# Innowi Inc.

> Innowi Inc. is a Santa Clara, California restaurant-technology company that builds an all-in-one point-of-sale and ordering platform. Its stack spans POS, self-service kiosks, tabletop QR ordering, online ordering and delivery, a kitchen display system, marketing and rewards, analytics, and employee management - designed to help independent and multi-location restaurants cut third-party commission fees, sync orders across channels, and run leaner operations.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Santa Clara, California, United States
- **Founders:** Asif Rao (Co-Founder & President), Zia Hasnain (Co-Founder (former CEO))
- **Team size:** ~88-100 employees across North America, Asia and Europe (third-party estimates, 2026)
- **Products:** Restaurant POS, Kiosk Ordering (CashierFree), Tabletop QR Ordering, Online Ordering & Delivery, Kitchen Display System (KDS)
- **Notable:** Built and shipped a full-stack restaurant platform - POS, kiosk, QR, online ordering, KDS, marketing and analytics - as an independent, largely bootstrapped company., Scaled to a team spanning three continents while remaining based in Santa Clara., Founded by ex-Motorola engineers, translating mobile-hardware expertise into restaurant self-service.

## Products & services

- **Restaurant POS** — All-in-one point-of-sale that merges KDS, printers and online orders, with an offline order-taking mode, loyalty integration and refund management.
- **Kiosk Ordering (CashierFree)** — Self-service kiosk terminals that reduce labor at the counter and increase average order size through guided upsells.
- **Tabletop QR Ordering** — Digital menu and ordering at the table via QR code, letting guests order and pay without waiting on staff.
- **Online Ordering & Delivery** — Branded pickup and delivery ordering that reduces reliance on third-party apps and their commission fees.
- **Kitchen Display System (KDS)** — Real-time kitchen screen that consolidates tickets from every ordering channel onto one display.
- **OrderHub** — Aggregates orders from multiple delivery marketplaces into a single feed to eliminate tablet-hopping.
- **InnowiDash / Reporting & Analytics** — Dashboard for sales, order and operational analytics across locations.
- **Marketing & Rewards** — Customer engagement, loyalty and rewards programs tied to the POS and ordering data.
- **Employee Management** — Staff and operations management tools within the admin app.

## Achievements

- Built and shipped a full-stack restaurant platform - POS, kiosk, QR, online ordering, KDS, marketing and analytics - as an independent, largely bootstrapped company.
- Scaled to a team spanning three continents while remaining based in Santa Clara.
- Founded by ex-Motorola engineers, translating mobile-hardware expertise into restaurant self-service.
- Led by Vaseem Anjum, whose prior company SchoolCity was acquired by Insight Venture Partners in 2018.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Third-party trackers list Innowi at roughly 90-96 employees across North America, Asia and Europe.
- **2025-02** — New website assets and product pages published covering POS, kiosk, QR and online ordering.

## Links

- Website: https://innowi.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innowinc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO2AgQJ10EezwkBFUyMbf6Q
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/innowi.inc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InnowiInc

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Last updated: 2026-07-14