KAE is the AI ordering assistant that turns your nightly prep list into confirmed orders across every vendor — automatically. No more phone calls, no more chasing emails, no more wondering who got what.
No spam. Just a direct conversation about your restaurant.
Piloting now in Chester County & Greater Philadelphia
KAE sits between your kitchen and your vendors. Tell it what you need — the way you'd text a rep or scribble on a prep sheet — and it handles the rest. Orders routed, emails sent, confirmations tracked. All in one place, without changing who you buy from.
KAE sits between your prep list and your vendors. You keep buying from the same people — KAE just handles the back-and-forth.
"We're building the infrastructure the independent food supply chain has needed for decades — and we're starting in the field, not in a pitch deck."
Artisan Affiliated is a small founding team with an operator's mindset — built from years inside restaurant operations, supply chain logistics, and the daily grind of managing vendors, invoices, and delivery windows. We know this world because we've worked in it.
We chose Chester County and Greater Philadelphia as our testbed because depth matters more than breadth. Real restaurants, real vendors, real ordering data — that's how you build tools that actually work. KAE is the first layer: a coordination engine for ordering. Underneath, we're building a data foundation for transparency, pricing intelligence, and better decisions across the food system.
Operator fieldwork · Design-partner pilots · Local supply chain research
Independent restaurants · Local producers · Regional distributors
Starting local means we learn from every order, every vendor, and every workflow before we scale.
We're onboarding a small first cohort of restaurants, producers, and distributors in Chester County and Greater Philadelphia. Join the list and we'll reach out directly.
No spam, no sharing your info — just a direct note from our team when pilots open.
We're curating a small first cohort of independent restaurants, local producers, and regional distributors.
Whether you run a restaurant, supply one, or want to invest in the infrastructure behind both — we'd like to hear from you.
Interested in simplifying how you order? Tell us about your setup.
elisha@artisanaffiliated.comWant to understand how KAE works with your existing order flow?
alex@artisanaffiliated.comBuilding food commerce infrastructure from the ground up. Let's talk.
elisha@artisanaffiliated.com