a16z leads Series A in Highstock, which uses AI agents to move brand excess inventory
venturetwins · x · 2026-09-11
a16z (Olivia Moore and Justine Moore) announced leading Highstock's Series A. Highstock tackles a quiet, expensive problem: brands overproduce to hedge stockouts, stranding trillions of dollars of inventory that historically ended up discounted or destroyed. Excess inventory is messy, heterogeneous, and un-comp-able — exactly the unstructured problem AI now handles. Built in beauty and expanding to apparel, Highstock is accelerating with AI agents facilitating transactions previously too complex to manage, positioning itself as the brand-safe, AI-native platform for excess inventory.
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