Lance

Winter 2026

AI Agent Built for Hotel Operations

San Francisco, CA, USA20263 peopleActive

SaaSB2BCustomer ServiceConversational AI

About Company

AI Agents for Hotel Operations that owns guest communication end-to-end and orchestrates complex actions across the hospitality tech stack. Trusted by hotel groups with 50+ hotels across Marriott, Hyatt, and Hilton.

Active Founders

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.

Caleb Chan

Founder

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.

Gatik Trivedi

Founder

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).

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workspace_premiumBatchWinter 2026

groupTeam Size3

calendar_monthFounded2026

trending_upStageEarly

categoryIndustryB2B

location_onLocationSan Francisco, CA, USA

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