About Kinect
Built from the ground up with AI for commerce.
Kinect is the AI layer that helps shoppers find what they actually want — and gives brands the intent data their search bar never could. We add intelligence to your existing store, not a rip-and-replace.
Founded by Kratik Agrawal and Varun Kandula and backed by Y Combinator (S26), Kinect is building the AI layer for branded commerce. We help brands turn their storefronts into adaptive shopping experiences that understand what every visitor actually wants — then guide them to the right product, in the brand's own voice. Today, that means AI shopping assistants, product pages that reshape themselves for every buyer, and an intelligence layer that turns every conversation into a signal.
Y Combinator
SF
Headquarters
2025
Founded
Our Story
Founded on experience
Kratik and Varun led the conversational intelligence team at a venture-backed CRM company, building AI that understands what happens in sales conversations — why deals close, what objections matter, what signals predict intent.
They kept seeing the same gap: brands spend millions analyzing their sales teams, but have zero intelligence on how customers think while they shop. The search bar captures keywords. It doesn't capture intent.
Kinect exists to close that gap. We bring the same conversational AI — understanding, explaining, learning — to the shopping experience. Every interaction makes the system smarter. Every question a shopper asks becomes structured data the brand has never had before.
Leadership
The team behind Kinect
Kratik Agrawal
Co-founder & CEO
Google Commerce → Reevo → Kinect. Entire career at the intersection of AI, conversation, and commerce. Built the conversational intelligence systems that extract intent from human dialogue.
Our team brings experience from Google, MongoDB, and some of the biggest names in commerce. We're based in San Francisco and backed by Y Combinator.
How We Work
Small team, high bar
Ownership over territory
Everyone touches the full stack. No walls between “my part” and “your part.” If something’s broken, you fix it.
Velocity with taste
We ship fast, but we don’t ship sloppy. Speed without craft is just noise.
Partners, not users
Our brand partners aren’t tickets in a queue. We learn their business and build for their outcomes.
Substance over performance
We care about what works, not what looks impressive in a pitch deck. Real metrics, real impact.
Interested in joining us?
We're looking for people who care about craft, move fast, and want to build the intelligence layer for commerce.
hello@trykinect.comWant to see it in action?
We'll walk you through how Kinect works for your store — no pitch deck, just a live walkthrough with the founders.