WhattaEat

Just got featured in CanvasRebel talking about building WhattaEat as a bootstrapped two-person startup.

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It all started with a simple frustration: deciding where to eat felt harder than it should be.

My co-founder Jose Acevedo and I met at a coffee shop in Southern California to brainstorm how we could reinvent a food discovery app called WhattaEat, but we had one major constraint: less than $10,000 in savings. No investors, no funding — just bootstrapping with our own money.

That became our “Rebel Without a Crew” moment: building a startup with no big team, no funding, and no room to waste resources.

Read the full interview below.
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-luis-calvillo/

We published our first blog article on our website.

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Deciding where to eat should be easy. Yet it often becomes frustrating when searching through written reviews, photos, and restaurant listings.

Most websites and apps show ratings and written opinions from strangers, but they rarely answer the question that people really care about: Would someone I trust recommend this place?

Read the full article below
https://www.whattaeat.com/blog/why-we-built-whattaeat

Luis Calvillo and José Acevedo on Building Tech That Highlights Local Food

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Before downloads.
Before star ratings.
Before algorithms decided what we see.

There was a simple question: “What do you want to eat?”

Read the full article below
https://hispanosnews.com/la-gente-luis-calvillo-and-jose-acevedo-building-tech-that-highlights-local-food/

Voyage LA interviews WhattaEat co-founder Jose Acevedo about building a social food discovery app, evolving WhattaEat from a swipe-based utility app into a video-first platform, and the vision of helping people discover food together through short-form videos and maps.

Read the full article below
https://voyagela.com/2026/02/14/discovering-food-together-jose-acevedo-on-building-whattaeat-as-a-social-dining-platform/

WhattaEat is the next generation in social food discovery where people find places to eat and drink through short-form videos integrated with an interactive map. It's a social and fun way to discover food together with friends.

Download WhattaEat from the App Store!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whattaeat/id1570417345