ABOUT MARIAH & ABI
Mariah Chase (Co-Founder & CEO): Mariah Chase is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ekyam. Mariah is a proven entrepreneur and retail executive with a track record of successful exits, including her role as the former CEO & Founder of ELOQUII (acquired by Walmart) and her previous collaboration with Abi at Send-The-Trend (acquired by QVC). Her experience in building and scaling digitally-native retail brands provides a crucial perspective on the business impact of technology infrastructure and accelerates customer acquisition through her deep network of retail executives. Mariah is also an exited FFF founder, underscoring her strong investor relationship.
Abi Sachdeva (Founder & CTO): Abi is a deeply experienced retail technologist who previously served as the CTO at 1-800-Flowers and Head of Technology at QVC, Rent the Runway, and Tory Burch. In these roles, he directly managed the extensive system integration and inventory management challenges that Ekyam is now built to address, providing him with firsthand, critical insight into retail system complexities. His background leading technology and engineering at these major companies directly contributes to Ekyam’s AI-first architectural advantage.
ABOUT EKYAM
Ekyam (‘ek-yam’) is an AI-powered middleware platform revolutionizing data integration, mapping, and inventory reconciliation for retailers. Addressing the $1.7T “leaky inventory” problem, Ekyam replaces outdated middleware solutions that rely on cumbersome API management, manual data mapping, and costly implementations. With a fully managed, AI-first approach, the platform automates real-time data synchronization, error correction, and predictive inventory management — seamlessly unifying retail operations while reducing inefficiencies at scale.
About Ekyam