Alchemize

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AI-Native Customs Brokerage

Spring 2026Founded 20262 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

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Customs Compliance AutomationSaaSImporters, freight forwarders, customs brokersMedium competition

Moat

Proprietary rule engine for tariff/compliance; real-time trade data integration; regulatory expertise.

Key risk

Tariff/trade policy risk; customs agencies resisting automation; scale dependent on importer adoption.

Why now

Rising tariffs and supply chain complexity; labor shortage in brokerage; AI enabling rule interpretation.

Competitors

C.H. Robinson, Forward, Shippeo, TrackChain

About

Alchemize is an AI-native customs brokerage. Importers are currently hindered by legacy brokers relying on manual workflows, where hand-keyed entries and slow research result in preventable shipping delays, lack of visibility, and unnecessary costs. Alchemize automates these workflows, delivering expert-level compliance at software speed.

Founders · 2

Samuel FuCo-Founder

Netflix

Columbia🎓 Columbia University

Co-Founder of Alchemize (P26). Previously, Sam was a software engineer at Netflix where he scaled their distributed cache to 1 Billion+ req/s, built a native authorization solution in C that saved millions of dollars a year, and authored 2 patents. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.

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Robert HouCo-Founder

Co-Founder of Alchemize (P26). Previously, Robert was the second engineer at Confido YC(S21), where he built AI accounting automation for brands like Baskin-Robbins, Olipop, and Dr. Squatch from 0 to multi-million ARR.

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