A bakery display of wicker baskets with fresh bread and pastries under warm pendant lights, a plain brick wall behind, no signage or text anywhere in the shot.
Cafés and bakeries

Spend your time on the counter, not on the shopping list.

AI for cafés and bakeries.

AI takes pickup orders by WhatsApp, plans tomorrow's baking list, and tracks loyalty without paper.

Examples

A look at how it works.

Customers order ahead and pick up on WhatsApp.

Illustrative example
Orders today41+6
Best sellerConcha
Low-stock items2
Loyalty punches today17+4

Orders by day — sample data

Mon: 28Tue: 30Wed: 27Thu: 33Fri: 38Sat: 44Sun: 36MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Orders by day — sample data
Mon28
Tue30
Wed27
Thu33
Fri38
Sat44
Sun36

A dashboard with today’s orders and best sellers.

Illustrative example
Today's pickup orders — sample data
TimeCustomerItemsStatus
10:30 AMCustomer 12Ready
12:00 PMCustomer 26In progress
1:30 PMCustomer 31Ready
6:00 PMCustomer 43Pending

Orders and pickup status, in one table.

Illustrative example
  1. Butter & Crumb Bakehouse7:42 am

    New pastry order

    Guest 1 preordered two dozen assorted croissants for pickup at 8:30 am.

  2. Butter & Crumb Bakehouse9:15 am

    Catering request

    Guest 2 asked about a breakfast catering tray for Friday morning, twelve people.

  3. Butter & Crumb Bakehouse11:03 am

    Pickup time changed

    Guest 3 moved the sourdough pickup from noon to 1:15 pm via the automated confirmation link.

Push notifications for orders, catering requests, and pickup changes

Illustrative example

Catering Tray Order

Tray size Large pastry tray (serves 15)
Pickup date Saturday
Pickup time 7:30 am
Special notes Include two gluten-free options

Catering tray order form with size, pickup time, and notes

Illustrative example

This week at Butter & Crumb — sample data

312Online pastry orders
94%Pickups on time
18Catering trays booked

The AI agent confirmed every pickup time automatically, cutting phone interruptions during the morning rush.

Guest 4 and Guest 5 were reminded about weekend orders, and both trays were collected without staff follow-up.

Weekly metrics showing orders, on-time pickups, and booked trays

Also helps with

  1. 01

    Loyalty tracking.

    A punch card on WhatsApp, not a paper card that gets lost.

  2. 02

    Billing paperwork.

    A CFDI invoice goes out when a customer asks for one.

How we work

  1. 01

    Assess

    We watch a normal week of orders and pick what to build first.

  2. 02

    Build and launch

    We build it on your own menu and ingredients, and adjust until your team uses it daily.

  3. 03

    Hand over

    Documentation, training and full access — it’s yours to run.

What stays with people

Every recipe, every price and every decision about a customer — those stay with your team. The agent handles orders, reminders and the shopping list; it never decides what to bake or what to charge.

A hand holding a phone with a soft chat-style screen glow near a bakery counter stacked with loaves, warm morning light.
An order confirmed before the customer even walks in.

Questions owners ask

Do I have to change my point-of-sale system?

No — we start from the system you already use and read from it. If it can’t connect, we’ll tell you at the first visit.

Does it work on WhatsApp?

Yes — customers can order ahead, ask about today’s menu or confirm a pickup on WhatsApp, and it also works on the web.

Does the agent decide what to bake?

No. It turns yesterday’s sales into a suggested list — your team always makes the final call.

Can it handle a loyalty program?

Yes, a simple one: a punch card tracked per customer instead of a paper card, with no fees to join.

Who owns what you build?

You do — it’s built on KOA, an open-source platform under an MIT licence. There are no licence fees; your team gets full documentation and access.

How much does it cost?

It depends on what is worth doing first. We agree the price after the first conversation, before any work starts, and there are no licence fees.

Is it only for cafés with several branches?

No. It’s made for one counter as easily as a few, wherever someone already answers WhatsApp between customers.

Integrations

Integrations for Cafés & bakeries

  • Uber EatsTested
  • RappiPossible
  • Google BusinessIn production

and 3 more integrations

See the integrations for Cafés & bakeries

The agent takes the order, and your team decides what goes in the oven.

Tell us about your café
If the chat doesn’t answer, email us: hola@koalabs.ai