Alchemize
AI-Native Customs Brokerage
About Alchemize
Alchemize is building an AI-native customs brokerage. Importers are currently hindered by legacy brokers relying on manual workflows, where hand-keyed entries and slow tariff research result in preventable shipping delays, lack of visibility, and unnecessary costs. Alchemize automates these workflows, delivering expert-level compliance at software speed.
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YC gives a lot of simple advice that sounds obvious until you actually do it. “Launch early” is one of them. When we launched @TryAlchemize , we knew the product was still early. Customs is complicated and full of edge cases, so there were a lot of reasons we could have kept Show more Quote max @maxkolysh · Jun 7 "launch early" is probably the most well-known piece of YC advice. and yet i still spend half my time convincing founders to actually do it. the resistance is always the same: the video isn't ready, website needs tweaks, or they need to ship one more feature. when they finally
YC gives a lot of simple advice that sounds obvious until you actually do it. “Launch early” is one of them. When we launched @TryAlchemize , we knew the product was still early. Customs is complicated and full of edge cases, so there were a lot of reasons we could have kept...
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YC’s “do things that don’t scale” advice is real. While building @TryAlchemize , we went door to door bringing donuts to 100+ customs brokerages across NY, LA, and SF, and shadowed with them for weeks. That’s how we learned how outdated customs workflows still are: PDFs, emails, Show more
YC’s “do things that don’t scale” advice is real. While building @TryAlchemize , we went door to door bringing donuts to 100+ customs brokerages across NY, LA, and SF, and shadowed with them for weeks. That’s how we learned how outdated customs workflows still are: PDFs,...
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. @charliewarren 's point here really resonates. At @TryAlchemize , we’re building an AI-native customs brokerage, and one thing that’s become obvious is that AI-native services don’t behave exactly like traditional SaaS companies. Importers don’t come to us because they want Show more Quote Y Combinator @ycombinator · Jun 3 Some of the biggest companies of the next decade won't be software businesses. They'll be services companies like insurance carriers, law firms, and tax practices rebuilt from scratch with AI doing most of the work. In this episode of Startup School, YC Visiting Partner 0:09 / 11:22
. @charliewarren 's point here really resonates. At @TryAlchemize , we’re building an AI-native customs brokerage, and one thing that’s become obvious is that AI-native services don’t behave exactly like traditional SaaS companies. Importers don’t come to us because they want...
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Last week, President Trump signed Executive Order “Strengthening Customs Enforcement.” Here’s what importers should know. CBP is being pushed to look more closely at who is acting as the importer of record, what financial backing sits behind that entity, and whether the Show more
Last week, President Trump signed Executive Order “Strengthening Customs Enforcement.” Here’s what importers should know. CBP is being pushed to look more closely at who is acting as the importer of record, what financial backing sits behind that entity, and whether the Show more
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We’ve also been receiving inbound interest from freight forwarders, not just importers. The reason is simple: when customs breaks, the forwarder usually takes the blame. Even if the issue is with an outside customs broker, the importer doesn’t care. They email the ops team. Show more
We’ve also been receiving inbound interest from freight forwarders, not just importers. The reason is simple: when customs breaks, the forwarder usually takes the blame. Even if the issue is with an outside customs broker, the importer doesn’t care. They email the ops team....
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CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) eFiling goes into effect July 8th, 2026 — and importers should not wait until the deadline. Big changes are coming for companies importing consumer products into the U.S. Starting July 8th, 2026, many imported consumer products Show more
CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) eFiling goes into effect July 8th, 2026 — and importers should not wait until the deadline. Big changes are coming for companies importing consumer products into the U.S. Starting July 8th, 2026, many imported consumer products Show more
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Nolan’s Odyssey is about what happens when you don’t let the Waymo merge
Nolan’s Odyssey is about what happens when you don’t let the Waymo merge
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YC says “Do things that don’t scale.” So we went to a conference that was already sold out, stood in the lobby for 3 days straight, and cold-approached customs brokers between sessions. We learned more in those conversations than we could have from weeks of desk research: how Show more
YC says “Do things that don’t scale.” So we went to a conference that was already sold out, stood in the lobby for 3 days straight, and cold-approached customs brokers between sessions. We learned more in those conversations than we could have from weeks of desk research: how...