Taaha Bajwa@taaha_bajwa283

Who are we? We are a new startup dedicated to revolutionizing the restaurant industry with cutting-edge AI solutions. This Hackathon provides us an opportunity to showcase an early concept of our chatbot (still significantly in development) built on top of Falcon LLM. The Problem As the restaurant industry continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, it is confronting numerous challenges, with the foremost and most significant being high labor costs. The Solution We introduce Falcon Barista, an order-taking bot for coffee shops and restaurants, designed to converse with customers in the most human-like manner possible. Although it is still under development, this bot is envisioned as an affordable alternative for restaurants to replace manual labor at counters, drive-throughs, and over the phone. What makes Falcon Barista better? The primary innovation behind Falcon Barista lies in its minimal compute requirements, thereby maximizing cost savings. While many chatbots are built on top of LLMs with over 100 billion parameters, Falcon Barista operates on the much more compact fine-tuned Falcon-7B LLM, which consists of only 7 billion parameters. This efficiency is realized by employing smaller fine-tuned BERT models in tandem with the Falcon LLM: the Falcon-7B LLM guides the conversation while BERT manages information extraction, such as identifying food items and their quantities. Falcon Barista utilizes a quantized version of the Falcon-7B LLM and can be deployed on a single GPU with 16GB RAM. Furthermore, it boasts Automatic Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech capabilities, allowing for conversations with customers that mimic human-like interactions. Challenges (Due to lack of compute resources) 1. Significant latency (~10s). 2. The BERT model, still in the process of fine-tuning, can easily become confused. 3. Falcon-7B requires further fine-tuning for more efficient conversation management.

A large amount of time spent by your accountant is manually typing data from invoices into your accoutning software. Imagine a software that can be used as a plugin in the billing software you use (e.g Zoho, Freshbooks, Quickbooks, Sap, Penny etc.). This is where Invoice Buddy comes to rescue. Simply upload an invoice image and directly get the details. The automation provided by Invoice Buddy significantly cuts down on the administrative burden, translating into cost savings as it frees up staff to concentrate on more strategic, value-adding activities. Note: As this is just a POC for now, third party APIs are not integrated for now and just the invoice processing functionality is demoed for now.

With Garden Whisperer AI, setting up your green space has never been easier. Whether you have a sprawling backyard or a cozy balcony, the app adapts to your space and conditions. Simply chat with the AI to describe your gardening ambitions and the characteristics of your space, including lighting, climate, and available area. The app's advanced image recognition feature allows you to send photos of your garden, which the AI uses to offer specific, real-time advice. It can identify plants, suggest the best placement for each plant based on sunlight patterns, and even detect pests or diseases, advising on organic remedies to protect your garden. Garden Whisperer AI doesn't just stop at plant care. It also helps you understand the best times to plant and harvest, water schedules, and which plants can grow in symbiosis to create a self-sustaining ecosystem.