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Closed beta for independent restaurants

The AI suite that runs your restaurant, from the phone line to the back door.

Usta answers every call, runs your back of house, and orders and pays your suppliers. You approve every order from your phone.

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  • Answers every call, 24/7
  • Counts inventory by voice or camera
  • Orders from every supplier
  • Schedules staff from the forecast
  • Pays and reconciles invoices
Example workflow One catering call, Friday afternoon
  1. Phone

    Catering call booked. 40 guests, Saturday lunch. Card deposit taken.

  2. Prep

    Saturday prep list updated. 40 grilled chicken platters added.

  3. Inventory

    Short for Saturday. Chicken thighs 18 lb, lemons 1 case, parsley 4 bunches.

  4. Ordering

    Two supplier carts ready. Both deliver Saturday by 7 AM.

  5. You

    Approve 2 orders. One tap. Your signed approval goes with each cart.

    Needs you
  6. Ordering

    Both carts approved. Meat order placed. Produce order drafted for you to send.

One brain for the front and the back.

When the phone and the kitchen run on separate tools, the phone keeps selling what the kitchen ran out of. Usta runs both on one brain that knows your menu, inventory, sales, staff and suppliers, so each side makes the other better.

Front

Phone line

Calls, orders, reservations, catering

Usta brain

  • Menu
  • Inventory
  • Sales
  • Staff
  • Suppliers
Back

Back of house

Counts, prep, orders, schedules, invoices

  1. Phone orders and reservations feed the forecast, the prep list and the staff schedule.

  2. Live inventory tells the phone agent what's 86'd tonight, so it never sells what the kitchen can't make.

  3. The call turns into a prep list and a purchase order, waiting for your approval.

  4. The staff schedule tells the phone agent who is available to take a call when a guest needs a person.

One setup. One source of truth. Nothing to keep in sync by hand.

Your whole back of house, run end to end.

Counts, orders, prep, schedules and invoices stop living in your head and in late-night spreadsheets. Usta keeps every piece current and brings you only the decisions that are yours.

Intelligence

Ask anything about your restaurant. Usta answers and does the work.

  • Owner copilot that answers questions and takes actions
  • Agent workflows that run on a schedule or the moment something changes
  • Item-level demand forecasting
  • Reporting you can read on your phone
Example workflowOwner copilot

What do I need for Saturday's catering?

40 grilled chicken platters. You're short 18 lb of chicken thighs, 1 case of lemons and 4 bunches of parsley.

I prepared one cart per supplier. They're waiting for your approval.

Review 2 cartsForecast: Saturday lunch +40 covers

Nightly workflow: counts checked, pars updated, carts prepared by 11 PM.

Inventory

Count by talking or pointing your phone. The numbers stay true.

  • Inventory system of record
  • Camera and voice counts
  • Variance tracking
  • Recipe costing
  • Waste monitoring
Example workflowVoice count, walk-in

"Shelf two: six quarts heavy cream, two cases lemons."

Counted against expected
ItemCountedExpectedStatus
Heavy cream6 qt9 qt3 qt short
Lemons2 cases2 casesMatches

Variance logged for review. Recipe costs updated.

Ordering

Orders built from what you actually use, checked against what actually arrives.

  • Dynamic par levels
  • Purchase order agent
  • Vendor management
  • Invoice reading and PO reconciliation
Example workflowPars and purchase orders
On hand, par and order quantity
ItemOn handParOrder
Chicken thighs12 lb30 lb18 lb
Lemons2 cases3 cases1 case
Parsley2 bunches6 bunches4 bunches

Par raised for Saturday: the catering order is on the books.

Invoice check, Saturday 6:40 AM

Lemons: 1 case billed, none received. Credit requested.

Labor

Schedules that follow the forecast, inside the labor rules you set.

  • Prep sheets from the forecast
  • AI schedule builder with labor-law rules
  • Shift management
  • Geofenced timesheets
Example workflowNext week's schedule
Schedule draft, Thursday to Saturday
RoleThuFriSat
Line3p to 10p3p to 11p10a to 4p
Prep7a to 1p7a to 1p6a to 1pCatering
Dish4p to 11p4p to 12a11a to 5p

Rules met Breaks and overtime checked for every shift.

Needs you Approve the schedule before it goes to your team.

Finance

Know where today's money went today, not at the end of the month.

  • Real-time P&L
  • Invoice automation
  • Expense management
  • Payroll handoff
  • Menu engineering
Example workflowToday so far
Sales
$6,240
Food cost
$1,890
Labor
$1,560
  • Matched Meat supplier invoice matched to order and receipt.
  • Sent Hours sent to your payroll provider.
  • Menu Short rib now costs $1.40 more per plate than last week.

You approve every order and every schedule. Usta connects to the POS, accounting and payroll you already use.

From a shortage to a paid invoice, on one approval.

Usta finds what is short, compares suppliers, prepares one cart per supplier, routes each order once you approve, checks what arrives and closes the invoice. Every order closes on its own evidence.

  1. 01Detect

    Counts, sales and pars show what's short.

  2. 02Source

    Suppliers compared on price, cutoff and delivery day.

  3. 03Prepare

    One cart per supplier.

  4. 04Approve

    You tap once. A signed approval is bound to that exact cart.

  5. 05Execute

    Each order goes to its supplier.

  6. 06Receive

    Shorts open a credit request.

  7. 07Close

    Invoice matched to order and receipt. Payment reconciled.

Example workflowSaturday catering, 40 guests

Detect

Saturday's catering plus this week's sales leave you short: chicken thighs 18 lb, lemons 1 case, parsley 4 bunches.

Source: chicken thighs

  • Meat supplier$2.89 / lbOrder by Fri 9 PMDelivers Sat 6 AMChosen: arrives in time
  • Broadline supplier$2.71 / lbOrder by Fri 2 PMNext delivery MonToo late for Saturday

Meat supplier

Chicken thighs, 18 lb $52.02

Cart total $52.02

Produce supplier

Lemons, 1 case $38.50

Parsley, 4 bunches $5.00

Cart total $43.50

2 carts, $95.52, delivery Saturday

Approved by you at 4:15 PM. Each cart carries your signed approval, bound to exactly these items and amounts.

Meat supplierPlaced

Sent agent to agent over UCP. Accepted by the supplier.

Produce supplierDraft

Email order drafted by Usta. It isn't placed until you send it and the supplier confirms.

Produce supplierPlaced

You sent the email at 4:20 PM. Supplier confirmed.

Receive, Saturday 6:40 AM

Chicken thighs 18 lb received. Lemons 1 case ordered, none delivered. Credit request opened with the produce supplier.

Close

Both invoices matched to their orders and receipts. The meat supplier is paid on its rail, the lemon credit is applied, and every payment is reconciled.

Works with every supplier on day one.

Usta uses the best channel each supplier has, and always tells you which one it used.

  1. 1
    Agent-native orders and payment

    Over open standards: UCP (Universal Commerce Protocol), AP2 (Agent Payments Protocol) and A2A.

  2. 2
    Supplier API, EDI or cXML

    A direct connection wherever the supplier offers one.

  3. 3
    Supplier web portal

    Placed in the supplier's own portal, after your approval.

  4. 4
    Phone or email draft

    Usta drafts the order for you. It's marked as a draft until it's sent and the supplier confirms.

How payment works

  1. Your approval
  2. Signed AP2 mandate, bound to the cart
  3. The supplier's rail: card or ACH

Usta never holds funds; payments run on the supplier's rail through licensed partners.

Built for how restaurants buy

  • Net terms and on-account ordering
  • Order cutoffs, route days and minimums
  • Substitution rules for each line
  • Catch-weight items
  • Shorts, damages and credit memos
  • Invoice matching and remittance

Never miss a call.

The phone agent is the same brain as your back of house. It answers every call, takes orders straight into your POS, and knows what the kitchen can make tonight.

Answers

  • 24/7, many calls at once
  • Menu, allergen, hours and directions
  • Wait times and order status
  • Multiple languages
  • Clean hand-off to staff
  • Voicemail with a transcript

Sells

  • Pickup and delivery orders into your POS
  • Secure card payment over the phone
  • Reservations and catering inquiries
  • Upsell suggestions
  • Repeat-caller memory
  • SMS confirmations

Manages

  • Live calls, transcripts and outcomes
  • Menu and hours updates in seconds
  • Call and revenue reports by location
Example callFriday, 6:52 PM

From the kitchen Short rib marked 86'd at 6:31 PM.

GuestHi, do you have the short rib tonight?

UstaSorry, the short rib is sold out tonight. The braised lamb is available. Would you like it for pickup?

GuestSure, one lamb for pickup at 7:30.

UstaOne braised lamb, pickup at 7:30. I'll text you a confirmation.

  • POS Order sent to your POS.
  • SMS Confirmation sent to the guest.

You stay in charge.

Usta does the work. The decisions that are yours stay yours.

Your approval on every order and schedule

Nothing goes to a supplier and no schedule goes to your team until you approve it, from your phone, in one tap.

ExampleYour phone, Friday 4:14 PM

  • Usta

    2 supplier carts for Saturday $95.52 total. Both arrive by 7 AM.

    Needs you

  • Usta

    Next week's schedule Catering prep shift added Saturday 6 AM.

    Needs you

  • Usta

    Meat invoice matched Matches the order and what arrived.

    Done

A staff app scoped to each role

Every person gets their own login and sees only what their role allows. A line cook sees prep and counts, not payroll or supplier prices.

  • Visible Prep list, counts, my shifts
  • Hidden Costs, payroll, supplier terms

The tools you already use

Usta connects to your POS, your accounting and your payroll. Keep what works. No IT team needed.

  • POS
  • Accounting
  • Payroll

For suppliers and distributors

Accept agent orders. Become a supplier partner.

Restaurants on Usta order through the best channel you offer. Take their orders as standard agent orders over UCP and A2A, with the owner's signed approval on every cart and payment on your own rail.

Become a supplier partner

Built by an operator.

Usta is built by Can Uzay, a restaurant operator in Reno, Nevada, to do the work that used to wait until after close: the counts, the orders, the schedule, the invoices and the phone.

Questions

What is Usta?

An AI suite for independent restaurants. It answers your phone, runs your back of house, and orders and pays your suppliers, all on one system.

Who is it for?

Independent owners who still work the floor or the line, with no IT team and no purchasing department.

Do I have to change my POS?

No. Usta works with the POS, accounting and payroll you already use.

Does Usta order without me?

No. You approve every order and every schedule. One tap approves a cart, and your signed approval is bound to exactly that cart.

How do payments work?

Usta never holds funds; payments run on the supplier's rail through licensed partners. Suppliers are paid by card or ACH.

What if my supplier isn't on an agent network?

Usta uses the best channel each supplier has: agent-native, API or EDI, the supplier's web portal, or a phone or email order it drafts for you. A drafted order is clearly marked and isn't placed until it's sent and confirmed.

Does the phone agent replace my staff?

No. It answers when your team can't, takes orders and reservations, and hands the call to a person whenever a guest needs one.

How do I get access?

Usta is in closed beta. Request access below and we'll reply by email.

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