America Runs on Small Business: Our Investment in Pie - Lightspeed Venture Partners

Your competitors aren't winning with AI tools. They're winning because customers can actually find them. Here's the uncomfortable truth nobody's saying out loud. Most small business owners I talk to

Your competitors aren't winning with AI tools. They're winning because customers can actually find them.

Here's the uncomfortable truth nobody's saying out loud.

Most small business owners I talk to are chasing complex AI solutions while missing the simple one. A new platform called Pie is doing something quietly powerful — making sure your business shows up correctly on Google Maps, Yelp, and inside AI assistants like ChatGPT when someone asks "where should I go for X?"

Think about that for a second. People are now asking AI chatbots for local business recommendations. If your information isn't feeding those systems accurately, you're invisible to an entirely new wave of customers. No coding. No consultants. No team training required.

This is the kind of AI win that actually makes sense for a real business. Not a $30K platform overhaul. A visibility fix that works while you sleep.

One action you can take today: Ask ChatGPT or Google's AI overview to recommend businesses in your category and city. See if you show up. That free 60-second test will tell you more about your AI presence than any consultant's deck ever will.

What's the one AI investment you made that your team actually ended up using — or didn't?

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It also aims to make sure your business shows up on Google Maps, Yelp, and inside the AI assistants people use to ask where to go. Pie keeps those ...