LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Derrick Mazariego posted about conversations with operators at HITEC and reiterated product momentum in the hospitality market.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Flowtel is a San Francisco-based, Y Combinator W25 hospitality AI startup building an AI operating layer for hotels and restaurants. Its product suite centers on Lila, an AI voice front-desk agent, plus Hotel OS/Management Company OS for property and portfolio operations, with custom forward-deployed implementations for live properties.
Primary product
Lila, its AI front-desk voice agent within the hospitality operating layer
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Hospitality AI / hotel operations software
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS
professional services / forward-deployed engineering
custom implementation
Funding
People & investors
Investors
Work & culture
Public materials describe Flowtel as AI-first, small, hands-on, and fast-moving, with engineers on-site from day one and a strong bias toward production AI, direct customer work, and early responsibility.
Work style
Onsite
Visa sponsorship
No
Compensation
Public hiring materials for a founding engineer list $180k-$250k salary plus 0.70%-3.00% equity; related reposts also mention early-equity, high-agency, in-person hiring.
Product & market
Differentiators
- —AI operating layer rather than a single point solution
- —Lila answers guest calls 24/7 and can handle bookings, questions, and requests
- —Claims five-day go-live for Lila
- —Claims custom AI production within 30 days with engineers on-site from day one
- —Integrates with 60+ PMS systems including Oracle OPERA, Mews, and Cloudbeds
- —Handles multilingual conversations and can switch languages mid-sentence
- —Flowshift extends the product to scheduling, housekeeping, inventory, and bookings
- —Portfolio-level Management Company OS for multi-property operators
Technology
TypeScript
Python
Q4
Mews connector API
webhooks
VOIP/PBX integrations
telephony providers
transcription providers
language-model providers
Customers
Hotels
restaurants
hospitality properties
independent and boutique hotels
hotel management companies
Competitors
Cloudbeds
Mews
Little Hotelier
PolyAI
Asksuite
HiJiffy
Quicktext
Travel Outlook
Scale & contact
Latest news
LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Eylon Miz promoted live demos at HITEC, signaling product maturity and an active go-to-market motion with hotel operators.
LinkedIn · May 2026
Eylon Miz announced a $3M raise and introduced Lila, the AI front-desk voice agent, framing Flowtel as the AI OS for hotels.
LinkedIn · May 2026
Vinit Patel described Flowtel as an agentic operating system for hotels, said voice agents were handling real guest interactions in live hotels, and noted the company was hiring a senior engineer in San Francisco with early equity.
Hacker News: Front Page · Jan 2026
Coverage of Flowtel’s hiring push for a founding engineer, noting its hotel AI voice-agent platform, San Francisco base, and public salary/equity range.
Jobs and careers at Flowtel
1 job at Flowtel
Founding Engineer
On-site
Engineering
San Francisco HQ
10mo ago
On-site
Full-time