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AI Revenue Engine for the Equipment Industry

Winter 2026Founded 20252 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Equipment Fleet OptimizationSaaSHeavy equipment dealers and fleet operatorsMedium competition
Moat
24/7 multi-channel agent handling sales, rentals, and service requests without facility redesign.
Key risk
Existing dealer software stacks fragmented; integrations complex; customer switching costs high.
Why now
Equipment underutilization (sub-60%) creates urgent ROI case; labor shortage in sales and dispatch.
Competitors
Emerging space, legacy dealer management systems, custom integrations

About

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.

Founders Β· 2

Akash Pavan
Akash Pavan Co-founder & CEO
Salesforce

CEO at Chasi. Ex-Founding team/GM at Axion (pre-seed to Series B - Backed by Bessemer, Salesforce). Led AI deployments at Cummins, Harley Davidson, Denso & F500 Industrials. Built race cars, robots, tractors, and complex industrial automation systems.

Sarman Aulakh
Sarman AulakhCo-Founder & CTO
TeslaWaterloo

CTO at Chasi. CS @ Waterloo. 2Γ— founding engineer, previously built internal supply chain orchestration software at Tesla, rewards management platform and a VR startup

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator Β· Feb 2026
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Agents that work 24/7 to sell, rent & service equipment to maximize utilization

Chasi deploys AI agents that integrate with a dealer’s existing software to operate 24/7, handling sales, rentals, and service requests, generate quotes, and manage renewals to maximize fleet utilization and profitability for equipment dealers.

Formerly β€œChasi AI”

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