Catalog raises $3M
Emmett Shine launched Catalog — an AI infrastructure play to make e‑commerce products discoverable to AI — and raised $3M to build product discovery tooling for DTC/eCom teams. (x.com)
Acrew Capital led Catalog’s pre-seed round, with participation from WndrCo and Hustle Fund, per the company blog published March 23, 2026. (getcatalog.ai) The announcement positioned the financing as kickoff capital to launch Catalog’s AI-native product-data platform for merchants and brands. (getcatalog.ai) Catalog’s product pages list ingestion, enrichment, and live delivery as core modules meant to convert raw product feeds into structured, machine-readable product records. (getcatalog.ai) The company explicitly says the platform is built so products can be “understood, ranked, and recommended” by conversational AI and assistants such as ChatGPT. (getcatalog.ai) A public starter page advertises AI-powered site merchandising workflows and a self-serve onboarding path aimed at early DTC and e‑commerce customers. (getcatalog.ai)
