Zest has launched an AI agent for finding restaurants and booking tables

Startup Zest has introduced an AI concierge designed to automate the process of choosing venues and booking tables via text messages. The tool is focused on group scenarios where it is difficult for participants to reach a consensus on a meeting place.

The agent's functionality allows it to aggregate the preferences of all group members, suggest restaurant options based on their tastes, and conduct voting within the chat. Once the group makes a choice, the system independently completes the booking by interacting with reservation services.

The developers of Zest aim to minimize the time users spend messaging and coordinating details. The agent acts as an intermediary that takes on communication and administrative tasks related to organizing leisure time.

For end users, this means the ability to delegate routine tasks of finding available spots and coordinating times to an AI assistant. The solution automates the chain of actions from collecting preferences to confirming the booking, which simplifies planning meetings for groups of any size.