Whitespace
AI Operating System for Wholesale Distributors
About Whitespace
Whitespace is the AI operating system for wholesale distributors. It connects to their systems and inboxes to build a living model of their business, then deploys self-improving AI agents to automate work like inventory planning, customer support, and order entry.
Founders
Alex Tung
Founder
Founder at Whitespace. First non-engineer hire at Ankar (Index-backed); scaled the startup to 7-figure ARR within a year. Consultant at BCG; won firm award for performance given to ~100 employees globally. Economics at Cambridge; awarded academic scholarships in all years.
Leon Yao
Founder
Founder at Whitespace. Previously Research Engineer at Instadeep, designing RL solutions for NP-hard optimization problems. First-author paper at top-3 robotics conference on autonomous navigation. Former CTO at Test and Tutor (1000+ users, 3 school partnerships). MSc in Machine Learning and BEng in Mechanical Engineering from UCL.