Post by Phacet

Behind every bowl of soba served at Jinchan’s izakayas, there’s… an AI working in the back office. Not to cook. But to secure what their growth created: an explosion of invoices, supplier prices, and margin controls. Jinchan runs two locations in Paris and a premium import-export business, all driven by a deep passion for Japanese gastronomy (which we very much share). 🇯🇵 Operations and finance are led by Alban, Co-founder & COO. His challenge: stay close to the floor and the customer experience — without losing control of financial flows. Before Phacet, his team faced a very familiar situation: - an overloaded finance inbox, - invoices opened, checked, and validated manually. Instead of stacking more tools, Alban made a simple choice 👉 put an AI agent where finance was burning the most energy. The AI pre-validates supplier invoices and only escalates what actually requires a decision. That single change reshaped how the team works. That’s what AI-first means to us. Not “using AI”, but restructuring operations around it. Thank you Alban and the entire Jinchan team for your trust. 👉 Full customer story on our website & below!