Dublin based startup Otel AI has secured 2.8 million EUR in seed funding to scale its hotel operations automation platform. The total funding amount reflects an initial 800,000 EUR investment from Nebular, Baseline, and Angel Invest, followed by a 2 million EUR round led by Playfair.

Founded by Paul Ryan and Nikhil Patil, Otel AI provides an AI co-worker designed to integrate with a hotel's existing infrastructure, including revenue management, payroll, and guest review systems. The platform is intended to centralize fragmented operational data and automate daily tasks through traceable AI outputs.

The startup described the latest financing as an off-market deal. Capital from the round will be directed toward growing the engineering and product teams. Additionally, the company plans to utilize the funds to support market expansion into the UK, Europe, the United States, and the UAE while developing a self-serve onboarding process for new users.