# Truffle (YC S26)

> Truffle (now operating as Marble) is a New York-based Y Combinator S26 startup building an AI-native operating system for the restaurant back-of-house. It replaces the patchwork of spreadsheets, clipboards and disconnected point solutions that restaurants, cafes and bars rely on with a single system: computer vision and voice AI capture real-time inventory levels, machine-learning models forecast item-level demand, and AI agents run end-to-end workflows like procurement, invoice reconciliation, scheduling, food prep and menu engineering. Founded by Aakar Khanna (CEO) and Arjun Chaliha (CTO), it targets the billions the hospitality industry loses each year to stockouts, food waste and lost profit.

- **Founded:** 2026
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Aakar Khanna (Co-founder & CEO), Arjun Chaliha (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** 2-3
- **Products:** AI-native restaurant operating system, Computer vision + voice AI inventory, Demand forecasting engine, Autonomous workflow agents
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2026 (S26) batch., Building AI agents targeting real operational workflows (procurement, invoice reconciliation, scheduling, prep, menu engineering)., States real-time inventory capture ~90% faster than manual counts and item-level demand forecasting at ~97% accuracy.

## Products & services

- **AI-native restaurant operating system** — A single platform replacing the patchwork of spreadsheets, clipboards, tribal knowledge and disconnected point solutions used to run restaurant, cafe and bar back-of-house operations.
- **Computer vision + voice AI inventory** — Captures real-time inventory levels roughly 90% faster than manual counts using computer vision and voice input.
- **Demand forecasting engine** — Machine-learning models that forecast item-level demand at a stated 97% accuracy to guide ordering and prep.
- **Autonomous workflow agents** — AI agents that run dozens of end-to-end back-of-house workflows including procurement, invoice reconciliation, scheduling, food prep and menu engineering.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2026 (S26) batch.
- Building AI agents targeting real operational workflows (procurement, invoice reconciliation, scheduling, prep, menu engineering).
- States real-time inventory capture ~90% faster than manual counts and item-level demand forecasting at ~97% accuracy.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Raised seed funding as part of Y Combinator's S26 batch.
- **2026-07** — Rebranded from Truffle to Marble; usetruffle.ai now redirects to joinmarble.ai.

## Links

- Website: https://www.joinmarble.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usetruffle
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/joinmarble

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Last updated: 2026-07-30