Now launching in beta, Lovey by GoTab lets operators ask questions in plain language, view visualizations, download supporting data, and share reports with colleagues through GoTab Data Hub
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Arlington, Va. July 27, 2026 – GoTab today announced the beta launch of Lovey by GoTab, a supportive AI assistant available through GoChat in the GoTab Manager Dashboard. Lovey by GoTab gives restaurant and hospitality operators fast, accurate answers about their business and the GoTab platform—all through a familiar conversation.
During the beta phase, participating operators will be able to use Lovey by GoTab to securely analyze the business data available to them through GoTab Data Hub at datahub.gotab.io. This allows users to ask questions about performance without manually navigating reports, setting filters, exporting data, or combining spreadsheets. The insights are based on the same operational data each user is authorized to access—not estimates or generic industry benchmarks.
Operators can ask questions such as “How did lunch sales compare with last Tuesday?”, “Which locations grew sales last month?”, or “Which items are depleting faster than expected?” Lovey by GoTab analyzes the relevant GoTab Data Hub information and returns a clear answer, often with a supporting visualization, in seconds.
A distinctive feature of Lovey by GoTab’s business insights is that the answers do not have to remain inside an individual AI conversation. Users can view visualizations, download the supporting data, and easily share reports with colleagues. Instead of multiple team members asking the same question, one person can generate the analysis and distribute the answer across the organization.
“Operators shouldn’t have to search through reports or combine spreadsheets to understand what is happening in their business,” said Tim McLaughlin, co-founder and CEO of GoTab. “Lovey by GoTab makes it as simple as asking a question. It turns the actual operational data available in GoTab Data Hub into answers operators can immediately understand, act on, and share with their teams. This beta gives us an important opportunity to learn directly from operators and continue shaping Lovey by GoTab around the questions they need answered most.”
Answers Across the Entire Operation
Unlike AI tools that rely on generic information or reporting systems limited to individual locations and narrow data sets, Lovey by GoTab can analyze actual GoTab Data Hub data from every GoTab location a user has permission to access. Operators participating in the beta can ask about:
- Sales and performance across multiple locations
- Customer visits, spending, and ordering behavior
- First-party delivery performance
- Inventory usage and depletion
- Menu and product trends
- User and team activity
Operators can continue the conversation with follow-up questions such as “Now show me weekends” or “Break that out by location.” When an answer involves a trend or comparison, Lovey by GoTab can present the results as a visualization within GoChat.
Business Insights Built to Be Shared
Lovey by GoTab makes business intelligence more collaborative. Each business insight can include the underlying data needed to validate, explore, or act on the answer. Authorized users can:
- View clear visualizations of trends and comparisons
- Download supporting data for further analysis
- Share reports directly with colleagues
- Distribute answers across locations, departments, and leadership teams
This shareability helps organizations create a common understanding of performance. A regional manager can analyze a sales trend and share the report with location managers. An operations leader can identify an inventory issue and send the supporting data to the appropriate team. Executives can distribute performance insights without requiring every stakeholder to recreate the same query.
By making answers portable and shareable, Lovey by GoTab helps operators move beyond individual AI conversations and apply business insights across their organizations.
Lovey by GoTab also provides fast, accurate guidance on using GoTab. Operators can ask how to comp a check, mark an item unavailable, adjust a price, or configure a menu, with answers grounded in GoTab’s Help Center and platform workflows.
AI Assistance with Human Support Always Available
Lovey by GoTab supports—not replaces—the GoTab support team. Human support remains available in GoChat, and operators can connect with a GoTab support specialist whenever they need additional guidance, troubleshooting, or simply prefer to speak with a person.
Business insights drawn from GoTab Data Hub, product guidance, and human support are all accessible through the same GoChat window, creating a faster and more direct path from question to insight and resolution.
Beta Availability
Lovey by GoTab is launching in beta for eligible GoTab locations through GoChat in the Manager Dashboard. Access to business insights is based on each user’s existing permissions and the data available to them through GoTab Data Hub.
During the beta, GoTab will gather feedback from participating operators, refine the Lovey by GoTab experience, and introduce additional capabilities. Availability and functionality may change as the beta progresses and access expands.
About GoTab
GoTab is an Entertainment Commerce Platform that helps restaurants, breweries, food halls, hotels, and other venues improve the guest experience and address substantial inefficiencies that continue to plague the hospitality and retail industry. Featuring a sophisticated POS that can optionally integrate with other popular POS and property management systems (PMS), GoTab also includes a self-ordering kiosk and robust bar and kitchen display system (KDS) with integrated two-way messaging to optimize operations and delivery. GoTab’s platform empowers every guest and staff member to make the most sensible, convenient choices for their scenario while maintaining appropriate controls.
GoTab creates measurable benefits for its operators, driving increased spend while reducing operating costs. GoTab operators’ guest spend per labor hour (SPLH) of $83 is 84% above the industry median. Moreover, GoTab operators spend an average of 14% less on labor than standard industry benchmarks typically adding an additional 4% to the bottom line.
Founded in 2016, GoTab processes over $1B in gross merchandise value (GMV) annually with operations across 39 U.S. states, Canada, Australia and growing.
Learn more at gotab.com.
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