Foresight

Foresight is an AI operating system built for independent restaurants, small chains, and catering businesses. It connects all the tools you already use—POS, payroll, inventory, scheduling, email, calendar, bank accounts, CRM—into one system that learns your operational patterns and decision-making style. Instead of managing a dozen separate apps, Foresight proactively alerts you to problems before they happen: inventory shortages before you run out, staffing gaps before Saturday night, cash flow issues before they hit. The outcome is predictive operations management without hiring a COO—saving you time, reducing costly mistakes, and letting you focus on running your business instead of fighting fires.

Value Proposition

An AI operating system that connects every system a small restaurant/caterer already uses — POS, payroll, bank accounts, inventory, calendar, email, scheduling, CRM — and learns the owner's operational style and decision-making patterns. It then makes constant, contextual recommendations and, most importantly, identifies problems before they happen (e.g., "You're going to run out of chicken on Friday unless you reorder by Wednesday," or "Your Saturday night shift is understaffed based on the reservation trend").

Target Customer

Independent restaurants, small chains (2–5 locations), and catering businesses — owners who are stretched thin managing a dozen separate tools and don't have a COO or operations manager.

Revenue Model

SaaS subscription, tiered by number of locations and systems integrated:

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Team Lead

Team management, task planning, delegation, and monitoring

AI/ML Engineer

Builds the core prediction engine that learns restaurant operations and proactively surfaces problems. Designs data ingestion pipelines, pattern recognition models, and the alert/notification system. Works in Python/Node.js with ML frameworks. Connects inference results to the frontend via API.

Full-Stack Engineer

Builds the owner-facing web application: dashboard, onboarding flow, settings, alert display, and the overall UX. Frontend (React/Next.js) + API routes that connect the prediction engine to the interface. Ensures the product is beautiful, fast, and intuitive for busy restaurant owners.

Integration Engineer

Researches, integrates, and maintains API connections to restaurant/caterer tools: POS systems (Square, Toast, Clover), payroll (ADP, Gusto), banks (Plaid), calendars (Google/Outlook), inventory systems, scheduling (7shifts, Homebase), and CRMs. Builds the data ingestion layer that normalizes all sources into the shared data model.

Connect your existing systems: POS (Square, Toast, Clover), payroll (ADP, Gusto), bank account (via Plaid), calendar (Google/Outlook), inventory system, scheduling platform (7shifts, Homebase), and CRM. Foresight's integration engine will normalize your data, and the AI model will begin learning your operations within the first week of usage. Access your dashboard, review proactive alerts, and configure which insights matter most to your business.

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