Food & hospitality

Byte Kitchen

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Founded 2021Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Byte is able to quickly expand the geographic footprint of any given brand with minimal up front investment by licensing their IP, and rolling out their cuisine across a network of next generation kitchens optimized for delivery, pick up, and take out.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
About
Food & hospitalityIndustry softwareBusinessesMid marketServices

Product & workflow

It will enable us to add more catering platforms by standardizing catering workflows.”

Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-16

Founders & team

Previously Byte Kitchen Limited

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Divyang Arora

Founder

Co-founder and CEO at Byte Kitchen. I have experience in finance, business and operations through my work at Evercore, Booz and Co, JP Morgan. I was one of the first team members at a venture philanthropy org and helped scale its offerings and team. I graduated as a Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School and as a Systems Engineer (summa cum laude) from UPenn. I'm excited to help restaurants scale their offerings nationwide through the platform we are building at Byte Kitchen.

LinkedIn
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Rahul Madadi

Founder

Co-founder and CTO at Byte Kitchen. Prior to Byte Kitchen, I co-founded a tech-enabled real estate startup. I have experience building and shipping products through my work at IBM Watson and Mphasis (HP and Blackstone portco). I graduated from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and later received my MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM). I am excited to develop products that allow restaurants to operate with an efficiency previously only accessible to giant chains

LinkedIn
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Quinn McKenna

Founder

Co-founder and COO at Byte Kitchen. For the past 30 years I have led operations for several large Bay Area restaurant companies, building and opening over 30 restaurants. I served as a director of the California Restaurant Association, and as an early advisor to restaurant tech companies OpenTable, Proven and Rezku. I earned my BA at the University of Virginia. I’m excited to be a part of the next chapter of the restaurant industry.

LinkedIn X
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
5team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2021 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA; San Mateo, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The source reports an inactive or acquired company; current product identity needs review.

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