AsakanaAI that enters food distributors' orders for them.
- Year
- 2026
- Role
- Product Designer
- Tags
- YC F26 · AI · B2B SaaS
- Award
- Best Presentation (peer vote) · LAUNCH
- Link
- asakana.co
- Problem
- Distributors retype every restaurant order — from emails, texts, and photos — into their ERP by hand.
91%manual
9% digital
Order channels in the U.S. seafood industry. Source: Foodservice IP (2025); IFDA (2023) Tech Report; Digital Commerce 360 / BlueCart - Solution
- Asakana drafts each order in the ERP and flags anything unclear for a person to check.
Restaurants, by text and phone
“Cancel order”“Deliver 9am tomorrow”“Cut for me”“Net 40 credit”“Sashimi tuna from Japan”↓ Asakana AI agent
Wholesaler
Structured orderCustomer database - Outcome
- Designed the seller dashboard: order inbox, order details with counter-offers, and login.
Process
01Order details
Open an order to check each item, counter-offer a price, and send it back to the restaurant.
02Log in
Sign-in screen for distributor teams.
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