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Hexa

Hexa

The OS for Manufacturers and Distributors

Spring 2026ActiveB2BSupply Chain and LogisticsB2BWorkflow AutomationSupply ChainSan Francisco, CA, USA
Company
https://www.hexaagents.com
Hexa helps industrial distributors automate their sales and procurement workflows to quote faster and win more bids. We have signed 3 customers in the last 6 weeks paying us $9k in monthly revenue.

Note: This is a preliminary assessment based on limited publicly available information. We did not have access to LinkedIn profiles or live product screenshots for this analysis. We will update this entry with a more thorough review soon.

Verdict

High Signal
Market Opportunity
Industrial distribution and manufacturing is a massive, underdigitized B2B market — U.S. industrial distribution alone exceeds $1T in revenue. Quoting and procurement automation has clear ROI (speed = win rate), obvious ICP (mid-market industrial distributors), and enterprise contract values. Vertical AI agents for this space have strong monetization potential.
Medium Signal
Founder Signal
Ishaan Makkar has prior B2B startup experience (ed-tech scaled to 70+ partners and 5,000+ users), which is a meaningful signal — he's shipped and grown a product before. Physics at Imperial is solid but LinkedIn data is unavailable for both founders, making it impossible to verify depth of industrial/supply chain domain expertise. Auri Nayak has zero detail provided, which is a real gap in due diligence.
Medium Signal
Competition
No competitor data was returned in research, but the space has real players: Proton.ai (distributor CRM/AI), Epicor, and legacy ERPs with quoting modules. General AI workflow tools like Salesforce Einstein or HubSpot also encroach. The vertical focus is a differentiator, but barriers to entry are not obviously high without proprietary data or deep integrations.
Medium Signal
Product
3 signed customers in 6 weeks paying $9k MRR is real early traction — not vaporware. However, no product screenshots, demo, API docs, or named customer logos are visible. The one-liner ('OS for Manufacturers and Distributors') is vague, though the description clarifies focus on quoting and procurement automation for industrial distributors.
OverallB Tier

Hexa has the most important early signal right — $9k MRR from 3 customers in 6 weeks means someone is paying real money for this, and industrial distribution is a genuinely large, underserved market. Ishaan has prior B2B startup traction which beats a first-time founder. The major weaknesses: Auri Nayak is a ghost with zero verifiable background, product depth is unclear (no demo, no visible product), and 'OS for manufacturers' is a vague positioning that obscures what they actually built. If they can grow MRR 3-5x in the next quarter with retention, this becomes a stronger A-tier story. Right now it's a promising B that needs more proof on product stickiness and founder completeness.

Active Founders

Ishaan Makkar
Ishaan Makkar
Founder/CEO

Founder/CEO at Hexa (YC P26), building vertical AI agents for manufacturers and distributors. Previously founded a B2B ed-tech startup that scaled to 70+ partners and 5,000+ users. Physics @ Imperial. Competed at the national level in UK distance running (14:57 5K PB).

Auri Nayak
Auri Nayak
Founder

Building the operating system for manufacturers and distributors

Hexa
Hexa
TierB Tier
BatchSpring 2026
Team Size3
StatusActive
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
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