Riviera

Riviera

AI Employees for Hotels

San Francisco
2 employees
SaaS
Seed · $500K

About Riviera

Riviera builds AI Employees for Hotels. Our first agent is a hotel phone receptionist that lets hotels spend less time answering phone calls and more time helping customers. Our system handles front-desk inquiries, in-room dining orders, and reservations. It answers every question instantly and in any language, 24/7.

We are solving a problem that older phone systems and IVRs can't: customers hate not being able to talk to someone immediately, but most travel businesses can’t dedicate additional staff to manage phone lines. Voice AI has always seemed out of reach because the technology infrastructure in the travel industry is often fragmented, with reservation systems, loyalty programs, and in-house operations software that weren’t designed with voice AI in mind. Riviera addresses this by integrating seamlessly with existing software providers and using human-sounding voice models that are highly trained on data specific to each business type and department.

Hotels spend hundreds of billions annually on staffing and risk losing potential revenue when phone lines are overwhelmed or callers hang up. By enabling them to handle unlimited calls, day or night, Riviera unlocks additional revenue and eases labor challenges.

Company details

Team Size2
LocationSan Francisco
IndustrySaaS

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Shaun Lane

Shaun Lane

UC Berkeley CS graduate; previously an Amazon Software Engineering Intern and ran a Travel Consulting/Content Creation Business.

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Sathvik Nori

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Daniel Tyshler

Co-Founder and COO at Riviera | Stanford CS | SpaceX Software Engineering Intern, software and product intern at startups in aerospace and health-tech

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.