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Hassane Slaibi Tuned a Tiny Annoyance Into a Hardware Company
A flute player with absolute pitch helped build a machine for everyone who does not have it. Four generations, several crowdfunding campaigns and one delightfully stubborn hardware journey later, Hassane Slaibi is still removing friction between musicians and the moment they begin to play.
Incept AI
Incept AI is a New York-based voice AI company building order-taking systems for quick-service restaurants, starting with the two hardest environments in the business: the drive-thru and the phone. Founded in 2024 by former Amazon and Presto Automation engineers, Incept pairs a proprietary neural audio engine that strips out background noise, echo and crosstalk with foundation models and POS integrations, so the AI can complete restaurant orders end-to-end without a human stepping in. The company says its system reaches 95%+ order completion without human intervention, well above the roughly 83% where most competitors escalate to a person, and raised a $3 million pre-seed round led by Rally Ventures in early 2025.