Syed Ali, Co-Founder and CEO of Pie, returns at the NYSE on Capital Markets: Wall Street to MENA, as the holiday season approaches and small businesses face a familiar squeeze: flat sales, tight labour markets, and rising costs, with AI as the most accessible tool available to close the gap

FINTECH.TV profiled how Pie flips the usual small business AI pitch, using it to bring in customers instead of cutting costs, backed by its $19.5M Series A and Amex Ventures investment.

Pie co-founder and CEO Syed Ali joined Ashley Mastronardi at the New York Stock Exchange to discuss Amex Ventures' investment in Pie. A Square and Toast alum, Ali highlighted Pie's AI voice agent, which now answers 90% of calls for partners like Supercuts.

TechRound named Pie one of the top U.S. startups of 2026, ranking us #12 overall. The recognition puts Pie among the country’s standout startups and reflects our mission to make AI-powered growth more accessible to local businesses.

Newsweek featured Pie as their AI use case of the week, covering how we measure success by calls, bookings, and sales, our Growth, AI Search, and Front Desk products, and why small business owners are done paying for marketing they can't see working.

Marketing Brew broke the news of Amex Ventures' investment in Pie, covering our Series A, our MoeGo partnership, and why brands are racing to stay visible as AI reshapes search.