Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 2, 2026
Hellometer is a privately held restaurant-technology company founded in 2020 that uses AI-powered computer vision and camera footage to give quick-service restaurant and retail operators real-time visibility into service speed, bottlenecks, security, loss prevention, and kitchen operations. The company has expanded from drive-thru measurement into broader operational monitoring and natural-language video search.
Primary product
A camera-based AI operations platform for QSRs and retailers, including Drive-Thru Timer, Lobby Timer, Loss Prevention, Kitchen Monitoring, and the newer Hellometer Video Search product.
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Mountain View, California, United States (current company-directory/LinkedIn data); older investor and YC records list Santa Monica or Los Angeles.
Team size
1-10 (LinkedIn/company profile); third-party databases estimate approximately 9-14
Work style
Remote
Industry
Information Technology & Services
Sub-industry
Restaurant technology / B2B SaaS / AI and computer vision
Offices
Business model
Stage
Seed / early-stage, generating revenue
Latest round
Seed - II · Jan 2023
Jan 2023
Nov 2022 · Intel Ignite
Accelerator / non-equity assistance
Nov 2022 · Intel Ignite
Aug 2020 · Bling Capital
Aug 2020 · Bling Capital
Accelerator / Y Combinator S20
Aug 2020 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Founder and CEO
Co-Founder and CTO
Director of Operations
Director of Operations
Founders
Founder, CEO
Public evidence emphasizes a small, founder-led, mission-oriented team focused on improving restaurant operations with AI and computer vision. Specific benefits and formal culture policies were not publicly disclosed.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
A YC listing advertises a founding sales hire and says the role is available in the US or remotely; compensation details were not publicly available.
Pricing
Custom quote / contact sales; public pricing was not found. A 2022 report said customers could start with a two-month trial.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $0.9M-$1.2M annually, based on third-party estimates; no company-reported revenue found.
Estimated monthly visits
274
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Public records contain material inconsistencies in headquarters, employee count, and funding totals: current LinkedIn/company data indicates Mountain View and 1-10 employees, while YC and investor databases list Los Angeles/Santa Monica and 14 or fewer employees.
SourceA company LinkedIn post announced Hellometer Video Search, indicating active product development and expansion, but also showing the company remains very small by public employee-count data.
SourceHellometer LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Hellometer announced natural-language search across video footage, allowing operators to describe an event and retrieve matching clips.
Hellometer LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Hellometer announced a partnership with managed-service provider MCPC.
Hellometer LinkedIn · Jun 2026
The company publicized its Loop AI partnership for delivery-dispute and loss-recovery workflows.
LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Official company post announcing the Loop AI partnership and its value for dispute management and restaurant operations.
Hellometer blog · Mar 2026
Hellometer announced an integration with Loop that uses timestamped camera footage to support restaurant disputes involving missing or incorrect delivery orders.