5-Out

Overview

5-Out is an artificial intelligence software company listed in the New York City AI scene [1]. The company provides software that uses artificial intelligence to forecast restaurant sales, labor needs, and inventory levels to help optimize profitability [2]. 5-Out's platform contains two core modules: Purchase, which forecasts sales to guide purchasing decisions, and Labor, which generates optimal labor schedules based on predicted demand [4]. The company integrates with multiple point-of-sale systems including PAR Brink, Aloha, Square for Restaurants, and Toast [8], as well as restaurant management platforms such as Harri, 7shifts, and MarketMan [9]. 5-Out's customers have included Little Italy Pizza, Major Food Group, Beyond Juice, and Tono Pizzeria [5]. The company was founded by career restaurateur Branden McRill and financial expert Mike Marian, who developed the underlying models at McRill's restaurant, Rebelle, beginning in 2013 [11].

5-Out's platform has two core modules: Purchase ("Purchase what you'll actually sell, based on forecasted sales") and Labor ("Generate the optimal labor schedule for your business, based on predicted demand"). [4]

Customers

5-Out publishes case studies naming Little Italy Pizza, Major Food Group, Beyond Juice and Tono Pizzeria as customers. [5]

Growth & traction

5-Out reports that customer Little Italy Pizza saw a 6.5% COGS improvement, a 4.7% labor cost improvement and +$375k net profit. [6]

5-Out reports that customer Major Food Group achieved a 2% COGS improvement and +$64k in labor cost savings. [7]

5-Out's leadership consists of co-founder and CEO Branden McRill, co-founder and CTO Mike Marian (ex-SVP at Citibank), Head of Sales Mike Diminick and Head of Data Science Rob Churchill, PhD. [10]

Partnerships

5-Out lists POS integrations with PAR Brink, Aloha, Square for Restaurants, Toast, Micros and Simphony. [8]

5-Out also integrates with Harri, 7shifts, SevenRooms, MarketMan, Craftable, MarginEdge, Restaurant365, xtraCHEF and TripleSeat. [9]