Food & hospitality

Lance

Website
Founded 2026Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Autonomous AI agents that answer calls, close sales, and run operations, so your team can focus on guests. Trusted by some of the top hotel groups in the US, supporting 50+ hotels across brands like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt

Built on advanced Computer Use Agent technology, Lance agents can navigate your existing hotel software, make real-time decisions, and handle complex multi-step tasks.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Caleb Chan

Founder/CEO

CEO of Lance. Former Head of Product and Founding Engineer at Silicon Valley Commerce (9‑figure exit). Previously product roles at Google and Salesforce, building industry-leading voice and AI agent technology.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Gavin Brennen

Founder

COO of Lance. Previous work on AI agents at Domo, with earlier Product & customer facing roles at SmartSuite (Series A) and Zeus.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Gatik Trivedi

Founder/CTO

CTO of Lance. Previously founded and exited MedTec Innovate, worked on speech and language research at Stanford, and studied EECS + Business in Berkeley M.E.T. Built agent infrastructure at GI Partners and LLM eval metrics at Knowtex (YC S22).

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
10team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2026 · Source

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Y Combinator

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

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