From Booking Calls To Late Check-Ins, Dextr AI Raises $6.7M For Hotel AI Agents

What happened

Dextr AI is emerging from stealth with $6.7 million in seed funding to build agents that handle reservations, guest requests, staff coordination and other hotel tasks. When Sajid Shariff returned to the Bay Area in 2024, he reconnected with people he knew from his years working in hospitality.

He asked what had changed since he left the industry during the pandemic. The answer, he said, was that hotels were still challenged by rising labor costs, staffing gaps and pressure to bring in more revenue.

So Shariff offered to build an AI agent (AI that carries out multi-step tasks rather than answering one question) for a couple of properties. The first, called Alfred, answered guest questions and helped with check-ins and check-outs.