Rivi

5 ways travel companies can integrate our hotel AI SDK/APIs: Search, chat, speak, filter, sort—all with AI. Chat’s my favorite. Travel planning is almost never done in one session—it’s a process over days or weeks. Chat lets you go back and forth on the output as much as you need to plan your perfect trip. Pick up where you left off, with the context of all your preferences and requirements retained. The others have their pros too. Search has a hugely important advantage of familiarity, and it’s a faster UX when you’re ready to book. Voice is the comfiest UX for queries that are less visual. Soon, travel companies will have all these UX options integrated, and users will naturally choose different ones for different needs. Rivi will make it happen ig.

AI in travel is about solving complex problems that traditional experiences cannot handle. If your travel AI is just putting search in a chat UI or wrapping ChatGPT with some hotel images UI, it’s not adding real value. We are here to power every travel company with the most advanced AI tools. Expect a lot more madness before 🎅

Spent the last 3 days at the Skift Global Forum in New York connecting with the most interesting folks in the travel industry. Deep conversations and some new friendships. And great talks - especially loved how raw Brian Chesky was. Thanks to the Skift team for a solid event (as always).

Rivi turned 7 yesterday. Highlights to date: • 16 clients, including 3 Fortune 500s • 20+ applications delivered, 4 with 1M+ users • 40 in technology team, 100+ overall contributors • 1 funding round in 2019; profitable and self-sustaining since • 3 pivots: B2C travel AI → AI services → B2B travel AI • Delhi (2017) → Bangalore (2019) → San Francisco (2023) We've built only 0.1% of Rivi so far, but we've built 100% resilience. Lots of insanity to look forward to. Beyond grateful to all.