Whitespace

AI Operating System for Wholesale Distribution

YC Summer 2026Artificial IntelligenceSaaSB2BSupply Chain

About Whitespace

Whitespace is the AI operating system for wholesale distribution. We give wholesale distributors self-improving AI agents that learn their business and do work like inventory planning, customer service, and order processing.

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.

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  • 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.

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