VoicePlug AI

AI agents that answer every restaurant call, drive-thru order, reservation, and upsell every guest — 24/7, AI agents live at over 300 locations, $1.5M ARR

VoicePlug AI replaces the most labor-intensive, error-prone part of running a restaurant — taking orders and answering phones — with AI agents that work every shift, never miss a call, and upsell every guest automatically.

───────────────────────── THE PROBLEM ────────────────────────
Restaurants are losing revenue every single day — not from bad food or poor service, but from a phone that rings out, a drive-thru line that backs up, and a reservation that never got booked because no one picked up.

43% of inbound restaurant calls go unanswered during peak hours
Every missed call is a lost order averaging $30–$80 per transaction
Drive-thru bottlenecks are a labor problem, not a kitchen problem
Labor costs are rising 8–12% annually with no structural relief in sight

Restaurants know the problem. They've tried hiring more staff, extending hours, and outsourcing calls. None of it scales. The answer is AI — but not the generic kind.

───────────────────────── THE SOLUTION ──────────────────────────

VoicePlug deploys purpose-built AI agents that handle the front-of-house voice interactions restaurants depend on most:

DriveThru AI — Fully automated drive-thru ordering with real-time POS integration and consistent upsell logic. No headset, no human, no hold times.

Phone AI — Answers every inbound call, takes orders, and handles customer queries around the clock. Branded variants include PizzaVOICE for pizza chains.

ReserveVOICE — AI-powered table reservation management, integrated globally with OpenTable. Handles inbound reservation calls, modifications, and confirmations autonomously.

Kiosk AI — Conversational voice layer for self-service kiosk environments, replacing the tap-and-scroll experience with natural voice ordering.

─────────────────────WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT — THE MOAT ─────────────────

Every major AI company is trying to sell into restaurants. The difference is they are retrofitting general-purpose models. VoicePlug built from the ground up, specifically for this industry.

Our Domain Language Model (DLM) is trained on over 1 million hours of real restaurant-to-customer audio conversations, captured across four years of live deployments. This proprietary dataset is the foundation of an AI that understands restaurant ordering in a way no horizontal model can — accents, slang, combo modifications, regional menu names, and the natural chaos of a busy lunch rush.

The result: best-in-class accuracy, lower latency, fewer errors, and higher upsell conversion than any general-purpose AI applied to this domain. That dataset took four years to build. It cannot be replicated quickly. It is our moat.

────────────────────── TRACTION & CUSTOMERS ───────────────────

$1.5M annual recurring revenue, growing rapidly
300+ active restaurant locations across the United States
80+ live technology integrations: Olo, OpenTable, Clover, Square, Toast, Stripe, and more
Customers include Back of the House, Inc. (Super Duper Burgers) and multiple large restaurant groups
Global strategic integration with OpenTable for AI-powered reservation handling
Primary market: small-to-mid-size restaurant chains (5–100 locations)

Our integration depth is a meaningful retention driver. When VoicePlug is live inside a restaurant's POS, phone system, and reservation platform simultaneously, switching cost is high and satisfaction is high.

───────────────────────────BUSINESS MODEL ────────────────────────

Revenue Type: Recurring SaaS subscription, billed monthly per location Performance Layer: Component tied to completed order volume — aligns our growth directly with our customers' outcomes Setup: One-time fee per location covering integration, configuration, and go-live support Primary Market: U.S. restaurant chains with 5–100 locations; independent restaurants for reservations and phone ordering

───────────────────────────TEAM ──────────────────────────────

Jay Ruparel — CEO & Co-Founder: 3x entrepreneur with two prior successful exits. EY entrepreneur of the year 2018. Co-Founder & Former CEO of Azure/Mavrix group. Has built VoicePlug from inception over four years with deep experience in restaurant technology go-to-market.
Ray Villaman —CSO & BoD Member: 30+ yrs Restauranteur and Restaurant Tech Entrepreneur, Built and operated over 150 restaurants, Incoming Chair of California Restaurant Association. FounderTRG, Menus.com, MobiMunch.

Shweta Ruparel — CTO & Co-Founder: Leads all engineering, AI architecture, and infrastructure. Designed and built the Domain Language Model and the real-time voice pipeline that powers VoicePlug's ordering products across drive-thru, phone, kiosk, and reservation channels.

────────────────────────── CREDENTIALS & MILESTONES ───────────────────

Global strategic integration with OpenTable covering 20 countries and 13 languages. Integrations with 80+ other restaurant/retail applications live.
Deployed with several leading brands and restaurant groups including Cicis Pizza, Golden Chick, Me-n-Ed's, Back of the House group, Tahoe Restaurant Group, and more.
4+ years of continuous live restaurant deployment, building the proprietary dataset that underpins our DLM
Current round co-led by two major U.S. restaurant groups — operator-validated product and investment thesis
Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA | Incorporated in Delaware

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