# Pie raises $23.7M to bring AI-powered growth to Main Street businesses

> Published June 30, 2026 · Pie

Pie, an AI-powered growth platform for small businesses, has raised a **$19.5M
Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners**, bringing total funding to
**$23.7M**. Additional investors include Capital One Ventures, Max Levchin's
SciFi VC, F-Prime, Commerce Ventures, and WEX Venture Capital.

Co-founders **Syed Ali** and **Akhil Mantripragada** — both former Square and
Toast operators — built Pie to fix a persistent small-business challenge:
customer acquisition. The company emerged from stealth with three integrated
products:

- **AI Search** — helps businesses appear in AI-powered search experiences like ChatGPT and Claude.
- **Growth** — acquires customers across channels including Google Maps and Yelp.
- **Front Desk** — an AI product that answers calls 24/7, handles bookings, and responds to inquiries.

## Traction
- Over **100,000 phone calls** driven to small businesses.
- Customers see **15–20% year-over-year sales increases**.
- Thousands of customers acquired during the stealth phase.

## What they said
> "Small business owners have been stuck with expensive, opaque agency models for
> decades. We built Pie to fix that problem." — **Syed Ali, CEO**

> Pie is "bringing AI to Main Street by starting with one of the biggest pain
> points for small business owners: finding new customers." — **Aaron Frank, Lightspeed**

**Max Levchin** praised the team's founder-market fit, distribution strategy, and product velocity.

## From customers
> "The platform's intuitive UI allows us to launch campaigns quickly… We
> consistently see measurable results." — **Jason Siska, VP, Moxie Management Group** (Supercuts franchisee)

> "Pie's approach… helps shops reach more local customers and drive incremental
> revenue in a way that is simple." — **Sunil Patel, Founder, Tekmetric**

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_About Pie: the AI-powered growth platform for small businesses, helping local
merchants get discovered, attract customers, and convert demand into revenue
across the channels where customers search._ See [getpie.com](https://getpie.com).

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