# Quinn Goldstein

> Quinn Goldstein is the founder and CEO of YepChat, a Venice Beach-based voice AI platform built exclusively for restaurants. He and his MIT classmate Daniel Ingram launched the company in 2015 to fix the one piece of restaurant technology everyone ignored: the ringing phone. YepChat turns calls into digital orders, routes them intelligently during peak hours, and scores phone health across 18 metrics for brands like Sweetgreen, Tender Greens, Ruth's Chris, and Alfred Coffee. Before YepChat, Goldstein founded the group-activities service Vixzy and spent years as a startup advisor at GCG.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at YepChat
- **Organizations:** YepChat, Vixzy, GCG
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Economics/Math, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Founded and leads YepChat, a voice AI platform used by major restaurant brands including Sweetgreen, Tender Greens, Ruth's Chris, Lemonade, Tocaya, and Alfred Coffee, Raised $540K in seed funding to build YepChat, Built a phone health scoring system that measures restaurant call performance across 18 metrics

## Career timeline

- **1995-1999** — Earned a BS in Economics/Math from MIT, where he met future co-founder Daniel Ingram
- **2010-2015** — Principal at GCG, advising startups including Tradesy, Ecomom, Scopely, MUBI, DealQuad, Startech Global, and FaceChipz
- **Pre-2015** — Founded and led Vixzy, a group-activities curation service
- **2015** — Co-founded YepChat in Venice Beach, California with MIT classmate Daniel Ingram
- **2021** — Added LA-based Alfred Coffee to YepChat's client roster, covering 12 locations
- **2026** — Leads YepChat as a voice AI platform for restaurants serving brands like Ruth's Chris, Cactus Club, and Boudin

## Achievements

- Founded and leads YepChat, a voice AI platform used by major restaurant brands including Sweetgreen, Tender Greens, Ruth's Chris, Lemonade, Tocaya, and Alfred Coffee
- Raised $540K in seed funding to build YepChat
- Built a phone health scoring system that measures restaurant call performance across 18 metrics
- Previously advised a roster of notable startups including Tradesy and Scopely as a principal at GCG

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — YepChat positioned as a voice AI solution built exclusively for restaurants, with clients including Ruth's Chris, Cactus Club, Boudin, and Pacific Catch.

## Links

- Website: https://yepchat.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/quinngoldstein
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/qgold

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Last updated: 2026-06-21