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Feast Your Eyes has a mission to make it easier and more fun to find a place to Eat, Drink, and be MerryTM.
opening note from founders
Feast Your Eyes, Inc. is a Delaware corporation founded in Austin, Texas in 2020 on the eve of calamity.
It was a very uncertain time for everyone, but particularly hospitality businesses, and brand new startups catering to them.
Things did change in this segment, but we thing we are positioned better than ever for how needs and expectations of diners shifted, and how restaurants use technology to advertise, analyze, and communicate with their audience and protect their bottom line.
Feast Your Eyes survived by continuing to research, interview, develop features, prototype, and stay agile to the frenetic environment. Many local institutions in the hospitality space did not.
We were not a mature company early enough to help these restaurants, bars, their hardworking employees, support industries, and local patrons. We hope to finally bring forth the finishing touches needed to bring a beta platform to a launch that can help these businesses and local culture thrive and ease the increasing dissatisfaction and bitterness of how the world changed, and turning a famine back into a Feast.
-Charnae & Alexander
Our Origins
Feast Your Eyes, Inc. is the result of a unique fusion of backgrounds in geography, environmental sustainability, data science, and computer science. Our co-founders, both visionary entrepreneurs, recognized the potential to leverage technology for a transformative impact on the global food, drink, and hospitality industry.
Frustrated with the difficulty of finding available (but fractured) restaurant data and simple (not irrelevant and unappetizing) dish photos, it dawned on them that no company available addresses very common consumer needs. Our team's experience with data, computer, & social sciences, as well as professional photography perfectly intersected into an idea that combined data, aesthetics, and evolving tech to make a platform that actually works for diners and restaurant owners, while also meeting new and growing values like sustainability and increased accessibility.
Not Just Another Menu, Ratings, or AI-Goldrush Platform
Feast Your Eyes did not simply materialize amid the 2023 flux of AI-bandwagon enterprises sparked by the emergence of ChatGPT. It wasn't a venture born out of a sheer rush to capitalize on exciting technology with little research or substance, or to offer fragmented solutions such as tired menu listing sites or exploitative ordering systems.
Our startup journey was a careful blend of research, time, and effort, all focused on solving real problems in dining search with innovative solutions. We recognize that today’s diners are more tech-savvy, with higher expectations for search platforms and a refined taste for how businesses present information. At the same time, we understand that margins for restaurants and bars are often razor-thin.
Thus, Feast Your Eyes underscores a core belief: Superfluous platforms that offer no true value no longer hold relevance for discerning customers or businesses.
We are handpicked from a different orchard, one where we strive to provide meaningful experiences and substantial results for all our stakeholders.
Our Mission
Our mission is rather simple - to make it easier and more enjoyable for users to find a place to Eat, Drink, and Be Merry. Thus, Feast Your Eyes was born - a platform poised to streamline the way consumers discover and experience dining. Although we are still in our beta stages, we promise an interface that is fast, simple, and easy to use, catering to a wide spectrum of customer needs and preferences- many currently unmet despite astronomical demand from diners.
Our Approach
Not just another AI tech startup or web crawling menu site of dubious legality, we are an innovative platform using machine learning and data science to help consumers discover unique and high-quality dining experiences around the world. Our algorithms, streamlined approach, and patent-pending technology bypass outdated methods of review and star ratings, providing a more nuanced and personalized exploration of dining possibilities.
Our Vision for the Future
While Feast Your Eyes is currently in beta testing stages, it represents an enormous potential in the vast and thriving food and hospitality market. Our sights are set on nothing less than becoming a global leader in the industry and a trusted companion to all those seeking good food and great experiences, while being a partner to hospitality industry professionals.
Our guiding philosophy is central to our platforms design, algorithms, and the how we will do more for search than anyone has since google in 2004.
Transforming Markets
With a firm belief in the power of personalization and technology, we're set to transform a global market that is ripe for disruption. Our platform, fueled by advanced machine learning and our patent pending algorithms, goes beyond the conventional 'rating and review' model to provide highly relevant, customized suggestions that align to individual preferences and needs, without cluttering the experience with ads.
Connecting People with Places
In essence, Feast Your Eyes is about connections. We build bridges between consumers looking for unique dining experiences and venues looking to offer an unforgettable feast for the senses. By doing so, we forge links, ignite conversation, and boost local businesses. We're more than just a discovery tool; we're a global community celebrating the joy of food, drink, and being together.
Our Philosophy - The Why of Where
Central to our mission at Feast Your Eyes is our unique philosophy termed 'The Why of Where.’ We understand that finding a place to dine is about much more than just location and cuisine.
It's a deeply personal decision influenced by a myriad of complex factors unique to each individual—mood, occasion, food preferences, accessibility needs, dietary restrictions, mode of transportation, time constraints, and even ethical and sustainability concerns. Any company that doesn't prioritize creating an experience grounded in these emerging consumer criteria and values is destined for irrelevance. Culinary and hospitality search is an untapped goldmine, rich with increasingly complex segments. Yet, no one has stepped up to create a search platform that focuses exclusively on this market while innovating new ways to present this data.
Unlike most platforms that merely provide data, we endeavor to comprehend 'why' a diner would choose 'where' to go. With our advanced machine learning algorithms, heavily researched and cutting edge methods, and extensive diner and restauranteur interviews and input, we dynamically engage with our users’ preferences to understand, learn, and anticipate the unique 'why' for their 'where'. In doing this, we endeavor to create a uniquely personalized dining experience for each user. Without digging deeper into these
This approach embodies our commitment to personalizing the world of food and drink, becoming an intuitive extension to our users' desires, rather than simply providing listing options.
Our passion for understanding 'The Why of Where' is what we believe sets Feast Your Eyes apart and is at the heart of our journey to revolutionize the dining search experience.