Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the app would be connected to Facebook. Daily Report regrets the error. The article has also been updated to include additional information about the app.
The frustration of waiting in hour-long lines at restaurants could be a thing of the old-school past. Mozi, a tech company working out of the LSU Innovation Park, is launching a social messaging app in the spring that, among other capabilities, allows bar and restaurant customers to better communicate with servers, hosts and each other.
Founders Andrew Bryson, Jonathan Nester and Chris Harsch—the latter two of whom are LSU alumni—say the app will “reshape the way professionals, businesses and consumers engage with one another.” Its target market: service industry professionals and users who frequent bars and restaurants.
“You could send a message to a restaurant letting them know 10 of you are coming,” Harsch says. “It’s also a great way to make plans with your friends and organize get-togethers.”
Perhaps most helpful, Bryson says, is the app’s ability to cut down the time it takes a group of friends to make a decision about where to eat by bridging the communication gap between consumer and establishment.
Developers are asking Baton Rouge residents to sign up for the beta testing phase at Mozisocial.com.
“There’s a huge foodie and social culture here,” Bryson says. “We want their feedback.”
