Humans serve guests.
Machines do the rest.
Quiet, behind-the-scenes software for independent restaurants. It drafts your orders, watches inventory, builds schedule drafts, and briefs you every morning — and never talks to a guest. You review. You approve. You stay in control.
Currently live with our design partner in Alexandria, VA. Now inviting a small group of beta restaurants. Toast POS supported at launch.
Works with Toast today
Introducing Bodie
Behind the scenes,
on top of everything.
Bodie connects to the systems you already use and turns raw data into ready-to-approve actions.
Sysco draft
12 lines · $2,840
Ready for review
Stock watch
Brisket by 7pm
86 risk — high
6am Brief
Tomorrow ready
3 alerts · 1 gap
Four jobs,
one quiet helper.
Every card is a proposal. Nothing executes without your tap.
Smart purchasing drafts
Consumption-aware Sysco orders with per-line rationale. Flags price hikes vs last delivery.
Inventory & 86 watch
Live stock mirror synced with Toast. “You’ll run out of brisket by 7pm.” One tap across POS, delivery apps, board.
Schedule drafts that respect reality
Availability, skills, pairings and demand in one starting draft — plus deterministic labor check before publish.
Your morning in one page
The 6am Brief: yesterday’s sales, today’s forecast, staffing gaps and 86 risks at a glance.
Built for independent operators
Create hospitality
that feels human.
If you run one to a handful of locations and your managers still build the schedule on a Sunday night, Bodie was built for you. Covers, comps, voids — we get Saturday service.
Collaborate with your data
Your morning,
on one page.
The 6am Brief pulls yesterday, today and what’s coming side-by-side: sales, labor, fixtures, events and risks. Every proposal shows its work.
- 60 seconds — the whole morning before coffee
- Every proposal explains itself — source data + rationale
- Root-cause traces in plain English when something fails
Yesterday
$8,420
+6% vs last Sat
Today’s forecast
$9,100
covers 182
Staffing
1 gap · PM grill
Draft ready
86 risk · Brisket
You’ll run out by 7pm at current burn. Proposal ready.
Private beta
Own your floor again.
Bodie handles the back-office busywork so your team can do what they do best — take care of people. Machines talk to machines. People take care of people.
Free to apply. No commitment. We reply within 2 business days.
Why Bodie
The best restaurants
are run from the floor —
not the back office.
Every hour spent rebuilding a schedule, reconciling an invoice, or guessing what to order is an hour away from guests and staff. Most “AI for restaurants” tries to put a robot in front of your customer. Bodie does the opposite. It takes the tedious manager work off your plate — accurately, consistently, and always with your sign-off — so you can lead the service.
Get your week back.
Drafts purchasing, flags price changes, builds schedule starting points, and preps your morning brief before you’ve had coffee. Managers review and approve instead of building from scratch.
Order what you need.
By connecting sales, inventory, and upcoming demand — from trivia night to a Commanders kickoff — Bodie helps you order tighter, 86 less often, and keep the menu available when it counts.
No bots at the table. Ever.
Bodie never messages guests, never takes an order, never pretends to be staff. It does the machine work so your people can do the people work.
What Bodie does
Behind the scenes,
on top of everything.
Connects to the systems you already use and turns raw data into ready-to-approve actions.
- Smart purchasing drafts — consumption-aware Sysco orders with per-line rationale. You approve before anything is sent.
- Inventory & 86 watch — “you’ll run out of brisket by 7pm.” One tap to 86 and update boards and delivery apps.
- Schedule drafts that respect reality — availability, skills, pairings, demand + labor-rules check before you publish.
- Your morning in one page — the 6am Brief: yesterday, today, staffing gaps and 86 risks at a glance.
Sysco order — Thu 4pm
12 lines · $2,840 · 3 flags
Schedule draft — next week
Labor check: 1 flag · overtime
86 proposal — brisket
Toast + DoorDash + board
Bodie proposes. You decide. That’s the rule.
How it works
You stay in control.
Always.
Connect
Link Toast (and your scheduling tool). Bodie imports through secure, read-only exports on day one.
Review
Each morning and before key deadlines, Bodie proposes — a draft order, a schedule, an alert. Every proposal shows its reasoning.
Approve
One tap to approve. Bodie executes; you get a clear audit trail. Nothing happens without you.
Bodie proposes. You decide. That’s the rule, hard-coded into the product. How it works →
Who it’s for
Built for independent
operators.
If you run one to a handful of locations and your managers still build the schedule on a Sunday night, Bodie was built for you. We started with a 12-person BBQ and sports bar on Toast — so we understand covers, comps, voids, and what a Saturday service really feels like. Franchise-scale complexity can wait. Getting your week back can’t.
Not a fit yet — we’re honest about it
Multi-location enterprise, non-Toast POS, or anyone looking for a guest-facing chatbot — that’s intentionally not what Bodie does.
Ideal beta partner
- Independent or small group (1–5 locations)
- On Toast POS today (more systems on the roadmap)
- An owner or GM who wants to give 3–5 hours a week back to the floor
- Willing to share honest feedback every week or two
Takes ~3 min. We reply in 2 business days.
Join the beta
Help shape Bodie.
We’re keeping the beta intentionally small so we can listen well. Beta partners get early access, direct access to the builders, and influence over what we build next. There’s no long-term commitment — just a willingness to try it where it helps and tell us where it doesn’t.
You get
- ✓ Early access at beta pricing
- ✓ Hands-on onboarding with the team
- ✓ Direct feedback channel — you decide what ships
- ✓ Founding beta recognition (if you want it)
We ask
- · Use Bodie where it fits your workflow
- · Share candid feedback — what helps, what doesn’t
- · ~15 min most weeks for a quick check-in
Ready to put the back office on autopilot — with you still in the driver’s seat?
Apply to Join the BetaTakes about 3 minutes. We’ll reply within 2 business days.
Pilot partner: Chalkboard BBQ & Sports Bar — Alexandria, VA. “Bodie gave us our Sunday nights back.”
Questions, answered honestly.
Does Bodie talk to my guests?
Never. Bodie is deliberately not guest-facing. No chatbots, no automated guest messages. If Bodie ever helps with guest communication (like an opt-in SMS about trivia night), you write or approve every word and guest consent is required.
Does Bodie place orders or 86 items without me?
No. Bodie drafts and proposes. You approve. One tap executes the action and logs it. That’s true for purchasing, stock updates, schedules, and any message to staff.
What POS do you support?
Toast at launch, starting with our design partner. We’re building Bodie source-agnostic from day one, so additional POS systems are on the roadmap. Tell us what you use when you apply.
What does beta pricing look like?
Beta partners get founding pricing and help set the long-term model. Our target is simple: a one-time onboarding cost that roughly matches a small hardware investment, plus a monthly platform fee that stays well under the manager hours Bodie saves you. We’ll be transparent about pricing before you commit.