Signalbase · May 2026
Signalbase covered Lance's $5.0M seed round, citing Y Combinator and SV Angel and describing the company as an AI agent platform for hotels.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Lance is a YC W26, San Francisco-based AI startup that sells an autonomous operations platform for hotels: AI agents handle guest calls, SMS/email, reservations, work orders, housekeeping coordination, and sales follow-up across existing hotel systems without custom integrations. Public profiles show a small on-site team and a demo-led B2B offering; funding disclosures are inconsistent across sources, with older public profiles showing $625K and later company announcements describing a $5M seed round.
Primary product
AI-powered hotel operations platform with a Receptionist AI Agent, Sales AI Agent, and Lance Pad
Founded
2026
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
10-20
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
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AI hospitality operations software
Offices
Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$5.6M
Latest round
Seed · Apr 2026
Latest amount
$5M
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & COO
Gatik Trivedi
Co-Founder & CTO
Chief of Staff
Founding Product Manager
Vinita Chanpura
Founding SPL
Taylor Jacobs
Investor & Strategic Advisor
Investors
Fast-moving, operator-focused, on-site San Francisco team building for hotel operators; hiring spans engineering, product, and go-to-market, and the product narrative emphasizes shipping end-to-end automation for legacy hotel workflows rather than adding another dashboard.
Work style
Onsite
Compensation
Public job posts show salary bands plus equity for some roles: Software Engineering Intern at $6K-$8K/month; Founding Software Engineer at $100K-$170K plus 0.30%-0.70% equity; Founding Solutions Engineer at $100K-$120K plus 0.10%-0.20% equity; Product Manager at $200K-$260K; Product Marketing Manager at $140K. Roles are posted as full-time and on-site in San Francisco.
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; demo-led B2B sales
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated monthly visits
18.3K
Signalbase · May 2026
Signalbase covered Lance's $5.0M seed round, citing Y Combinator and SV Angel and describing the company as an AI agent platform for hotels.
DevCuration · May 2026
DevCuration described Lance's seed round and framed the product as automating guest-request capture, work order routing, and staff coordination for hotels.
Traded: Venture Capital on LinkedIn · Apr 2026
This LinkedIn post summarized Lance's $5M seed, its founders, investor mix, and deployment across dozens of hotels.
Y Combinator on LinkedIn · Apr 2026
YC announced Lance had raised over $5M to build hotel-operations agents and said the product was already working with hotel brands and hiring across engineering, product, and GTM.
Y Combinator · Feb 2026
YC introduced Lance as an AI agent platform for hotel operations, highlighting autonomous guest communication, sales workflows, and on-property execution across major hotel brands.