Pie announces investment from Amex Ventures to help expand ai-powered growth platform for small businesses. Investment will help accelerate Pie's next phase of growth, supporting the expansion of its platform partnerships, product suite and team NEW YORK - Pie, the AI-powered growth platform for small businesses, today announced an investment from Amex Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of American Express. The investment follows Pie's emergence from stealth in June, and the announcement of its $19.5 million Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Capital One Ventures, Max Levchin's SciFi VC, F-Prime, Commerce Ventures, WEX Venture Capital and existing investors. As customer discovery continues to evolve across digital and AI-powered experiences, many small business owners don't have the time, budget, or expertise to manage their presence across an increasingly complex landscape. Many also rely on marketing solutions that make it difficult to understand which activities are driving meaningful business results. Pie was built to help businesses get discovered, capture demand, and connect customer engagement to measurable business outcomes. Through three core offerings, AI Search helps businesses improve their visibility as local discovery shifts to AI-powered search experiences like ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity; Growth helps businesses acquire customers across high-intent local channels like Google Maps, Yelp and Nextdoor; and Front Desk uses a voice agent to answer calls, take bookings and respond to customer questions. "After years of building products for small businesses and hearing directly from owners, one need consistently stood out: they wanted more customers, not another tool to manage," said Syed Ali, CEO and Co-Founder of Pie. "We built Pie for how small businesses actually operate, meeting them where they are and taking a revenue-first approach to growth. The investment from Amex Ventures will help us accelerate that mission and reach more of the businesses that power local economies across the country." "We are constantly on the lookout for innovations that deliver differentiated value to small businesses," said Margaret Lim, Managing Director of Amex Ventures. "Pie is doing just that - helping small businesses find new customers by combining a growing suite of sophisticated AI-powered customer acquisition capabilities with a delightful easy-to-use experience. Syed and Akhil know this market need deeply and we are excited to be backing them." Pie's go-to-market strategy centers on partnerships with vertical software platforms that already serve small businesses. Pie recently partnered with MoeGo, which put Pie's growth capabilities directly into software already used by over 10,000 modern pet care businesses, helping them attract prospective customers across local discovery channels and connect that activity to outcomes, including calls, bookings, and revenue. "Our customers did not ask us for another marketing dashboard. They asked for a simpler way to bring in more business," said Emma Chen, Co-Founder of MoeGo. "Through our partnership with Pie, we can give pet-care operators a more accessible way to reach new customers and understand what is driving results. In the first few weeks, participating businesses have generated on average a 15x return on ad spend, giving us early confidence in the impact this offering can have for our customers." The MoeGo rollout builds on Pie's broader momentum across categories including auto repair, pet care, fitness and beauty services. While in stealth, the company reached thousands of small business customers and drove more than 100,000 phone calls to client businesses. The company has also seen many customers achieve 15% to 20% year-over-year sales growth. Pie was founded in 2025 by CEO Syed Ali and CTO Akhil Mantripragada, who met on Toast's New Ventures team while developing products for the company's restaurant customers. With Syed leading business development and Akhil leading engineering, the Toast New Ventures team launched three products, including Toast's first AI product, Benchmarking, which helped restaurants compare their performance with similar businesses and make more informed pricing decisions. Pie is the AI-powered growth platform for small businesses. Through Growth, AI Search and Front Desk, Pie helps local merchants get discovered, bring in more customers and convert demand into revenue across the channels where customers are already looking. Learn more at getpie.com.

Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa selects MoeGo as its Enterprise Operating System to power multi-state expansion. News provided by. MoeGo Becomes Enterprise Operating System for Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa to Standardize and Scale Nationwide Operations BOSTON, Dec. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa, one of the fastest-growing multi-location pet-care operators in the United States, has selected MoeGo as its enterprise operating system as the company accelerates expansion across grooming, daycare, boarding, and wellness services. Red Dog reached an inflection point common to high-growth operators: as the business scaled across states, traditional pet-care software could no longer support the operational complexity, data visibility, and consistency required for multi-location excellence. After evaluating market alternatives, Red Dog partnered with MoeGo to build a unified, data-driven backbone for its next stage of growth. A Modern Operating System for Multi-Location Pet-Care Before transitioning to MoeGo, Red Dog managed fragmented workflows, inconsistent processes, and limited reporting visibility across its locations - bottlenecks that slowed decision-making and constrained growth. * A modern, intuitive platform that standardizes operations across all locations * Real-time business insights spanning states, service lines, and performance metrics * A unified data layer enabling faster decisions and more predictable execution * A strategic product partner committed to building enterprise-grade capabilities for multi-location operators "Operating at a multi-state scale requires more than software, it requires an operating system. MoeGo gives us that foundation," - Eric, President of Red Dog Since transitioning to MoeGo, Red Dog's leadership cites measurable improvements in how the business operates and grows. Key outcomes include: * Instant multi-location visibility enabling faster, data-driven decision cycles * Standardized workflows and training that reduce onboarding time as new locations open * Marketing-driven revenue lift, supported by MoeGo's CRM and automation tools * Enhanced client experience driven by a seamless booking and communication system About Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa Red Dog is a premier multi-location pet-care brand offering grooming, daycare, boarding, and wellness services. Known for operational excellence and high-quality pet experiences, Red Dog continues to expand its footprint across the United States. About MoeGo MoeGo is the all-in-one enterprise operations platform redefining how pet-care businesses work. Trusted by 10,000+ businesses and serving 11+ million pets worldwide, MoeGo's Enterprise Hub empowers large operators to configure once, deploy everywhere, and see everything, turning operational complexity into growth momentum. Learn more about MoeGo at www.moego.pet, or direct questions to: Cloud Wu Head of Marketing [email protected] SOURCE MoeGo