About Culi AI

• Culi AI turns static PDFs into fast, mobile‑first menu pages that restaurants link from their own website. No QR flow, no app.

What We Do

• Upload a PDF/image → AI extracts a structured menu → you review quick edits → publish a public, mobile menu URL with optional chat → add that link to your website.

AI‑Powered (Exactly what AI does)

• PDF → Structured Menu Extraction
  • Reads your PDF/images and produces sections, items, names, descriptions, and prices.
  • Only records allergens/diet tags when they're explicitly shown in the menu (icons/legend/printed text).
  • Uses OpenAI gpt‑5/gpt‑5‑mini with structured JSON output and 3-tier fallback strategy.
• Menu Translation (owner‑initiated)
  • Translates item names and descriptions to your selected languages.
  • Keeps protected terms (names, brands) intact and supports basic glossary rules.
  • Uses Google Gemini 2.5 Flash‑Lite with batch streaming and caching.
• Menu Assistant Chat
  • Detects the guest's language and answers in it.
  • Retrieves items by meaning (not just keywords), then writes concise, friendly answers.
  • Applies clear formatting rules (bold name once; price with currency symbol; short list when many items).
  • Avoids guarantees; for allergies it says "not listed as containing X" and suggests confirming with staff.
  • Uses Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 with full menu context and prompt caching for cost efficiency.
• Group Planner Agent
  • Multi-turn conversation to plan personalized group dining experiences.
  • Gathers party size, dietary requirements, budget, and preferred date/time.
  • Searches and proposes complete 3-course menus (starter, main, dessert).
  • Refines selections based on feedback until guest is satisfied.
  • Captures contact info and sends booking requests to restaurant.
  • Uses Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 with extended thinking and specialized tools.
• Validate Editor Agent (owner-only)
  • Helps restaurant owners refine menu item names, descriptions, and section titles.
  • Removes decorative characters while maintaining warm, natural tone.
  • Rewrites overly long descriptions (keeping 1-3 sentences).
  • Tracks changes with conflict detection and version control.
  • Uses OpenAI gpt‑5‑mini with multi-step validation.
• Search & Retrieval (under the hood)
  • Creates short query embeddings (text‑embedding‑3‑small).
  • Runs a hybrid DB search (semantic + lexical) to pull matching items, then composes AI answers from those rows.
• Allergen Detection (post-extraction)
  • Infers EU-14 allergens and dietary tags with evidence-based reasoning.
  • Provides quoted evidence for each suggested tag.
  • Owner reviews and approves all tags before publishing.
  • Uses OpenAI gpt‑5‑nano for efficient tag inference.
• Language Detection
  • Detects the user's input language for replies (chat) and chooses your configured target languages for menu text (translations).

Deterministic (Not done by AI)

• Mobile menu layout and UI rendering.
• Currency display and price formatting on pages and in tables.
• Plan enforcement (language limits per tier; monthly chat/upload limits).
• Public controls (enable/disable public chat; publish/unpublish).
• Usage counts in the dashboard (requests/uploads/period).
• Name display policy (restaurant setting for canonical/localized name display).