Instinct CEO's agent pitch: restaurants prioritizing birthdays via agents gets mocked
himanshustwts · x · 2026-09-29
Instinct CEO Noah Shinn pitched an agent use case: instead of first-come-first-served reservations, agents on both sides could let restaurants prioritize birthdays and anniversaries over whoever clicks first.
The poster and his VC friends found it laughable — a pitch so weak that even a week of due diligence wouldn't save it, widely cited as an example of agent hype lacking real customer demand.
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