a16z leads Series A for Highstock, an AI marketplace tackling brands' $1B+ excess inventory
omooretweets · x · 2026-09-10
a16z has announced it is leading Highstock's Series A. Highstock is an AI-powered B2B marketplace addressing the trillion-dollar problem of consumer brand excess inventory: optimistic forecasting to avoid stockouts strands billions of dollars of goods that get written off, dumped into brand-diluting channels, or destroyed. Highstock already lists $1B+ in product from 100+ major brands, connecting them with vetted buyers.
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