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Avinash Sukhwani, Virgile Fiszman, Manuel Rodriguez Dao, Federico Moscato, and Eduardo Mata looked at the auto parts industry in Mexico—yes, the $30 billion automotive aftermarket in Latin America—and realized mechanics were still chasing down parts like it was 1985. So they built Meru, the one-stop-shop platform that's reinventing how mechanics get what they need. Y Combinator backed them, which means someone at YC looked at this team and said "yeah, these guys get it."

Here's why this matters: the automotive aftermarket in Latin America is massive, fragmented, and completely broken. Mechanics spend hours calling multiple suppliers, dealing with fake parts, and waiting days for deliveries that should take hours. Meru is building the infrastructure to fix that—connecting mechanics directly with verified parts suppliers through a platform that actually works. The team brings serious firepower: Avinash comes from Rocket Internet and BCG with degrees from Cambridge, MIT, and Imperial College. Virgile spent over three years in China mastering international trade. These aren't rookies wandering into auto parts—they're operators who know supply chains.

The boring industries are where the real empires get built, and Meru is going after a market that touches every single car on the road. They're in Mexico, they're YC-backed, and they're hiring.