Alchemize
ActiveAI-Native Customs Brokerage
About
Alchemize is building an AI-native customs brokerage. Importers are currently hindered by legacy brokers relying on manual workflows, where hand-keyed entries and slow tariff research result in preventable shipping delays, lack of visibility, and unnecessary costs. Alchemize automates these workflows, delivering expert-level compliance at software speed.
Founders
Samuel Fu· Co-FounderCo-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.
Robert Hou· Co-FounderCo-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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