Channel3 (YC S25) Is Hiring (www.ycombinator.com)

Channel3, a startup from Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch, is on a mission to create a comprehensive database of every product available online, addressing a long-standing challenge in e-commerce. The company aims to leverage advanced AI technologies to organize and interpret messy product data, paving the way for what they term "agentic commerce," which could revolutionize online transactions. With McKinsey forecasting potential revenues from agentic commerce to reach up to $5 trillion by 2030, Channel3 positions itself as a foundational element in this sector, similar to how Stripe transformed payment processes. The team, comprised entirely of engineers including seasoned leaders from companies like Palantir and AWS, has already indexed over 100 million products and is engaging with a growing developer community via their API. Key technical innovations include a multimodal approach to deduplicate products across varying retail descriptions, and a computer-vision system that can automatically comprehend product details without manual intervention. As they aim to optimize search capabilities, reliability, and cost efficiency in processing billions of tokens monthly, Channel3 is not just building a product database but also setting the stage for an entirely new commerce paradigm powered by AI.