Kea

Kea is a Voice AI phone assistant built specifically for restaurants: it answers every inbound call, takes the order, upsells, and processes payment through a PCI-compliant system, then pushes the order to the restaurant's POS. Founded in 2018 by CEO Adam Ahmad, it now serves hundreds of restaurant brands including Hopdoddy, Blaze Pizza, PINCHO, and VIA 313 (where it handles phone orders across 23+ locations). The company reports a 99.3% order accuracy rate and integrations with 11+ POS systems such as Toast, Square, Clover, and Olo, with most restaurants live in about an hour and a human operator always available to interject.

In late 2025 Kea added Text AI, bringing two-way SMS ordering, menu questions, and payment to the same phone number, plus Kea Pay instant checkout links with Apple Pay and Google Pay. A June 2026 integration with loyalty platform Thanx links callers' phone numbers to loyalty profiles so phone orders earn rewards. Kea has raised about $33M from Marbruck, Xfund, and Streamlined Ventures. All accuracy and revenue figures are vendor-reported; what is independently documented is a well-funded product with real multi-unit deployments and consistent press coverage in restaurant trade media.

1. Book a demo or sign up for self-service at kea.ai.
2. Connect your POS (Toast, Square, Clover, Olo, and others).
3. Upload your menu and set the brand voice and scripts.
4. Forward your restaurant phone line and go live.