# About Pie

> AI marketing platform for local businesses — "Do what you love. We'll grow it."

**Mission:** "Pie makes growth easy and affordable. It's our business to help you run yours."

Pie was co-founded by **Syed Ali** (Co-founder & CEO) and **Akhil
Mantripragada** (Co-founder & CTO), who spent 15+ years working with small businesses
at Toast and Square, watching how hard and expensive growth was for local
owners. They built Pie to make growth accessible and affordable — without the
cost and opacity of a traditional marketing agency.

> "Small business owners have been stuck with expensive, opaque agency models
> for decades. Every owner I talked to said some version of the same thing:
> 'I need more customers, and I can't afford an agency.'"
> — Syed Ali, Co-founder & CEO

## Funding

Pie has raised **$23.7M**, including a **$19.5M Series A led by Lightspeed
Venture Partners** (announced June 30, 2026), with participation from Capital
One Ventures, SciFi VC (Max Levchin), F-Prime, Commerce Ventures, and WEX
Venture Capital.

## Traction

- Thousands of small-business customers.
- Over **100,000 phone calls** generated to small businesses.
- Customers typically see **15–20% year-over-year sales increases**.

- Website: [getpie.com](https://getpie.com) · Contact: [contact@getpie.com](mailto:contact@getpie.com)

See also: [Contact](/pages/contact.md) · [Overview](/index.md)