MILES AXLE Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Novosibirsk State University – Novosibirsk State University –
The Foundation for Assistance to Innovations (Bortnik Foundation) approved the allocation of a grant in the amount of 4 million rubles under the Start Digital Technologies program to residents of the Startup Studio of the Novosibirsk State University — developers of a Telegram bot for coffee shops. The founders of the project plan to create a full-fledged service based on machine learning for building “smart” marketing.
As the developers said, the idea for the project came to them during a conversation in line for coffee at Novosibirsk State University (NSU) and consisted of creating a service that allows you to pre-order this drink to go and not waste time waiting. This is how Cloffer was born.
To use the service, the client logs into the Telegram bot, selects a dish with optional additives, pays for the order and monitors its preparation status. The guest receives a notification about the readiness of the drink or dish. The user of the service can also receive discounts and special offers, make a deferred order, without registering or downloading any applications.
The authors of the project successfully completed the A:START accelerator, received a ticket for residency in Akadempark, and became the owners Startup Lynch’s Grand Prize for NSU student startups this spring. A grant from the Innovation Assistance Fund will allow them to take a new step towards the widespread implementation of their product.
— Previously, we were developing this project in our free time from studies and work, now we have agreed to focus on the grant, to devote more time to the project. And first of all, we want to develop the service further: to apply machine learning methods to build “smart” marketing. We will collect as much data as possible, analyze how users behave, what factors influence their behavior and try to build personalized offers in such a way as to increase sales to establishments that have connected to our service, — said Ivan Morgun, head of the development team.
The service’s appearance will also change: instead of a standard Telegram bot, it will receive a full-fledged graphical interface, in which you can look at images of goods and order them in a more convenient format. In addition, the service developers plan to expand their geography: not only to connect catering establishments in Novosibirsk, but also to Omsk and Tyumen.
As the developers themselves note, the foundation’s support turned out to be useful both materially (which allowed them to devote more time to the project) and psychologically.
“Winning the competition gives us additional confidence that we are moving in the right direction, because the foundation’s experts assessed that our idea is promising,” Ivan Morgun emphasized.
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