# Abhay Kalra

> Abhay Kalra is the founder and CEO of Avent, a San Francisco company building AI agents for industrial distributors and manufacturers. Raised around his family’s electrical and industrial distribution business in India, he studied electrical engineering and computer science at UC Berkeley and conducted computer vision research for manufacturing defect detection. Avent joined Y Combinator’s Summer 2025 batch.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Avent
- **Organizations:** Avent, Y Combinator
- **Education:** Studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; degree completion not confirmed, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Founded Avent, a member of Y Combinator’s Summer 2025 batch., Avent received a $500,000 investment through YC’s standard funding structure, as reported in August 2025., Avent served distributors in the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom at its August 2025 launch.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Grew up around his family’s electrical and industrial distribution business in India.
- **—** — Studied electrical engineering and computer science at UC Berkeley and conducted computer vision research for manufacturing defect detection.
- **—** — Worked as an operator in manufacturing and industrial distribution before founding Avent.
- **2025** — Founded Avent; company joined Y Combinator’s Summer 2025 batch.
- **2025-08-14** — Avent publicly launched its AI inside sales product.

## Achievements

- Founded Avent, a member of Y Combinator’s Summer 2025 batch.
- Avent received a $500,000 investment through YC’s standard funding structure, as reported in August 2025.
- Avent served distributors in the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom at its August 2025 launch.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Fondo published a launch feature describing Avent’s quoting, order entry and procurement product. This was a publication date, not a new company launch.

## Links

- Website: https://www.aventindustrial.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhay-kalra-683688214/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/abhaykalraa
- GitHub: https://github.com/abhaykalra

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Last updated: 2026-10-23