Zest Launches SMS-Based AI Restaurant Booking Agent
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Zest, a restaurant discovery app, has launched an SMS-based AI "restaurant concierge" agent. Users can receive personalized restaurant recommendations and book tables directly via text message. The agent generates suggestions based on users' credit card spending data—imported through Plaid and limited to dining transactions—combined with friends' preferences. For bookings, it can reserve tables through three platforms: OpenTable, Resy, and SevenRooms. The agent also supports group chats, polls, and reservations for multiple people. Zest says this is one of the company's first revenue directions, and it plans to expand such AI agents into shopping and other areas. The product has launched as an SMS feature of Zest, with no further developments reported yet.
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Restaurant discovery app Zest has launched a text-message AI "restaurant concierge" agent that delivers personalized recommendations and books tables directly via SMS. It generates suggestions based on users' credit card spending (imported through Plaid, using only dining transactions) and friends' preferences, and completes bookings through OpenTable, Resy, and SevenRooms. It can also join group chats, run polls, and book for multiple people. This is one of Zest's first revenue-generating directions, and the company says it plans to expand into shopping and other areas.
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