Afto offers an AI‑powered revenue platform that synchronizes customer engagement, inventory, and promotions across channels to turn every interaction into sales. Its AI co‑pilot can take orders in languages such as Hindi and English, automate stock management, and optimize supply‑chain decisions, helping retailers like supermarkets and bistros double weekend orders and increase cover rates by over 20%.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Food and beverage retailers often struggle to manage orders across multiple channels, keep inventory synchronized, and run effective promotions, leading to missed sales, overstock, and wasted labor during peak periods.
Solution
Afto offers an AI‑driven revenue platform that acts as a co‑pilot for retailers. Its AI Agentic Intelligence handles multilingual order taking (e.g., WhatsApp in Hindi and English), automatically syncs stock levels between shelves and online stores, and generates and deploys promotions in real time. The system monitors inventory, flags low‑stock items, and updates shelves to prevent stockouts, while loyalty and points programs drive repeat purchases. By integrating these functions, the platform enables supermarkets, bistros, and similar food businesses to increase weekend sales, improve cover rates, reduce waste, and boost customer retention without extensive manual effort.
Target Audience
Primary customers are independent supermarkets, grocery stores, and small‑to‑medium foodservice businesses such as bistros and pizza shops that need to streamline order handling, inventory, and promotions.
Features
- Multichannel order automation with AI chat agents supporting multiple languages and messaging apps
- Real‑time inventory synchronization across physical shelves, POS, and e‑commerce channels
- Automated promotion creation and scheduling that adapts to stock availability and demand patterns
- Loyalty and points engine that tracks repeat purchases and re‑engages lapsed customers
- Low‑stock alerts and predictive replenishment recommendations powered by AI analytics
- Quick setup (live in days) with a free‑to‑start model and minimal technical integration