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CommodityAI
CommodityAI is a San Francisco-based startup providing software solutions for commodities trading and operations, founded by industry veterans and backed by Y Combinator and Rebel Fund. The company has achieved $2M ARR with 3x growth in six months as a lean team of under 10 people.
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- Locations
- San Francisco+1
- Also Remote
- Team size
- 1-10
- Founded 2024
- Total raised
- $500k
- Seed · last round Jan '24
- Salary range
- $200–250k
- + equity · 2 of 3 roles
- Open roles
- 3
Open positions · 3
About CommodityAI
CommodityAI is a San Francisco-based startup serving the commodities trading and operations industry, founded by former commodity traders and operators who bring deep expertise to the space. The company is backed by Y Combinator and Rebel Fund and has achieved $2M ARR with 3x growth over six months despite operating as a lean team of fewer than 10 people. Led by CEO Philip, a former sugar trader with 10 years of industry experience, the founding team combines commodity market knowledge with technical talent, including Daniel from Samsara, Kyle from construction software, and Zach, a former YC founder and staff engineer from Flexport.
Culture & values
Small, high-ownership team of fewer than 10 people where everyone is genuinely exceptional at something
Culture built around deep domain expertise, strong individual agency, and belief that important work happens in unglamorous but meaningful industries
High-agency, low-handholding environment where team members operate with significant ownership and are expected to take initiative and move fast
Expectation that team members figure things out independently rather than wait to be told what to do
Culture rewards curiosity and initiative over credentials and educational pedigree
Team actively looks for signals of side projects, self-directed learning, and founder mentality
People joining now are shaping how the company scales rather than inheriting an established playbook
Environment energized by working on hard operational problems with a tight team of genuinely great people
Funding
$500ktotal raised
- Jan 2024 · Seed$500k
Company at a glance
The team at CommodityAI
1-10 peopleSee everyone on LinkedIn
Team breakdown
Team Distribution
- Leadership33%
- Sales & Business Development33%
- Engineering11%
- Product11%
- Operations11%
Where the Team Studied
- 1.University of California, Berkeley
- 2.Harvard University
- 3.Stanford University
- 4.University of Pennsylvania
- 5.The University of Chicago
Team Worked At
- Flexport
- Samsara
- JPMorgan Chase
- Bain & Company
- UBS
Location
Team Composition
8 people- Engineering and Technical1 senior2
- General Management2 senior2
- Sales1 senior2
- Marketing1 senior1
- Real Estate1 senior1
Frequently asked questions
Of 3 open roles, CommodityAI has 1 remote, 1 hybrid, 1 on-site positions.
CommodityAI is based in San Francisco.
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