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Smartbase

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2 people|Active|Website
Artificial IntelligenceSaaSB2BManufacturingAutomation
45°Significant Pivot
Before

Automated order entry for manufacturers

After

AI-native ERP for manufacturers

Full description — before

Smartbase automates order entry for manufacturers. Today, incoming purchase orders are still entered into the ERP by hand. This often requires multiple full-time employees, even at small manufacturers. Smartbase removes this manual work by automatically converting incoming purchase orders into ERP orders. We’ve worked on factory floors, sat side-by-side with employees to learn their workflows, and even slept at a factory. We’re now onboarding our first customers onto five-figure annual contracts. This is our wedge into automating the $26 billion clerical labor market in U.S. manufacturing. Sam previously founded a DevOps platform that raised $2M. Taira was the youngest SDE 2 at AWS SageMaker Inference, where he built AI infrastructure for enterprises such as Salesforce.

Full description — after

Smartbase is an AI-native ERP for manufacturers. Unlike traditional ERPs, we reduce headcount by automating workflows like quoting and order entry.

Category shift
Factory Robotics & AutomationAI Accounting & Tax
Summary

Smartbase pivoted from being an automated order entry tool to building a complete AI-native ERP system for manufacturers - fundamentally different product scope and ambition.

Detected today · 2026-06-05