Donkey

Donkey is a trading company that turns a business's bulk buying list into a single container order from overseas factories. A buyer uploads SKUs, quantities and specifications in any format, receives an all in landed price that already includes tariffs, duties and delivery, and signs one contract with Donkey rather than with a chain of factories, forwarders and brokers. Once signed, the quoted price is locked and does not move with the market. It is built for businesses that currently buy inventory by the pallet from distributors or big box retailers and would save by moving to container loads, with home builders and construction trades as the first focus. AI agents read public customs records to locate the factories already exporting a given product and obtain quotes, while the final landed cost is calculated with deterministic line by line duty math rather than a model. Donkey keeps staff on factory floors to verify quality before shipment and takes responsibility for the whole supply chain on Delivered Duty Paid terms, so the buyer has one point of accountability. A published example shows a construction materials container delivered to Oakland, California for $51,318.92 against distributor quotes of $76,250 and $73,233 for the same specification, a saving the company puts at 38 percent. There are no subscription plans. Each order is quoted individually through the container builder on the site, and quotes carry a 48 hour price hold. Donkey was founded by Ben and James and is backed by Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch.