New capital fuels Presto’s rapid growth as the industry leader

Presto Phoenix, Inc. (“Presto”), the leader in enterprise-grade Voice AI for quick-service restaurants (QSRs), today announced it had added $10 million led by Metropolitan Partners Group, with participation from Remus Capital, Link Ventures, and several strategic angel investors including the CEO of ElevenLabs. The funding accelerates Presto’s momentum entering 2026, building on a year of significant expansion, production-scale deployments, and continued AI innovation across the restaurant industry — including hundreds of drive-thrus now live with Presto Voice.

“2026 is the year where American AI companies with deployments, not demos and dinners, will consolidate their leadership position and win markets,” said Krishna Gupta, co-founder of Presto. “Presto is the AI partner to a dozen enterprise brands, and we’ve deployed our drive-thru Voice AI across more customers and geographies than anyone else. We’ll use our learnings to make magic happen for our customers and their customers as we help instrument these businesses to take advantage of the AI revolution. Stay tuned!”

A Y Combinator alum, Presto’s Voice AI has become a trusted enterprise solution for operators seeking reliability and measurable impact at scale. Presto powered millions of real-world drive-thru interactions in 2025 while delivering higher order accuracy, faster throughput, and more consistent guest experiences — all while excelling at the complexity of enterprise QSR menus, from deep customization and modifiers to region-specific items and evolving promotions.

With strong customer momentum, proven deployments, and an expanding AI platform, Presto enters 2026 positioned to continue defining the future of AI-driven restaurant operations.

About Presto Phoenix, Inc.

Presto is the Voice AI market leader for restaurant drive-thrus. Presto’s products increase revenue, decrease labor costs, improve staff productivity, and standardize/enhance the guest experience. Presto is expanding nationwide with some of the most recognized quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands in the United States. Based in Silicon Valley, Presto is backed by Voice AI specialist Remus Capital and aims to deliver a full suite of Vertical AI solutions for restaurant chains to enable end-to-end automation.

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