AI HR assistant for cafes and restaurants.
AI HR and people ops, built around how a cafe or restaurant actually works.
Built differently, on purpose.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
Rosters that account for 11 public holidays, including Matariki, plus your anniversary day, without a spreadsheet.
How it works in New Zealand
We find the one workflow costing cafes and restaurants the most hours, ship a working slice into production in weeks, prove it pays for itself, then harden it and hand it over.
Small crew or big organisation, the busywork is the same :)
The questions a public sector buyer asks, answered up front: privacy impact, the NZISM, where the data lives and how an algorithm is held to account.
*Illustrative example based on nine hours a week of admin. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
Built around how New Zealand works.
Leave and holiday pay under the Holidays Act today, ready for the Employment Leave Act 2026 taking over on 6 August 2028.
- Holidays Act until August 2028
- 11 public holidays, plus yours
- NZISM for government work
One workflow.
In production.
In weeks.
What you get
The shape of the result for cafes and restaurants: HR enquiries drop 65% in the first month - leaders get their week back.
- Answers leave, pay, and policy questions 24/7
- Drafts contracts, warnings, and PIPs from templates
- Screens CVs against role criteria with reasoning
- Flags ER risks before they become disputes
- No annual contracts
- No AI theatre
Where most cafes and restaurants engagements actually deliver value.
Hospitality runs on thin margins where a missed booking, a bad review left unanswered, or a slow roster costs real money.
Reservations, reviews, and rostering are the recurring admin that pulls owners off the floor.
Questions cafes and restaurants ask
Are there hidden costs we should plan for?
Three to know about: model/API spend (which we set up under your own account, not ours, so you see and control it), any new SaaS subscriptions we recommend, and your team's time during rollout. We surface all three in the quote so there are no surprises.
Who owns the code and the model setup?
You do, on delivery. We deploy AI HR assistant into your own cloud account where possible, with the model setup, prompts, evals and integration code all checked into a repo you own. Claude sits in your account too - we don't operate it from ours.
How long does AI HR assistant take to ship for cafes and restaurants?
We aim for a working pilot inside 4-6 weeks - narrow scope, real cafes and restaurants data, measurable outcome. From there it's another 6-8 weeks of hardening before you'd consider it production. Full rollouts (multiple sites, multiple teams) typically land in 3-4 months.
Does it keep up with KiwiSaver changes?
It has to. The minimum employer contribution rose to 3.5 per cent on 1 April 2026 and rises to 4 per cent on 1 April 2028.
What does the Privacy Commissioner expect before we use AI?
Senior leadership sign-off, a check that the tool is necessary and proportionate, and a privacy impact assessment before it goes live.
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