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Avent Industrial

AI-powered quote-to-cash for distributors

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

Full-Time
$100k - $130k/yr+ Meaningful equity + Relocation support
Mid
San Francisco, CA, USA
In Person
Software EngineeringAI Application Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • Understand businesses deeply and engage with customers as a peer.
  • Take ownership and move quickly without waiting for instructions.
  • Pay attention to how work looks, feels, and is presented to customers.
  • Build practical systems that work in real-world environments.
Responsibilities
  • Work directly with customers and rethink how their businesses operate using Avent.
  • Understand workflows, constraints, and edge cases, then build systems that work within them.
  • Write code, integrate systems, and make the experience seamless in real time.
  • Own deployments end-to-end and get customers live.

About the company

Avent Industrial builds an AI-powered workforce platform for industrial and wholesale distributors that automates quote-to-cash and related workflows while keeping sales judgment in the loop. The Forge platform combines rules, AI, and human decision-making on top of existing distributor ERP and other systems, not replacing them. It handles RFQ intake, AI-driven product matching to catalogs, application of ERP price lists, quote review and sending, PO receipt, and order preparation with editable workflows and full decision history. Avent differentiates by integrating with current distributor systems and offering rule-driven AI-assisted workflows that balance machine suggestions with human oversight, aimed at improving efficiency and accuracy while maintaining governance across the workflow.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$130K

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2025

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Avent ran live demos and workshops at ISA26 in April 2026.
  • Avent updated its website on August 13, 2026, signaling active product iteration.
  • Avent posted three September 2026 roles, including founding engineer and forward-deployed engineer.

What critics are saying

  • Avent had only three employees as of June 26, 2026, straining delivery.
  • Avent raised just $500,000 in 2025, limiting runway for enterprise sales.
  • If ISA26 demand stalls, Avent lacks scale to withstand larger distribution software rivals.

What makes Avent Industrial unique

  • Avent’s Forge keeps RFQs, pricing, approvals, and orders in one audited workflow.
  • Avent targets distributors, not generic businesses, focusing on quote-to-cash operations.
  • Avent overlays existing ERP systems, avoiding rip-and-replace deployment risk.

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Benefits

  • Company Equity