Inpulse
AI forecasting, ordering and inventory for restaurant chains
Inpulse is a French platform that predicts sales per site and dish, then generates supplier orders, production plans and inventory counts to protect gross margin. It targets organised restaurant chains and franchises such as Columbus Café, Pitaya, Blend and Côté Sushi. The company raised €7M (€5M equity, €2M debt) in 2023 to grow from 1,500 to several thousand restaurants.
Our reading. Best for organised French QSR chains and franchises with clean recipe data and a POS integration that want forecasting to drive ordering and margins.
Strengths
- Demand forecasting drives ordering and prep quantities
- Margin and food-cost dashboards per site
- Built with and for French QSR chains
Limits
- Requires POS integration and clean recipe data to deliver value
- Not aimed at single independent restaurants
Founded 2018, AI demand-forecasting angle, €7M Series A in 2023
Côté Sushi reported €800k of additional gross margin in one year; 1,500 restaurants in 2023
- https://www.usine-digitale.fr/article/inpulse-leve-7-millions-d-euros-pour-automatiser-l-approvisionnement-des-restaurants.N2123146
- https://www.inpulse.ai/en
- https://www.inpulse.ai/
- https://www.inpulse.ai/en/pricing