# EVOS: Co-building an industrial AI venture with Urav Shah. Source: https://www.utopia-studio.co/case-studies/evos Updated: 2026-11-10 Utopia worked inside the EVOS team, bringing technical expertise and cloud infrastructure to Urav Shah’s industrial know-how. The collaboration supported a venture that shipped reusable AI skills, reached customer operations and attracted a $9M pre-seed round. Urav Shah · Industrial AI & logistics ## The expertise existed. It needed a way to scale. EVOS began with the knowledge of experienced industrial operators: how to handle a freight exception, interpret an inspection report or make a decision when a process breaks down. Much of that knowledge sits with people rather than in documentation. The build challenge was to turn it into AI operators that could do useful work inside existing business systems. ## How Utopia helped Utopia joined Urav’s team with technical expertise and optimised cloud infrastructure from day one. Urav brought the operating knowledge; the Studio contributed the technical expertise and infrastructure alongside him. In his account of the partnership, Urav describes Utopia working deeply as part of the team. > Utopia works deeply as part of the team. You get their expertise and optimised cloud infrastructure from day one. Urav Shah · [Studio film · 0:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5tLTzqd-Tg&t=43s) ## Turning domain knowledge into working skills. The Studio’s published co-building update records a concrete release: Urav open-sourced eight Agent Skills across logistics, manufacturing and energy. Each skill was evaluated against 20–25 operating scenarios using weighted rubrics. This made specific pieces of operating knowledge reusable by AI systems, with a way to assess how they performed. [Turning domain expertise into reusable AI skills](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-utopia-studio_evos-agent-skill-activity-7432804215984508928-UKlJ) ## From the build to customers and capital. ### $9M — Pre-seed funding EVOS announced a round co-led by Uncork Capital and Field Ventures, with Utopia Capital Management among the participating investors. [Funding announcement · FreightWaves](https://www.freightwaves.com/news/evos-raises-9m-to-build-ai-operators-for-industrial-businesses) ### MyFreightWorld — An operator in a customer workflow FreightWaves reports that the freight brokerage uses EVOS to check carrier invoices against its transport-management records. The product is being used for a specific operating job. [Customer deployment · FreightWaves](https://www.freightwaves.com/news/evos-raises-9m-to-build-ai-operators-for-industrial-businesses) ## A closer look at what they built. From the EVOS Web Summit product demo. 1. Discover the workflow: The discovery operator maps how a team works through conversation and connected systems. ![EVOS product demo: discovery conversation alongside connected operational systems](https://www.utopia-studio.co/portfolio/case-studies/evos/discovery.jpg) 2. Define the solution: Review the capabilities of a shipment exception operator before deployment. ![EVOS product demo: shipment exception capabilities including carrier portals, exception detection and customs tracking](https://www.utopia-studio.co/portfolio/case-studies/evos/solution-design.jpg) 3. See the work happening: Follow operator activity, completed tasks and decisions that need the team’s approval. ![EVOS product demo: activity feed with completed shipment tasks and pending approvals](https://www.utopia-studio.co/portfolio/case-studies/evos/operator-activity.jpg) [Watch the EVOS product demo](https://www.utopia-studio.co/portfolio/case-studies/evos/product-demo.mp4) ### In practice: freight invoice auditing An operator compares carrier invoices with transport-management records and flags billing discrepancies for review. [Explore how EVOS works](https://getevos.ai/how-it-works) ## Related stories & conversations - [Startup Evos Raises Funding To Target Industrial Businesses](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2026/10/14/startup-evos-raises-funding-to-target-industrial-businesses/) — Forbes, Press - [Evos raises $9M to build AI operators for industrial businesses](https://www.freightwaves.com/news/evos-raises-9m-to-build-ai-operators-for-industrial-businesses) — FreightWaves, Press - [Evos raises $9M for logistics AI operations](https://www.axios.com/pro/supply-chain-deals/2026/10/14/evos-9m-ai-logistics-pe-backed-firms) — Axios Pro, Press - [Urav Shah on autonomous operators and the EVOS journey](https://www.alleywatch.com/2026/10/evos-autonomous-operators-logistics-ai-agentic-operations-platform-urav-shah/) — AlleyWatch, Interview - [Turning domain expertise into reusable AI skills](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-utopia-studio_evos-agent-skill-activity-7432804215984508928-UKlJ) — The Utopia Studio, Studio update - [Urav on building with the Studio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5tLTzqd-Tg&t=43s) — The Utopia Studio, Founder film [Visit EVOS](https://getevos.ai) [All ventures](https://www.utopia-studio.co/portfolio) · [How we build](https://www.utopia-studio.co/how-we-build).