Founder · Kutlerri.ai

Payal Tripathy

Co-founder & COO of Kutlerri.ai, a restaurant tech company based in Stafford.

Co-founder · COOStaffordRestaurant Tech
Founded
2025
Stafford, Texas, United States
Raised to date
$4M
1 round on record
Latest round
Funding round
$4M · September 2026

About

Payal Tripathy is Co-founder & COO of Kutlerri.ai, a restaurant tech company based in Stafford, founded in 2025. Kutlerri.ai's most recent disclosed round was a Funding round of $4M in September 2026.

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Company

Est. 2025
Kutlerri.ai
Restaurant Tech · Stafford · Active

Kutlerri.ai is a restaurant AI startup founded in December 2025 by Kiran Rana and Payal Tripathy, headquartered near Houston with engineering in Bhubaneswar. It runs AI agents for US restaurants as a managed service and charges a share of the revenue created or costs cut. Its Catering Sales Agent handles inbound inquiries and outbound prospecting, and it says the agent brought RASA $450,000 in new catering revenue over 10 months. It raised $4M from Narahari Investments in 2026.

Funding
September 2026Funding round$4MNarahari Investments
Company profile →1 round on record

Journey with Kutlerri.ai

2 milestones
  1. Dec 2025Founded

    Co-founded by Kiran Rana and Payal Tripathy to build AI agents that grow restaurant revenue and cut costs, with engineering in Bhubaneswar.

  2. 2026Milestone

    Launches its first product, the AI Catering Sales Agent, after 10 months of development with DC-area restaurant group RASA, which the company says gained $450,000 in new catering revenue.

Also building Kutlerri.ai

KRKiran RanaCo-founder→

Coverage

1 story
Funding · 13 Nov 2026 · 5 min read
Kutlerri.ai Raises $4M for AI Agents That Restaurants Pay Only When They Deliver

Quick answers

Who is Payal Tripathy?

Payal Tripathy is a Co-founder & COO of Kutlerri.ai, a restaurant tech company based in Stafford, founded in 2025.

Who founded Kutlerri.ai?

Kutlerri.ai's founders and leadership on record at StartupFox are Kiran Rana and Payal Tripathy.

How much funding has Kutlerri.ai raised?

Kutlerri.ai has raised $4M across 1 disclosed round on record. The latest was a Funding round of $4M in September 2026, with Narahari Investments.

Where is Kutlerri.ai based?

Kutlerri.ai is headquartered in Stafford, Texas, United States.

What has StartupFox reported about Payal Tripathy?

StartupFox has published 1 story naming Payal Tripathy; the most recent is “Kutlerri.ai Raises $4M for AI Agents That Restaurants Pay Only When They Deliver”.

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