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AI Quote and Order Automation for Distributors & Manufacturers

Winter 2025Founded 202414 people

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Mercura automates quotes and orders for distributors & manufacturers in the construction supply chain. Our software lets sales teams process requests in minutes instead of days. By eliminating repetitive back-office tasks, we help sales reps focus on winning more deals and driving revenue.

Founders Β· 2

Lukas Bock
Lukas BockFounder
GoogleCambridgeπŸŽ“ University of Cambridge. Lifelong

CEO at Mercura. Previously, AI Engineer at Google X, implementing end to end ML pipelines impacting millions of users. Former Data Scientist at Allianz, driving AI integration across ~60 global entities. PhD dropout, University of Cambridge. Lifelong exposure to the construction industry, growing up in an HVAC and plumbing family and learning about the industry firsthand on job sites.

Stefan Zheng
Stefan ZhengFounder
MITHarvard

CPO at Mercura. Former Bain consultant, improving operations efficiency across 15+ manufacturing plants. Product Manager at startups and early-stage investor at Cherry Ventures. Researcher at MIT, developing GPT solutions before everyone else did. Graduated within the top 2% from TU Munich and Harvard Business School. Mastered operations by working in his Chinese parent’s restaurant from age 10.

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator Β· Feb 2025
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Mercura automates sales quotations for HVAC, electrical and plumbing distributors & manufacturers.

Mercura uses AI to automate sales quotations for HVAC, electrical, and plumbing distributors and manufacturers. It processes RFQs from formats like PDFs, Excel, and emails, matches items to catalogs, and enters quotes into ERP, aiming to speed up quoting and increase win rates for sales teams.

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