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Position 581

Hostie

AI concierge that answers restaurant calls, texts and reservations in the restaurant's voice

Pace
6:00/kmWarm-up3.25
Distance
Distance Unproven.
Open ops roles
2
Last week
#501
Move
▼ 80
Peak
#501
Weeks in the 100
0
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Rank and score over time
Board rank
#491#532#572#501Oct 18#562Oct 25
Pace score
02463.3Oct 183.3Oct 25

One point per Sunday re-rank, tracking since Oct 18. The lines fill in week by week.

Hostie runs in the Warm-up lane (6:00/km): 19 of 94. Further right = more momentum. No competitors on the board yet, so it runs alone.
Total raised
$16Msee rounds ↓
Founded
2024
HQ
San Francisco, CA

Leadership

The problem

Restaurants miss calls and bookings during service because staff can't answer the phone

What they do

AI concierge that answers restaurant calls, texts and reservations in the restaurant's voice

Traction Seed (Apr 2025) → Series A in 15 months; no customer counts published

Hiring trend

Open roles
3
Ops roles
2
Headcount
~30

~30 staff (Tracxn est.), founded 2024; 5 open roles

Hiring in

  • Remote (US)

Funding

Last round
$12M
Stage
Series A
Date
Jul 2026

Led by Obvious Ventures

Distance

Unproven

Restaurants like it, but it is early and AI phone agents are plentiful; too soon to judge.

Sources: Obvious Ventures: why we invested in Hostie ↗

Last checked Oct 25, 2026

Funding historyTotal raised $16M

  1. Jul 2026Series A$12MLed by Obvious Ventures prnewswire.com ↗
  2. Apr 2025Seed$4MLed by Gradient Ventures hostie.ai ↗

Profile facts checked Oct 19, 2026. Every fact links to its public source.

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