Chef Robotics Prepares To Wheel Into Ghost Kitchens
The usual trajectory for a company is to start small before going big. Chef Robotics is doing the opposite. Starting in 2022, it placed its AI-powered robots in high-volume, high-mix environments: large industrial kitchens that handle hundreds of SKUs in producing...
LAUNCH Incubator Opens Doors in Cloud Kitchen Space
Cloud kitchens were all the rage after the pandemic. Then momentum slowed. Jason Calacanis never lost faith. Calacanis is the founder of LAUNCH, an early-stage investment firm. Through the LAUNCH Accelerator, LAUNCH Fund Syndicate, and LAUNCH CloudKitchens Incubator,...
Paytronix Acquired By a British Software Company
Guest engagement company Paytronix has helped process more than 40 billion consumer transactions. It is now processing its sale to The Access Group, a leading provider of business management software to mid-market organizations in Europe, the U.S. and Asia Pacific....
DoorDash Partners With Lyft On Discounts and Upgrades
Lyft has been poking around the lucrative food-delivery business for a while now. In 2020, it rolled out a program with Grubhub for Lyft Pink members. In 2021, it partnered with digital-ordering platform Olo to serve as a last-mile delivery provider for restaurant...
Outstanding Operators
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