Travel

Riviera

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Founded 2024Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Riviera builds AI Employees for Hotels. Our first agent is a hotel phone receptionist that lets hotels spend less time answering phone calls and more time helping customers. Our system handles front-desk inquiries, in-room dining orders, and reservations. It answers every question instantly and in any language, 24/7.

We are solving a problem that older phone systems and IVRs can't: customers hate not being able to talk to someone immediately, but most travel businesses can’t dedicate additional staff to manage phone lines. Voice AI has always seemed out of reach because the technology infrastructure in the travel industry is often fragmented, with reservation systems, loyalty programs, and in-house operations software that weren’t designed with voice AI in mind. Riviera addresses this by integrating seamlessly with existing software providers and using human-sounding voice models that are highly trained on data specific to each business type and department.

Hotels spend hundreds of billions annually on staffing and risk losing potential revenue when phone lines are overwhelmed or callers hang up. By enabling them to handle unlimited calls, day or night, Riviera unlocks additional revenue and eases labor challenges.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Previously With Riviera

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Shaun Lane

Founder/CEO

Co-Founder and CEO at Riviera | UC Berkeley CS | Amazon Software Engineering Intern, previously ran a Travel Consulting/Content Creation Business

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Daniel Tyshler

Founder/COO

Co-Founder and COO at Riviera | Stanford CS | SpaceX Software Engineering Intern, software and product intern at startups in aerospace and health-tech

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
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Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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