xtraCHEF founders launch Tandem to make restaurant software do the work
Andrew Schwartz and Bhavik Patel return after Toast acquired xtraCHEF for $48M, with Michael Schulson shaping an agent layer piloting at 100 restaurant locations.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: PR Newswire
Why it matters
Tandem is a rare second act built by founders returning to the market they exited. Its test is whether an integration layer can outperform AI products that already own the underlying restaurant data.
Andrew Schwartz and Bhavik Patel launched Tandem on September 22nd, reuniting five years after Toast acquired xtraCHEF to build an AI agent layer for restaurant operations. Chef and restaurateur Michael Schulson has joined as a founding partner, while Tandem says an undisclosed seed round is funding product development, hiring and early deployments.…