# Endeavor

> Endeavor is a San Francisco AI company building agentic software for the back office of American manufacturers and distributors. Its AI agents read the messy inputs these businesses actually run on - emails, PDFs, spreadsheets, phone calls - and turn them into automated order entry, quoting, accounts payable, and supply chain work inside existing ERP systems. Founded in 2023 by Wharton graduate Sahitya (Sami) Senapathy and backed by a $7M seed led by Craft Ventures, Endeavor counts industrial names like ClarkDietrich, Menasha, Viking, and Bridgestone Americas among its customers.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Sahitya "Sami" Senapathy (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~39 employees
- **Products:** Order Entry AI, Quote Automation, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Phone Call Automation
- **Notable:** Raised a $7M seed round led by Craft Ventures in 2024, Signed large public manufacturers and distributors while still at seed stage, Reported metrics including up to 90% reduction in manual tasks and go-live in under 30 days

## Products & services

- **Order Entry AI** — AI agents that read customer orders from PDFs, emails, Excel, and phone calls and enter them into the ERP, cutting order entry time by up to 90%.
- **Quote Automation** — AI agents that generate quotes in seconds instead of hours and can upsell and cross-sell to raise average order value.
- **Accounts Payable** — Automated three-way matching to increase AP productivity and reduce manual reconciliation.
- **Accounts Receivable** — Automation to accelerate cash collection from receivables.
- **Phone Call Automation** — AI handling of inbound calls to improve customer service speed and coverage.
- **Platform** — An agentic AI platform that connects to structured and unstructured data sources - ERP systems, spreadsheets, PDFs - to unify siloed data and automate front- and back-office workflows.

## Achievements

- Raised a $7M seed round led by Craft Ventures in 2024
- Signed large public manufacturers and distributors while still at seed stage
- Reported metrics including up to 90% reduction in manual tasks and go-live in under 30 days
- Recruited engineers from Palantir, AWS, and NASA

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Endeavor publicly announced its $7M seed round to revitalize American manufacturing with AI.
- **2024-10** — Seed financing led by Craft Ventures closed, with Heartland Ventures, Contrary Capital, and BoxGroup participating.
- **2025-08** — Business Insider featured Endeavor's use of AI to modernize manufacturing.

## Links

- Website: https://www.endeavor.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/endeavor-ai

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Last updated: 2026-08-06