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HABIT

Conversational robots for physical businesses.

Y CombinatorSpring 2025ActiveB2BRetailRoboticsConsumerB2BRetail

What they do

Problem

Physical businesses need scalable, consistent customer-facing staff to greet visitors, answer questions, and drive sales without increasing labor costs.

Solution

Conversational robots deployed in physical locations that interact with customers to greet, answer FAQs, and upsell, and can be trained like human employees.

Who it's for

Physical businesses such as retailers and other customer-facing venues that want automated front-of-house support.

Founders

Michael Trehan
Founder

Building HABIT. Prev: SWE @ Radiant Nuclear; Investment Banking @ JP Morgan. Berkeley M.E.T. alum.

Harish Palani
Founder

Building HABIT. Prev: AI/ML Research Scientist @ Amazon; led deep learning projects at Twitch. Berkeley M.E.T. alum.

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