Desteia
Supply Chain & Logistics Software
1hiring now · open roles
$8Mlatest round · Seed · Feb 2025 · 20 mo ago
3backers · Plug and Play, Autotech Ventures
10+team · employees, estimated range
Overview
Desteia turns fragmented trade data into clean, validated information - and automates the workflows that keep freight moving, compliance airtight, and teams aligned.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$8M
1 round on record
Latest round
$8M
Seed · Feb 2025 · 20 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
open roles
Backers
3
Plug and Play, Autotech Ventures
The money's age
Due for its next round
20 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 2026
Formerly Auba.ai (auba.ai)
May 21
Launched DESTEIA LAUNCHES FIRST AUTONOMOUS PLATFORM FOR MEXICO'S MANDATORY IMPORT DECLARATION AS FINE ENFORCEMENT BEGINS JUNE 1 · manilatimes.net
Feb 19, 2025
Raised a round Seed $8M · Pulse 2.0
2023
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 9%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Feb 2025 | $8M | — | Pulse 2.0 |
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Plug and Play 
Autotech Ventures 
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
54/100
Stable
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
100% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Salesforce to stack
Oct 2026
Added HubSpot to stack
Oct 2026
Financials
Total raised
$8M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2025 | $8M | Details |
Tech stack
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Practices & domains
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News
Compliance Compliance Sep 4, 2026 Sep 4, 2026 Desteia reads the inbox that runs the supply chain Emails, chat threads and customs PDFs move the world's freight. Desteia turns that chaos into one live map. Emails, chat threads and customs PDFs move the world's freight. Desteia turns that chaos into one live map. Emails, chat threads and customs PDFs move the world's freight. Desteia turns that chaos into one live map.
Emails, chat threads and customs PDFs move the world's freight. Desteia turns that chaos into one live map.
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Ante la nueva norma aduanera, la industria mexicana busca en la tecnología una vía para cumplir a tiempo
A partir del 31 de julio será obligatoria la Manifestación de Valor Electrónica. La medida moderniza el comercio exterior mexicano y, al mismo tiempo, plantea a las empresas un reto operativo que la automatización y la inteligencia artificial buscan resol
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Borderlands Mexico: Desteia using AI to ease looming customs compliance crunch
This week in Borderlands Mexico: Desteia using AI to ease looming customs compliance crunch; Grocery chain plans $700M supply chain expansion in South Texas; and CPKC, CSX upgrade Southeast Mexico Express for faster transit times.
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Desteia Launches First Autonomous Platform for Mexico
37% of declarations contain errors; U.S. multinationals face direct legal liability starting this summerNew York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - May 21, 2026) - Desteia launches Auto-MVE, the first autonomous platform for Mexico
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DESTEIA LAUNCHES FIRST AUTONOMOUS PLATFORM FOR MEXICO'S MANDATORY IMPORT DECLARATION AS FINE ENFORCEMENT BEGINS JUNE 1
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Plentisoft: Desteia Launches First Autonomous Platform for Mexico's Mandatory Import Declaration as Fine Enforcement Begins June 1
New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - May 21, 2026) - Desteia launches Auto-MVE, the first autonomous platform for Mexico's mandatory electronic customs value declaration (Manifestación de Valor Electrónica).
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Desteia usa inteligencia artificial y graph theory para aliviar disrupciones en cadenas de suministr
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Desteia: $8 Million (Seed) Raised Supply Chain Visibility Platform
Desteia, a New York-based company with operations in the US and Mexico, utilizes technology to support leaders and operators, giving them the tools to make optimal decisions for their supply chain in a context of continuous disruptions. And the company ha
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Desteia Leverages AI and Graph Theory to Alleviate Supply Chain Disruptions
/CNW/ -- Now, more than ever, supply chain operators need a tool that helps them predict and understand disruptions and gives them the power to plan...
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico
HQ
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
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