by Adam Wahlberg | Nov 7, 2024 | Automation, News
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...
by Adam Wahlberg | Nov 5, 2024 | News
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,...
by Adam Wahlberg | Nov 5, 2024 | News Briefs
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....
by Adam Wahlberg | Nov 1, 2024 | News, Third-Party Delivery
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...
by Adam Wahlberg | Oct 30, 2024 | News
Have you ever wondered what would happen if a robot met a ghost? No, this isn’t a description of the latest Marvel movie. It’s the latest announcement from Richtech Robotics, which has agreed to become a franchisee of Ghost Kitchens America, which operates in-store...