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Ben Leventhal Keeps Rewriting the Restaurant Check
First he made restaurants readable. Then he made them bookable. With Blackbird, Ben Leventhal is betting that the next great dining technology will make regulars recognizable - and give restaurants more control of the economics.
Blackbird Labs
Blackbird Labs is a New York-based restaurant technology company that pairs a consumer dining app with a blockchain-based payments and loyalty network. Founded in 2022 by Resy and Eater co-founder Ben Leventhal, Blackbird lets diners check in at participating restaurants, earn a rewards currency called $FLY, and pay their bill through the app, while giving restaurants lower payment-processing fees and direct ownership of their guest data. The company runs its own layer-2 network, Flynet, and operates in New York, San Francisco, and Charleston with roughly 1,000 restaurants on the platform.