Wise Assistant

This last week in the Pizza & Robots journey has us gaining traction in a new market (Oceanside, CA) and launching in Philly, PA this week. It wasn’t enough to sell pizza subscriptions to move people through our door in Oceanside, but our recent partnership with Wise Assistant is changing that. They manage our micro influencer program, pairing IG with Mamma Ramona's Pizzeria to create reels that in turn generate interest in what we’re doing. Within the last ten days, we’ve had content posted and reposted across our channels, which is turning into incremental new business for us. Much of the content has been centered around filming the creation of a pizza, from stretch to sliced, and then sharing the details of the experience. But, we’ve also had content with the influencer just picking up and eating the pizzas. Initially, we told them they had a credit for $90 and one enterprising influencer bought our smallest pizza to get 11 pizzas out of the deal. Now, we just say they can purchase up to three pizzas. Lesson learned! In Oceanside, we presold subscriptions before we opened; in Philly we decided to wait until we were open. That happens this week; our trainer flew out last night and is getting her bearings this morning, installing our Toast equipment and stocking the kitchen before our new hire starts Wednesday. We’ve got a half dozen influencers lined up, plus three on-campus brand ambassadors spreading the word, using an affiliate model for each subscription sold. Each location we open further refined our playbook for subsequent openings. What I know today and how we launch has changed significantly even from Oceanside, and we have four more launches in the hopper already. But, I’m confident that the partnerships we’re developing will accelerate future openings, if we can pull this off. Shawn P. Walchef Jake Orfinger Michael Diego Jeremy Wolowitz Tony Kim Trey Asbridge Grace McDonald Christopher Heffernan Bryan Brock, PHR Bryan Meredith #buildinginpublic #pizzeria #automation

We are excited to be selected as one of the 12 startups to join Techstars Detroit Powered by J.P. Morgan Fall 2023 class! If you've been following our journey, you know we've evolved several times to get where we are today - a substantial business poised for massive growth. Wise Assistant is an AI-powered community-building assistant. We empower multi-location companies by connecting them with social media influencers or community creators and automating marketing campaigns. Our customers include James Beard award-winning restaurant groups, franchise organizations, marketing agencies, and mid-sized businesses across 30 US cities! Techstars Detroit Powered by J.P. Morgan is a vital component of our journey and one of the nine-city initiatives that J.P. Morgan has invested $80 million in, to open doors of wealth creation for a diverse group of founders. We passionately anticipate the exciting journey ahead over the next three months and hope to see you all at our Demo Day in January!