Pie

Pie: AI-powered growth for Main Street businesses

Pie is a growth platform built for local small businesses, wrapping three products around one goal: getting found and converting demand. AI Search tracks and improves a business's visibility across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews — the places customers increasingly ask for recommendations instead of searching Google. Growth builds and runs hyperlocal ad campaigns on high-intent local channels with 24/7 automated spend optimization. AI Front Desk, currently in waitlist, is a 24/7 AI receptionist that answers every call, handles common questions, and books appointments straight into the calendar.

Founded by former Square and Toast operators Syed Ali and Akhil Mantripragada, Pie sells month-to-month with no contract, offers the first month free plus a $300 ad credit for new customers, and distributes both directly and through vertical SaaS partnerships — including Tekmetric, an auto repair platform serving more than 15,000 shops. Published plan pricing is not listed; the funnel runs through a demo or self-serve signup.

Key Features

• AI Search visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews
• Google Business Profile optimization plus AI-readable web pages that improve the odds of being recommended by assistants
• Search-prompt analysis showing what local customers actually ask AI about services like yours
• AI-created hyperlocal ad campaigns with continuous automated spend optimization (vendor-claimed average 7x return on campaign spend)
• Unified dashboard for AI mentions, site traffic, calls, and campaign performance
• AI Front Desk: 24/7 call answering with bookings, calendar updates, FAQ handling, and a customizable voice (waitlist)

Ideal Use Case

Pie fits appointment-driven local businesses — salons, fitness studios, auto repair shops, pet care, and multi-location franchises — that have no marketing team but need to show up when nearby customers ask AI assistants or search locally, and that lose revenue every time a call goes unanswered.

How Pie differentiates

Pie announced a $19.5M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners on June 30, 2026, bringing total funding to $23.7M, with participation from Capital One Ventures, Max Levchin's SciFi VC, F-Prime, Commerce Ventures, and WEX Venture Capital. The founders spent years building SMB products at Square and Toast, and the company reached thousands of SMB customers while still in stealth. A named customer, Moxie Management Group, reports double-digit sales growth across all 65 of its Supercuts locations.

FAQ

What does Pie actually optimize? Visibility in AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews) plus local ad channels, then conversion via an AI receptionist. Is there a contract? No. Pie is month-to-month, with the first month free and a $300 credit for new customers. How much does it cost after the trial? Pricing is not published; it is provided via demo or signup at app.getpie.co. Is the AI receptionist available now? AI Front Desk is in waitlist as of July 2026, with early members promised preferred pricing.

tl;dr

Pie gives local businesses an AI growth stack — AI search visibility, hyperlocal ads, and a 24/7 AI front desk — backed by a $19.5M Lightspeed-led Series A from ex-Square and Toast founders.

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