Lower Carbon Drone Options + Rob Carpenter of Valyant AI
In the 27th episode of the Food On Demand Podcast, hosts Tom and Nick interview Rob Carpenter, founder and CEO of Valyant AI, an AI platform for quick-serve restaurants. They also cover dynamic pricing coming into the restaurant space, Waitr officially rebranding to ASAP, DoorDash and Uber Eats starting nationwide shipping, and a new study showing drones emitting much less carbon during deliveries.
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