The founder behind one of restaurant tech’s biggest success stories joins Slang AI as the company builds on its momentum and enters its next phase of growth

NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Slang AI, the leading voice AI platform built for restaurants, today announced that BentoBox co-founder and former CEO Krystle Mobayeni has joined its Board of Directors.

Few technology leaders have had a closer view into how restaurants adopt, scale and ultimately depend on new technology. Mobayeni co-founded BentoBox in 2013 and spent more than a decade building technology specifically around the needs of restaurants and their guests. Under her leadership, BentoBox grew from an early-stage startup into a platform serving more than 15,000 restaurants globally before its acquisition by Fiserv in 2021.

At BentoBox and later as Senior Vice President, Head of Restaurants at Fiserv, Mobayeni worked across thousands of restaurants as technology became increasingly central to how operators run their businesses and connect with guests. She brings to Slang AI deep experience identifying where technology can remove operational friction without compromising hospitality, and what it takes to turn those solutions into products restaurants adopt at scale.

“Krystle understands this industry from every angle: from the operator, to the guest, to the technology,” said Alex Sambvani, co-founder and CEO of Slang AI. “She saw early how technology could fundamentally change the relationship between restaurants and their guests, then built a company that helped make that shift happen. As AI creates another major inflection point for the industry, there are very few people whose perspective I’d rather have around the table.”

Slang AI is applying that same restaurant-first approach to one of the industry’s most persistent and overlooked challenges: the phone. Its AI-powered voice platform handles guest conversations around the clock, helping restaurants capture demand while giving teams more time to focus on hospitality. As Slang AI expands its platform and grows its work with multi-location and enterprise restaurant brands, Mobayeni will bring firsthand experience scaling restaurant technology from an emerging solution into infrastructure used across the industry.

“Slang is solving a massive, universal problem for restaurants while creating a better experience for guests,” said Mobayeni. “I’ve spent my career building technology around the needs of restaurants, and I believe purpose-built AI, starting with voice, can enable restaurants to deliver more hospitality, giving teams more time to focus on the guests in front of them. Slang has the team, technology and restaurant-first approach to lead that shift, and I’m thrilled to be part of what they’re building.”

Mobayeni is currently an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Female Founders Fund and on the James Beard Foundation Awards Committee. Her work and leadership have been recognized by Inc., Entrepreneur, Business Insider and Nation’s Restaurant News, and she was named to New York Business Journal’s Women of Influence.

About Slang AI

Founded in 2019 by Alex Sambvani and Gabe Duncan, Slang AI is the first and leading AI platform purpose-built for the hospitality industry. Slang AI’s Superhost answers every call with precision, warmth, and professionalism, booking reservations, handling inquiries, routing high-value requests, and recognizing returning guests, so restaurant staff can stay fully present with the guests in front of them. Serving thousands of restaurant locations globally with 95%+ guest satisfaction, Slang AI integrates with leading platforms including OpenTable, SevenRooms, Tripleseat, and Yelp. For more information, visit slang.ai.

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