Preferabli

Our mission is anchored in four key principles: Personal Choice, Diversity, Trust and Privacy and a Balanced and Thriving Ecosystem.

Founded 2012
16-50 employees
  • Enterprise Software
  • Information Systems
  • Food & Drink
  • Headquarters address
    New York, NY

    About Us

    Preferabli is the leading B2B2C product discovery and recommendation software for the wine and spirits industry – including specialty and grocery retailers, hospitality and travel, and DTC marketplaces and distribution.

    We license software that easily integrates into existing systems to help the industry efficiently market and sell to individual taste preferences in the way a human expert would, in ecommerce and physical settings – at scale.

    Our software uses a novel form of machine learning protected by 11 patents. It was built by PhDs in physiology and applied mathematics, and the largest group of Masters of Wine and Master Sommeliers in the world.

    1:1 personalized, taste-based recommendations are generated using any combination of digital signal from a merchant's customers – purchases, ratings and/or search histories, with all recommendations being based on individual preferences, not crowdsourcing.

    We are PhDs in physiology and applied mathematics, with deep expertise in numerical methods and operating systems. We are Masters of Wine and Master Sommeliers, and notable industry sales and marketing experts.

    Our founders are among the Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs and named inventors on 11 patents. They’re still surprised how valuable their college bartending experience would be in building software so many years later.

    We currently offer solutions for web, mobile and back-of-house, with a soon-to-be released proprietary GenAI solution.

    Personal Choice

    We connect people to products they love. We provide each person the ability to choose based on their individual preferences. Our software learns preferences one person at a time, not by crowdsourcing data. Our novel form of machine learning allows us to serve every individual in an unbiased way.

    Diversity

    We celebrate the individual. Our team is a diverse group of people from all over the world. We have differing perspectives, expertise, preferences, ethnicity and genders. We celebrate our achievements as individuals as much as we celebrate what we have accomplished as a group.

    Trust and Privacy

    We take security and privacy very seriously and earn the trust of every person we do business with – every day. While the standards and laws regarding these matters vary and are constantly evolving region by region, we remain committed to maintaining the highest standards across the board for each of our constituents.

    Balanced and Thriving Ecosystem

    We offer a ‘Where To Buy’ ecosystem that is free to anyone, including for small producers and neighborhood retailers so they can compete in a landscape driven by digitization and big marketing budgets. We recommend products from as many producers as possible as a matter of course, as we view the world’s diversity as a resource to be protected.

    Tech stack

    Symfony, PHP, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, React, JavaScript, REST API, Lucene, R, AWS Lambda, AWS, Amazon Cloud Front, Swift, Java, Data Analytics

    Benefits

    Compensation and retirement

    We believe in the high side of fair in everything we do. We are adults and treat each other with respect.
    Stock Options
    401k plan
    401k matching

    Health and wellness

    Insurance (Health)
    Insurance (Dental)
    Mental health benefits

    Vacation and time off

    Consistent with our philosophy of treating people like adults, we do not have a formal PTO policy. The team relies on each other to get their job done. When people need or want time off, they take it. We only ask that time off be considerate and coordinated with company and team plans.
    Paid time off
    Unlimited time off
    Paid holidays
    Flexible working hours
    Work from home flexibility

    Personal development

    We have an amazingly experienced team and leadership. We have achieved this by focusing on the people and their personal development. Whether it be technical programs to advance learning or amazing tastings to learn about AlcBev from the world's leading experts.
    Job training
    Conferences reimbursement
    Mentorship opportunities
    Career growth

    Values and quality of life

    We are and have been a distributed team since our founding, with team members in Hawaii to London. Everyone works hard but within their personal life needs. We focus on productivity and outcomes over face time and specific working hours. Slack and Zoom are our friends . . .
    Remote first
    Preferabli - Baby Zoom . . .
    Preferabli - Tasting and computers certainly do mix
    Preferabli - Whiskey curation
    Preferabli - Always with phone or computer in hand
    Preferabli - Dynamic co-founder
    Preferabli - Regular weekly call
    Preferabli - Techies hanging together
    Preferabli - Have to have good food with your great wine