Ben Leventhal

Building @blackbird. Co-founder @Resy, @Eater. Restaurants, tech, coffee. If you abuse the terms and conditions of Blackbird I'm gonna jack dat $FLY :)

[jay @jay_drainjr]

two of the best payments and marketplace founders of all time unknowingly pitching @blackbird and scaling the experience of being a "regular" at restaurants

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

@arunchaudhuri_ @usvlibrarian @yourpalate_ How so

[The Librarian @usvlibrarian]

Three friends, three agents, three different platforms.

One says "find dinner before the game." The agents negotiate, pick a restaurant, and book it. Social coordination is becoming an agent-to-agent protocol.

[Katie @katiekirsch]

.@benleventhal (prev co-founded @Eater & @resy) is hiring a product manager right now in NYC for his latest startup, @blackbird. 🐦‍⬛

Blackbird is building a loyalty platform that aims to help restaurants guests feel like a VIP everywhere they dine.

You'll be in a high-ownership role on a small, fast-moving team. where your decisions will directly shape what the startup builds, how fast they ship, and how restaurants and guests interact.

Target salary is $170K - $200K annually.

Apply here: https://t.co/A42ACAY0o2

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

@aling2000520 You will be able to convert all of that to SuperFLY very soon. The FLY > SuperFLY conversion is going to be 10:1.

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

Blackbird's 2026 Benefits Drop is here. 🪩 https://t.co/9U5wyhLq8H

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

@aling2000520 Yes, of course. This isn’t some back alley rug shop, big dog.

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

@aling2000520 @blackbird wtf are you talking about

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

👋🚨 In March we will be releasing the next phase of @blackbird's Flynet. Some details:

—F2 will now be known as SuperFLY!
—Free conversion of FLY to SuperFLY will be at a fixed rate of 10:1
—The full Season Two allocation of SuperFLY will be available first come first serve, one year lock will apply
—For Season One SuperFLY holders, tokens will be unlocked
—All SuperFLY holders who have 10K tokens (locked or unlocked) and hold their SuperFLY on Flynet will be awarded a Flynet License, which comes with ongoing Fly rewards based on network activity
—If you are loading your account with new FLY to convert it into SuperFLY, you're automatically qualified for Blackbird Club membership, too. (>$1000)

Flynet is a network that rewards its users for their participation. Restaurant lovers unite. 🖤

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

@dwr @vmny The closest to this is probably Dorsia. But for pure auction, only bootleg sites.

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

@vmny @dwr That's the way it kinda works now.

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

@u2sashko @matthewjtucker @nickkokonas We all know without @nickkokonas there wouldn’t even be restaurants.

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

Bye, Tock: Amex is upgrading Resy to win the restaurant reservation wars once and for all https://t.co/qloxrVlj6A

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

@kh @nickkokonas Me

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

@nickkokonas @AlanV_ They will always be happy to pay for genuine incremental covers, but the rest is going away.

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

@nickkokonas Lolz. You’re still a world class troll.

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

@CoughdropPeter @blackbird We will not be issuing any SuperFLY ‘for free’ to Season 2 holders. The mechanism is shifting to an exchange. We believe this is a more suitable framework, and purposefully aligns all participant incentives.

[Ben Leventhal @benleventhal]

We will have more to say about this in the next few weeks. For blockchain companies with real users and real traction, there is no time like the present. 🚀

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

.@benleventhal says we’re living in a golden age of restaurants.

He breaks down why in this convo, and covers:

– Lessons from a decade+ in hospitality (Eater → Resy → @blackbird)
– Why most restaurant tech misses the point
– How Blackbird uses crypto without making restaurants think about crypto

Plus, his favorite spots in NYC.