We build for the peoplewho feed people.
Restronaut exists because its founder spent years on the other side of the counter, and never forgot it.
Restronaut’s founder grew up inside the industry. His family opened a restaurant in Pondicherry in 2009, and from there he worked every role a restaurant has to offer — floor, kitchen, counter, books.
His father spent his career leading a large bakery business; food was simply what the family did.
Years in food-tech followed, meeting hundreds of owners and hearing the same complaint in every city: the software built for restaurants was built by people who had never run one. He went on to open and close his own places, learning the hard way what actually holds up during a dinner rush and what just looks good in a demo. Eventually he learned to build the systems himself — and founded Restronaut to build them for others.
“We don’t build software and hope it fits a restaurant. We build it the way we’d have wanted it built when we were the ones running service.”
Three things we won't compromise on
Owners shouldn’t fight digital alone
Most F&B owners are already stretched thin running service. We build alongside them, not another vendor handing over a login and disappearing.
Tools should pay for themselves
If a system doesn’t save time, cut costs, or bring in covers, it doesn’t belong in a restaurant. We measure our own work by that bar.
You should always talk to the people doing the work
No ticket queues, no account managers reading from a script. When something needs fixing, the people who built it answer the phone.
Restronaut is the hospitality vertical of a bigger bench.
Freaking Minds handles brand and marketing. GoodmanTech builds web and software. Restronaut is where that bench goes deep on food & hospitality — one vertical, full attention.
Freaking Minds
Marketing & brand
GoodmanTech
Web & software engineering
Tell us about your place.
A 15-minute call. We’ll tell you honestly what’s worth building — and what isn’t.
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