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S12 Bonus: Why Your Favorite Luxury Hotel Is Quietly Replacing Front-Desk Forms with AI Agents with Harman Singh Narula, Co-Founder & CEO of Canary Technologies
Jan 15, 2026 · Season 12 · 20 min
Building the customer facing operating system for hotels
Harman Narula lives in NYC with his wife and 2 young kids. He was born in the states, from parents who immigrated to the country from India. The "immigrant household" was one that focused on hard work and ethics - and it was fueled by the lore of his grandfather's entrepreneurial adventures. He's a big Knicks fan, and likes to take in a game when he can. And prior to NYC, he lived in San Francisco for 10 years or so, and picked up bike riding. Though he hasn't picked it back up just yet, he hopes to eventually.
Harman spent a lot of his early career in hospitality. His now co-founder worked in this space as well, but primarily on the technology size. So all the conversations he and his friend were having were referencing this eco-system. Eventually, they landed on a thesis that the "hotel tech stack" or operating system - should be customer facing.
This is the creation story of Canary Technologies.
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