Valyant AI
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Valyant AI is a Denver-based artificial intelligence company founded by Rob Carpenter, focused on customer service for the quick-service restaurant industry. Its conversational AI platform, called 'Holly,' automates drive-through order-taking: the voice assistant integrates with existing point-of-sale systems, headset systems and order-confirmation boards, aiming to ease labor shortages, reduce wait times, increase average ticket sizes and raise top-line revenue for restaurants.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
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- Launch
Valyant AI launched its enterprise conversational AI customer-service platform, taking live customer breakfast orders at the drive-through of a Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard restaurant in Denver.
- Fifth patent and CKE deal
The company received its fifth US patent (No. 11,594,223) covering AI-based drive-through order automation, and signed an agreement with CKE Restaurants to roll out its conversational AI platform 'Holly' across Hardee's and Carl's Jr. drive-through locations nationwide.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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