Avocado

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AI-Native Restaurant POS

Winter 2021Founded 20204 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

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About

Avocado is a modern point-of-sale system for restaurants, powered by a built-in AI agent. More than just a POS, Avocado combines order management, KDS, kiosks, and online ordering in one platform - and lets restaurants control everything with simple voice or text commands. Want to change your menu, check your sales, or optimize pricing? Just ask. Avocado’s AI understands your business and takes action instantly, freeing up owners and staff to focus on what matters most: great food and service.

From their website

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Avocado POS is an AI-native point of sale platform designed for food-focused businesses like food trucks, coffee shops, and restaurants. It emphasizes no monthly or merchant fees, strong customer support, and AI-powered features for order taking, reporting, loyalty, and marketing.

The product provides a unified POS system with a main workstation, a Kitchen Display System, handheld table-side ordering, QR code ordering, multiple ticket printer options, order notifications, built-in customer feedback, gift cards (physical and digital), and contactless payments (Apple Pay and Google Pay). It also integrates AI-powered capabilities across order taking, reporting, team management, loyalty, and marketing.

Who it’s for: Food trucks, coffee shops, and restaurants seeking an AI-enhanced POS with low or no ongoing fees and strong support.

Features

AI-powered order taking
Kitchen Display System (KDS)
Table-side handheld POS
QR code ordering for pickup or dine-in
Order notifications
Built-in customer feedback
Gift cards (physical and digital)

Hiring/traction mentions appear in customer quotes and growth-focused claims; revenue model emphasizes zero monthly/merchant fees and customer support emphasis.

Founders · 2

Nick EvansFounder

Co-Founder and CEO of Avocado (avocadopos.com) Co-Founder and former CEO of Tile (tile.com) Former hardware and software engineer Love products and people Austin, TX -> SF, CA

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Shayan GuhaFounder

San Francisco, CA

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Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Jul 2025

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Run your restaurant with an AI agent that updates your menu, prices, and more

Avocado is a restaurant POS with a built-in AI agent that can update menus and prices, run reports, post on social media, and perform other actions across the POS, KDS, kiosk, and online ordering. It targets independent restaurants, cafes, and food trucks, offering real-time operational control without a separate learning curve.