# Tiny: a collaborative ERP foundation for factories

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Author: Ali Abouelatta (https://mudpie.ai/authors/ali-abouelatta/)
Published: 2026-09-19
Updated: 2026-09-19
Research type: Company profile
Method: Company and accelerator sources checked 2026-09-19. Product claims are attributed to their sources; this is research, not a hands-on product trial.

Tiny is building an ERP for factories that still run their operations through spreadsheets, disconnected tools and institutional memory. Its wedge is the beginning of the order lifecycle: a collaborative quotation workflow that can become the shared object graph for procurement, production and later agent automation.

## What it does

The [YC launch](https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MH3-tiny-rippling-for-factories) describes a factory platform for tracking a manufactured item across departments. Tiny starts with quotation: sales and engineering teams respond to customer inquiries using a lightweight CRM, item library and workflow engine. The launch says the foundation includes real-time computations, interactive audit logs, durable workflow execution and collaborative editing, with procurement and production modules planned next.

The buyer is a factory that cannot justify a million-dollar SAP implementation but has outgrown spreadsheets and manual re-entry. Tiny says it is already working with factories in Indonesia, Vietnam and India, initially around automotive and electronics suppliers. That is company-reported customer context. The [current homepage](https://andtiny.com/) was a minimal public surface in the checked packet and did not publish pricing.

## Why I’d look closer

The advantage is starting with a high-frequency commercial object rather than attempting to replace every ERP function on day one. A quote links customer demand to the item, price, workflow and future order record. Founder context supports the systems ambition: YC describes Edward Zhang as having scaled Apple’s Services API gateway and previously building at Zenefits and Addepar; the launch names Louis as a former BitGo design leader.

The tradeoff is migration and operational depth. A factory needs correct units, revisions, lead times, approvals, inventory and customer-specific terms; a pleasant collaborative UI cannot hide a missing manufacturing model. The company’s future agent advantage also depends on durable, trustworthy data underneath.

## What I’d ask

Which factory processes are live beyond quotations? How are revisions, customer-specific prices, units and approvals represented? Can teams export the object graph and audit history? What happens when a quote becomes a purchase order, a supplier change or a production exception? Which existing systems does Tiny replace, and which does it sit beside?

## My editorial take

Shortlist Tiny if spreadsheet fragmentation is blocking quote speed and visibility across the factory. Start with one product family and make the quote-to-order handoff measurable before adopting procurement or production modules. The company’s durable workflow foundation is the interesting bet; the risk is asking a new ERP to carry manufacturing complexity before the basics are proven.

## Quick facts

| Field | Sourced detail |
| --- | --- |
| Product | Collaborative factory ERP beginning with quotation workflows |
| Buyer | Small and mid-sized factories, initially automotive and electronics suppliers |
| Current wedge | Quotation, lightweight CRM, item library and workflow engine |
| Pricing | Not published in the checked pages |
| Main question | Can the quote object become a trustworthy foundation for the factory’s next workflows? |

## Sources checked

| Source | Checked |
| --- | --- |
| [YC company profile](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tiny) | 2026-09-19 |
| [Tiny homepage](https://andtiny.com/) | 2026-09-19 |
| [Tiny YC launch](https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MH3-tiny-rippling-for-factories) | 2026-09-19 |

## Cohort context

Tiny is listed in Fall 2024. In our 2026-09-18 directory snapshot, 57 of 94 listed companies in that cohort have YC’s primary industry label B2B (60.6%). This is a current-directory comparison, not an original intake count or a performance ranking. [Nine-cohort dataset](https://mudpie.ai/research/yc-cohorts-2026-09-19.json).

## Public website snapshot

Observed 2026-09-19T16:14:49.445Z in raw homepage HTML. This records visible metadata and advertised links, not agent execution or product quality.

| Signal | Homepage observation |
| --- | --- |
| Product description metadata | Not observed in this response |
| Canonical link | Not observed in this response |
| H1 or H2 heading | Not observed in this response |
| Typed structured data | Not observed in this response |
| Docs/developer link | Not observed in this response |
| Pricing link | Not observed in this response |
| llms.txt link | Not observed in this response |
| Markdown alternate | Not observed in this response |

[Public observations](https://mudpie.ai/research/yc-homepage-links-2026-09-19.json) · [Collection method](https://mudpie.ai/research/yc-homepage-methods/README.md). Missing links here do not establish that a capability or file is absent elsewhere.


## Author disclosure

I cofound Lazyweb and publish Mudpie. This is an owner-written publication, not an independent testing organization. Research notes distinguish observations, sourced reporting and editorial judgment.