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What if a small-town boutique could see tomorrow's trends today?

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An AI-powered B2B fashion platform is helping 50,000 small-town retailers across 250 districts stock trending styles in seven to ten days instead of ninety.

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Antler India

Company

October 14, 2026

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Walk into a clothing store in a small Indian town and you'll meet a shopkeeper who knows every customer by name. What she can't know is that a kurta style blew up on Instagram last Tuesday. By the time it reaches her through India's traditional wholesale chain, ninety days later, her customers have already moved on.

Navo closes that gap with AI. Every month it watches more than 10,000 videos and half a million images, spots what is about to take off, and connects retailers directly with verified sellers who deliver in seven to ten days. No credit, no warehouses full of guesses.

Small-town India has answered. Around 50,000 retailers across 250 districts now stock their shelves through Navo, and half of them come back to buy again within a month.

The shopkeeper in a tier-3 town stocks exactly what her customers want, the week they want it, and competes with anyone. Multiply that by every district in India.

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FOUNDERS

1. Suparn Goel, Co-founder & CEO

2. Anshul Singhal, Co-founder & COO

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