Ventura (YC W26) — AI workforce for distributors and manufacturers
Ventura builds the AI workforce for distributors and manufacturers, starting with quoting and order entry. It plugs into your existing ERP, follows your SOPs, and learns your team's tribal knowledge - getting smarter with every completed task.
Ventura is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2026 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: AI Workforce for Distributors and Manufacturers. The founders listed are Swen Koller (Founder/CEO), Jack Collins (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 8, 2026).
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Ventura builds the AI workforce for distributors and manufacturers, starting with quoting and order entry. It plugs into your existing ERP, follows your SOPs, and learns your team's tribal knowledge - getting smarter with every completed task.
Ventura lists 2 open roles on its directory entry.
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Ventura | AI Quote-to-Cash for Distributors & Manufacturers
AI for quote-to-cash at distributors and manufacturers. Automate quoting and order entry, then extend the same foundation into takeoffs, order status, and special orders.
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Swen Koller
Founder/CEO
Previously founded and exited a B2B SaaS platform for wholesale distributors in Europe. MS Engineering + MBA, Harvard. Forbes 30 Under 30. Ex-BCG.
Jack Collins
Founder/CTO
Founding Engineer at Develop Health, where I owned a product responsible for half the company’s revenue. We went 0 to $7M ARR in 14 months with a team of 5.
Created magentic, an open-source Python framework for LLMs (2k+ GitHub stars). Irish Mathematical Olympiad finalist. MS in Computing (Machine Learning), Imperial College London.
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