AutoBite

AutoBite is the first AI system that automatically recommends and orders food for you — based on your budget, your preferences, and your daily schedule.

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Inspiration

Every day, millions of people depend on food delivery apps — yet the process is still tiring and repetitive. We browse long menus, compare endless options, and often exceed our monthly budget without realizing it. This creates decision fatigue and financial stress. Existing food delivery apps only let you browse; they don’t think for you. This inspired us to build AutoBite — a system that automates daily food ordering, eliminates choice overload, and protects your monthly budget using AI.

What it does

AutoBite is an AI-powered automated food delivery system. Users simply: Set their monthly budget Select their likes, dislikes, and cuisines Choose their meal times Turn on Auto-Order After that, AutoBite handles everything automatically. The system: Calculates your daily spending limit Picks meals that match your taste and budget Ensures variety (not the same meal every day) Places the order automatically at your chosen times Re-adjusts future orders if you overspend Provides a complete hands-free food ordering experience For users, AutoBite removes daily decision fatigue and prevents overspending. For restaurants, it helps create predictable demand with automated repeat orders.

How we built it

We have vibe coded the app fully on Base44. Frontend: Next.js, TailwindCSS, ShadCN

Backend: Node.js / Next.js APIs Database: PostgreSQL with Prisma ORM AI Layer: Grok Free API for decision-making and automation logic Scheduler: Cron-like automation for meal-time workflows

Challenges we ran into

Designing an AI system that understands budgets, preferences, and timing simultaneously Creating a smart dynamic budget engine that recalculates limits each day Building a full restaurant-management system alongside the customer app Ensuring smooth automation without user intervention Handling scheduling, order flows, and real-time status updates Making the UI intuitive enough for users to trust automation Coordinating multiple complex components under hackathon time constraints

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We successfully built a complete automated food delivery simulation — not just a prototype Our AI engine can genuinely decide, plan, and order meals automatically We made a restaurant dashboard, customer app, and AI automation system all work together seamlessly AutoBite is one of the first systems ever to introduce automated food ordering as a concept We created something that delivers real-world value: Saves time Prevents overspending Eliminates decision fatigue The entire team collaborated smoothly and built something ambitious within a short timeframe

What we learned

How to build an AI-driven system that controls real-world decisions The complexities of modelling user budgets, preferences, and daily schedules Building production-level UI/UX under time pressure Managing multi-role systems (customer, restaurant, admin) How powerful AI becomes when paired with automation That users love the idea of “food ordering without thinking” How to design a new category of experience: Automated Food Delivery

What's next for AutoBite

Real restaurant integration and live delivery partnerships Add payments, wallets, and subscription-based auto-meals Introduce multi-day meal scheduling with user feedback loops Machine learning for improved taste profiling and meal variety Predictive pricing to keep users under budget across the month AutoBite for hostels, PGs, offices, and college campuses Mobile app (iOS/Android) with push notifications for auto-orders API for restaurants to integrate directly into our automation engine

Built With

  • base44
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