Trope

Trope is an AI-native platform for ERP implementations , aimed at the consultancies and internal teams that spend months (or years) rolling out systems like SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite. The company is launching Trope Agents, which sit across the project lifecycle from requirements calls through configuration, data, and code, flagging where the delivered system drifts from what was promised in the SOW and surfacing the underlying evidence. Beyond detection, the agents can configure and write code inside the ERP to close those gaps directly, and they handle both net-new rollouts and migration or optimization work by scanning existing systems to map data and configurations. The launch matters because ERP delivery is a large, slow-moving line item for enterprises, and the founders are pitching agents as a way to compress the work of project managers, data engineers, and functional consultants into software that runs continuously. The pricing anchor they cite is the roughly $50B a year spent on ERP consulting services alongside a high rate of failed implementations, which frames Trope's wedge as risk reduction and speed rather than a new system of record. Trope is based in San Francisco and backed by Y Combinator. It was co-founded by Matthew Chow, previously at Tesla, Zipline, and Schneider Electric , and Victor Vannara, previously at Amazon and A Thinking Ape , both UBC computer science and engineering alumni.