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Intropy, a London-based startup that automates inventory and pricing decisions for spare parts businesses, has raised $11 million in seed funding. The round was led by Felix Capital, with participation from Quiet Capital, General Catalyst, and firstminute capital. Founded in 2024 by Franziska Kirschner and YihKai Teh, Intropy says its platform has processed more than $10 billion in parts demand since launch. Customers report returns on investment above 10x. The company targets an industry where many critical decisions still happen manually.

The manual state of spare parts

Spare parts keep vehicles on the road and machinery running. In the automotive industry alone, more than $4 billion in parts are transacted every day, according to the company. Yet the software that manages those parts was largely built decades ago. Decisions about how much stock to hold, where to place it, and when to change a price often require teams to manually review hundreds of thousands of individual SKUs. The relevant information is scattered across ERP systems, warehouse platforms, spreadsheets, images, and phone conversations. AI for Supply Chain Managers has focused on this problem for years, but most tools still stop at recommendations.

Automating decisions, not adding dashboards

Intropy connects directly to a customer's existing ERP and other operational systems. It aggregates structured and unstructured data, then makes and executes decisions automatically, adjusting inventory levels, pricing, and obsolescence management without waiting for human review. "We are not interested in adding another dashboard on top of that complexity," said Franziska Kirschner, co-founder and CEO. "We are building an AI-native operating system that can make and execute decisions autonomously, at scale and speed." YihKai Teh, co-founder and CTO, said the goal is to make the complexity of spare parts invisible to the user. "The best user experience is when the user needs to do nothing at all."

Funding and expansion

The funding will accelerate product development, grow engineering and machine learning teams, and establish a New York office as Intropy grows its U.S. presence. The company will also continue growing across Europe. Fabian Burnett Small, investor at Felix Capital, said Intropy is "building the intelligence layer that can make supply chains faster, smarter and significantly more efficient - ultimately bringing a better product faster in the hands of the end user."

Why this matters for operations

For operations teams, the practical gains are fewer stockouts, less obsolete inventory, and fewer hours spent on manual price reviews. Intropy says customers have achieved returns on investment above 10x, and the company has processed enough parts demand to buy new spark plugs for every passenger car in North America. The shift from periodic, reactive reviews to continuous automated decisions is the core change for operations professionals. This is part of a broader trend in AI for Operations, where software increasingly executes decisions rather than just presenting recommendations. Operations leaders evaluating similar platforms should ask whether a system can act inside their existing ERP, not just generate reports.