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AI agents for industrial commerce
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.
Avent offers an all-in-one AI platform designed for distributors and suppliers to automate industrial commerce, integrating data from ERP/CRM/catalogs and providing AI-driven quoting, order entry, and inbox management without replacing existing ERP systems.
The product aggregates ERP, CRM, and catalog data, connects systems via APIs/connectors, encodes business rules and pricing logic, and provides an action layer that automatically generates quotes and orders. It includes a knowledge layer for AI-driven reasoning on demand and an intelligence layer for document understanding. Key capabilities include RFQ-to-quote automation, automated order entry into ERP, and unified inbox management, all delivered through native ERP integrations to keep data in sync in real time without rip-and-replace.
Who it’s for: Distributors and suppliers in industrial commerce who want to streamline order processing, automate manual workflows, and enhance customer engagement while keeping their ERP intact.
Industry-facing AI automation platform; mentions demos and sales outreach, and 2025 copyright indicates active development/positioning; no explicit funding information.
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.
We automate quoting and order entry for industrial distributors using AI
Avent offers an AI inside sales rep for industrial distributors and manufacturers that automates quoting, order entry, and product search, enabling sales teams to spend more time with customers. It targets distributors, manufacturers, and independent reps, and claims to generate quotes and streamline procurement across channels.
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