Donkey is an AI-native trading company (Y Combinator, Summer 2026) that buys directly from Chinese factories and sells delivered duty-paid to US importers. Donkey mines public US customs records to identify the factory that actually makes a product, returns a landed DDP quote within 72 hours, runs its own on-the-floor quality inspections before the factory is paid, clears customs, moves the money, and offers credit-insured net-45 terms to qualified buyers. Founded by Benjamin Martindale (CEO) and Minghao Tan (CTO), the company runs small teams in San Francisco and China. Donkey publishes no public API, SDK, or developer platform today; this profile tracks its company identity in the API Evangelist network.
Donkey is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Trading, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing.
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aid: donkey
deliveryModel:
model: saas
open_source: false
commercial: true
callable_host: false
label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
confidence: medium
source:
- pricing
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
accessModel:
pricing: unknown
onboarding: unknown
trial: false
try_now: false
public: false
label: Unknown
confidence: low
source: []
generated: '2026-07-22'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/donkey.png
name: Donkey
description: Donkey is an AI-native trading company (Y Combinator, Summer 2026) that buys directly from Chinese factories
and sells delivered duty-paid to US importers. Donkey mines public US customs records to identify the factory that actually
makes a product, returns a landed DDP quote within 72 hours, runs its own on-the-floor quality inspections before the factory
is paid, clears customs, moves the money, and offers credit-insured net-45 terms to qualified buyers. Founded by Benjamin
Martindale (CEO) and Minghao Tan (CTO), the company runs small teams in San Francisco and China. Donkey publishes no public
API, SDK, or developer platform today; this profile tracks its company identity in the API Evangelist network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/donkey/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-website: https://donkey.trade
x-yc-batch: Summer 2026
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Trading
- Logistics
- Supply Chain
- Manufacturing
- Import
- Customs
- Cross-Border
- Y Combinator
- Artificial Intelligence
tags_raw:
- Company
- Trading
- Logistics
- Supply Chain
- Manufacturing
- Import
- Customs
- Cross-Border
- Y Combinator
- AI
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/donkey-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
url: https://donkey.trade
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://donkey.trade/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://donkey.trade/privacy
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
date: '2026-07-19'
status: backfilled
pass: local-v1
note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence
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