Our story

Built by people who
love restaurants

Profira was born in Indianapolis, Indiana — in the same neighborhoods as the restaurants we serve. We watched great food businesses struggle with marketing, and we knew AI could fix it.

Why we built this

The problem was right
in front of us

Our co-founder Alex spent two years helping his friend Marco run a small Italian restaurant in Indianapolis. The food was incredible — 4.8 stars on Google, regulars who came every week. But Marco was invisible online.

He'd post to Instagram maybe once a month. He'd forget to reply to reviews. He'd never send an email to his guests. Not because he didn't care — because he was busy making pasta at 6 AM and closing the kitchen at midnight.

We built Profira because Marco deserved an AI marketing team that understood his menu, his brand, and his neighborhood — not another generic SaaS tool with a restaurant template.

2024
Founded in Indianapolis
2,400+
Restaurants using Profira
47M+
Social impressions generated
35×
Average customer ROI
What we believe

Our values

The principles that drive every product decision we make.

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Restaurants first
Every feature we build starts with one question: does this help a restaurant fill more tables? If the answer isn't an obvious yes, we don't build it.
Autonomous by default
Restaurant owners don't have time to 'manage' another tool. Profira should work on its own, 24/7, without needing your attention. Set it and forget it.
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Ruthlessly specific
We don't serve 'small businesses.' We serve restaurants. This specificity is our superpower — every model, every trigger, every template is trained on restaurant data.
The team

People behind
Profira

A
Alex Rivera
CEO & Co-founder
Former restaurant consultant. Spent 2 years helping indie restaurants grow before building Profira.
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Jamie Chen
CTO & Co-founder
Ex-ML engineer at Google. Built AI content systems serving 100M+ users. Obsessed with food photography.
M
Morgan Park
Head of Product
Previously led product at Toast and Square. Knows restaurant tech better than anyone.
S
Sam Okafor
Head of Growth
Built growth engines at 3 YC startups. Grew Profira from 0 to 2,400 restaurants in 18 months.
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Be part of the
restaurant revolution

We're hiring engineers, marketers, and restaurant lovers.

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