kea is on a mission to empower restaurant chains by enhancing customer service, streamlining operations, and boosting revenue through human-centered conversational AI. CEO Adam Ahmad founded “the cashier in the cloud” in 2017, and the company has since digitized phone ordering for 10 enterprise-level restaurant chains. kea uses natural language processing to customize, upsell, confirm orders, and process payment through a PCI-compliant system, and features a “human-in-the-loop” to ensure a smooth ordering process. The company has served over 1,000,000 guests and has raised $29.6M from VCs including Marbruck, Xfund, Streamlined Ventures, Deepcore, Heartland Ventures, and Morningside Ventures.