Candidature YC de Riviera

Winter 2025Active

Riviera a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Winter 2025 en tant qu'entreprise B2B. Ci-dessous : ce que fait l'entreprise, qui l'a fondée, et sa candidature à YC, reconstruite question par question dans le vrai formulaire YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2025
Secteur d'activité: B2B
Taille de l'équipe: 2
Statut: Active
Lancé: 2025

Fondateurs

Shaun LaneFounder
Daniel TyshlerFounder

Ce que fait Riviera

Riviera builds AI Employees for Hotels. Our first agent is a hotel phone receptionist that lets hotels spend less time answering phone calls and more time helping customers. Our system handles front-desk inquiries, in-room dining orders, and reservations. It answers every question instantly and in any language, 24/7. We are solving a problem that older phone systems and IVRs can't: customers hate not being able to talk to someone immediately, but most travel businesses can’t dedicate additional staff to manage phone lines. Voice AI has always seemed out of reach because the technology infrastructure in the travel industry is often fragmented, with reservation systems, loyalty programs, and in-house operations software that weren’t designed with voice AI in mind. Riviera addresses this by integrating seamlessly with existing software providers and using human-sounding voice models that are highly trained on data specific to each business type and department. Hotels spend hundreds of billions annually on staffing and risk losing potential revenue when phone lines are overwhelmed or callers hang up. By enabling them to handle unlimited calls, day or night, Riviera unlocks additional revenue and eases labor challenges.

Candidature YC de Riviera, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

Riviera, promotion Winter 2025. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Riviera

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Employees for Hotels

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We build AI employees for hotels. Our first product is a voice AI receptionist that handles phone calls for hotel front desks, taking reservations, answering inquiries, and processing in-room dining orders in any language, 24/7. It integrates with existing hotel software so it can speak knowledgeably about each hotel's specific operations.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco, CA, and we plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the tech talent and startup ecosystem we need. Being here also keeps us close to travel industry partners and potential early customers.

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Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de Riviera ?

Non. Y Combinator garde les candidatures soumises privées. Ceci est une reconstruction : les vraies questions du formulaire YC, répondues à partir des données publiques de Riviera (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme Riviera se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC Riviera appartenait-il ?

Riviera faisait partie du batch Winter 2025 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé Riviera ?

Riviera a été fondé par Shaun Lane, Daniel Tyshler.

Que fait Riviera ?

AI Employees for Hotels

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

Créez un compte Round Funded gratuit. La version complète de la candidature de Riviera en 26 réponses, et de chaque autre promotion YC, se trouve dans YC Insights.