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Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIConsumer
99°Major Pivot
Before

Clear goods through customs, with AI

After

Helping developers build computer use agents

Full description — before

Passage is a co-pilot for the customs brokering space. Today, companies employ entire teams of customs brokers and entry writers who spend hours keying in data and corresponding with clients. With our co-pilot, we plan to streamline this tedious data entry work, and email correspondence, making compliance teams significantly more efficient

Full description — after

Spongecake helps developers build computer use agents With spongecake, developers can build computer use agents for their own applications, automate workflows in desktop applications with poor APIs, and automate workflows in on prem environments

Category shift
Freight & Logistics AIAI Coding Assistants
Summary

The company shifted from an AI copilot for customs brokering (focused on logistics/supply chain compliance teams) to a platform for developers to build computer use agents (general automation tooling for developers). The product, market, and problem are all fundamentally different.

Detected 11 months ago · 2025-04-10
Company journey — 2 pivots
102.7°Near Reinvention2025-12-18

Helping developers build computer use agents(viewing)

99.3°Major Pivot2025-04-10
Started as

Clear goods through customs, with AI