Kea
Kea is an AI voice assistant platform designed for restaurants, automating phone ordering and customer interactions. The system connects directly to point-of-sale systems including Toast, Square, Clover, and Olo, sending orders straight to kitchen display systems with 99.3% order accuracy. Kea handles unlimited concurrent calls 24/7, throttles orders during busy periods, and offers features such as AI Menu Analyzer…
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Kea is an AI voice assistant platform designed for restaurants, automating phone ordering and customer interactions. The system connects directly to point-of-sale systems including Toast, Square, Clover, and Olo, sending orders straight to kitchen display systems with 99.3% order accuracy. Kea handles unlimited concurrent calls 24/7, throttles orders during busy periods, and offers features such as AI Menu Analyzer to ensure orders match the restaurant's actual menu without hallucinations, dynamic FAQs for brand customization, real-time call reporting, delivery management, and secure payments via Apple Pay and Google Pay. The platform charges a flat $450/month with no per-order fees. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Kea has raised $26.7M in Series B funding from investors including Xfund, DEEPCORE, Streamlined Ventures, Marbruck Investments, Heartland Ventures, and Alumni Ventures.
Business model
Chatbots > Industry Specific > Food and Beverages > Restaurants > Food Ordering,
Food Tech > Technology Enablers > Restaurants > Online Ordering Solutions
Founders & team highlights
Serial Founder
Team background
Company Wise > eBay,
College Wise > Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania
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