Building the operating system for stainless steel procurement in India.
A $9B market opportunity. An engineering-first team. A 6-version AI roadmap.
Vision
To become the default procurement OS for stainless steel in India — powering every OEM's supply chain with AI, engineering intelligence and traceable material.
Business Model
Take-rate on procurement GMV + tiered SaaS for BridgeAI enterprise + processing partner revenue share. Blended contribution margin at maturity: 34–38%.
Revenue Streams
(1) Material sales + processing margin (2) BridgeAI SaaS subscriptions (3) Enterprise portal deployments (4) Partner network fees.
Technology Stack
Cloud-native procurement platform · AI models fine-tuned on 50k+ RFQs · CAD/drawing intelligence pipeline · integrated MES-style vendor portal.
Growth Strategy
Phase 1: Top-8 OEM industrial clusters in India · Phase 2: Southeast Asia manufacturing hubs · Phase 3: Global adjacent metals (aluminum, copper).
Competitive Moat
Vertically integrated processing network + proprietary RFQ dataset + engineering-first advisory that traders and marketplaces cannot replicate.
Six versions of BridgeAI.
A staged path from copilot to autonomous procurement.
NL RFQ intake, grade suggestion, price bands.
DXF/DWG/PDF geometry + BOM extraction.
Nesting, kerf, scrap simulation.
Best-fit vendor matching by capacity + quality.
Demand + lead-time + nickel-exposure forecasting.
End-to-end automation, drawing to dispatch.