customer specific prices sane and manageable.
Technical Sales
coming soon, help us build it!
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This is a zero to one role. You will own large, ambiguous problem areas and ship production AI agents used daily by sales teams, operators, and plant managers.
In your first 30 days, you may:
Our stack is nothing crazy but helps us ship fast: Typescript, Next, React. We use a mix of LLM models from OpenAI, Gemini, and Anthropic, pick the right one for each use case.
We are building the intelligence layer of modern manufacturing and we would love to talk if this excites you.
Poka Labs builds AI-powered digital workers for the chemical and specialty manufacturing industry. From quote to shipment, leading chemical companies use Poka Labs' AI platform to automate operations and elevate customer experiences.
The company tackles a massive inefficiency in chemical manufacturing: the quoting and pricing process. A typical quote involves decoding product configurations, checking inventory, factoring in tariffs, freight, customer history, and competition. Poka Labs' AI agents do this work 24/7, turning a week-long process into five minutes. Win rates go up, margins improve, and customers grow.
Poka Labs is YC-backed (W24) with investment from Pioneer Fund, Flybridge, and Liquid 2 Ventures. The company is deployed at Fortune 100 enterprises and mid-market manufacturers, having recently closed its first seven-figure deal and expanding into European deployments with GDPR-compliant infrastructure.
Founded by Harvard HBS alumni with deep domain experience in both technology (ex-Facebook) and the chemical industry, Poka Labs is building the intelligence layer of modern manufacturing from their San Francisco office.
Salary
$120,000 - $170,000
Equity
0.5% - 1.5%
Location
San Francisco, CA
Experience
0+ years
Total raised
$3M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.