Presto Launches Phone Ordering Business Unit

Presto Phoenix, a provider of drive-thru voice artificial intelligence for the quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry, has launched a phone ordering business unit.

"Adding AI-native phone ordering is exciting, as it will allow us to offer a broader spectrum of voice AI solutions to our customers," said Gee Lefevre, CEO of Presto, in a statement. "Given our deep enterprise restaurant experience, our customers are asking us to be their one-stop shop for voice AI. Phone ordering, while much simpler than drive-thru voice AI, adds tangible value to them."

"Presto has always had a vision of being the AI partner of choice for connected, end-to-end automation in the restaurant industry, and it requires industry focus," said Krishna Gupta, co-founder and chairman of Presto, in a statement.

"Every American industry will witness end-to-end, connected automation, and restaurants are no different," Gupta added. "We want to build AI to say, see, and do in a unified and magical manner to enable restaurant groups and their employees to take maximal advantage of the AI revolution. Voice AI is the first, critical key to unlocking this vision."