Powerlab offers a compliance platform that combines AI‑driven chat assistants with real‑time customs data to help businesses navigate multi‑country tariff schedules and trade policies via text or voice.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Companies engaged in international trade must interpret complex, frequently changing tariff schedules and customs regulations across multiple jurisdictions, which makes calculating landed costs and ensuring compliance time‑consuming and error‑prone.
Solution
Powerlab provides a cloud‑based compliance platform that integrates AI‑driven chat assistants with live customs data to simplify trade operations. Users upload product catalogs with HS codes, then interact via text or voice with multi‑country AI agents that reference official tariff schedules and policy documents. The platform offers a total landed cost calculator that pulls real‑time duty rates, shipping, insurance, and brokerage fees, as well as an automated customs forms generator. A trade intelligence feed delivers up‑to‑date rulings, regulatory alerts, and news relevant to the user’s products, enabling proactive compliance management.
Target Audience
Primary users are importers, exporters, and supply‑chain managers in mid‑size to large enterprises that need to manage multi‑jurisdictional trade compliance and cost estimation.
Features
- Multi‑country AI chat assistants (text and voice) trained on official customs regulations and tariff schedules
- Live duty rate lookups via the MCP database for accurate total landed cost calculations
- Automated generation of required customs documentation based on uploaded product data
- Real‑time trade intelligence feed with customs news, ruling alerts, and regulatory change notifications
- Bulk import of product catalogs with HS codes via CSV to automate cost allocation and compliance workflows