Kaso (YC W22) — AI group purchasing for restaurants
Independent restaurants pay ~12% more than chains for the exact same food supplies because they buy alone. Kaso uses AI agents to aggregate purchasing demand from restaurants and negotiate chain-level pricing with suppliers.
Kaso is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2022 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: AI group purchasing for restaurants. The founder listed is Manar Alkassar (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 20, 2022).
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Independent restaurants pay ~12% more than chains for the exact same food supplies because they buy alone.
Kaso uses AI agents to aggregate purchasing demand from restaurants and negotiate chain-level pricing with suppliers.
Manar Alkassar
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