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Chasi (YC W26) — AI revenue engine for the equipment industry

Chasi deploys AI agents that help equipment dealers sell more, respond faster, and maximize fleet utilization - 24/7. One-third of the cost to build and maintain the physical world goes to equipment, yet fleet utilization across the industry often sits below 60%.

Chasi is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2026 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: AI Revenue Engine for the Equipment Industry. The founders listed are Akash Pavan (Founder/CEO), Sarman Aulakh (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, December 10, 2025).

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Chasi

New accelerator entry · 2025-12-10 · the record

Winter 2026
batch
2
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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BatchWinter 2026
Announced2025-12-10
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size2
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringYes
Sitehttps://chasi.ai/
Previously known asChasi AI

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Chasi deploys AI agents that help equipment dealers sell more, respond faster, and maximize fleet utilization - 24/7. One-third of the cost to build and maintain the physical world goes to equipment, yet fleet utilization across the industry often sits below 60%. Billions in assets sit idle while dealers drown in phone calls, emails, and manual data entry. Missed quotes, slow follow-ups, and disconnected systems mean lost revenue every day. Chasi plugs into a dealer's existing stack to deploy AI agents that handle sales, rentals, and service requests around the clock. The result: faster response times, higher utilization, and stronger margins, without adding headcount. We automate the busywork so teams can focus on what actually grows the business: customer relationships. Akash Pavan and Sarman Aulakh have built tractors, race cars, and robots, and previously led AI deployments at Tesla, Boeing, and Cummins, where they saw firsthand how much operational value gets left on the table in equipment-heavy industries. Chasi is live across equipment businesses in the US and Europe.

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