# Whitespace

[Whitespace on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/whitespace)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://whitespacehq.ai/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whitespace)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/whitespaceai)
- [X](https://x.com/whitespacehqai)

## About

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## YC company profile

AI Operating System for Wholesale Distribution

Whitespace builds AI agents that run the entire operation of supply chain businesses, starting with wholesale distributors. We give them self-improving AI agents that learn their business and do work like inventory planning and customer service.

We're building towards a world where all supply chain operations run through our agents, and all physical goods purchases can happen across businesses without human touch.

- **YC batch:** Summer 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 2
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** B2B
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** SaaS, B2B, Supply Chain, AI
- **YC partner:** Jon Xu

## Founders

### Alex Tung — Founder/CEO

Founder at Whitespace. First non-engineer hire at Ankar (Index-backed), scaling it to 7-figure ARR in under a year. Previously BCG, deploying AI at F500 distributors. Cambridge Economics.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexyctung/) · [X](https://x.com/alexytung)

### Leon Yao — Founder/CTO

Founder at Whitespace. Previously Research Engineer at InstaDeep, running 7-figure supply chain AI deployments for F500 enterprises. UCL Machine Learning, publishing AI papers at IROS (top-3 robotics conference) as an undergrad.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/linghong-yao/)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whitespace) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Alex Tung](https://hacklab.so/alex-tung) — Founder/CEO (Present)
- [Leon Yao](https://hacklab.so/leon-yao) — Founder/CTO (Present)