Loop AI Announces $14M Funding Round
Loop AI, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence platform designed for the restaurant and retail back office, announced a $14 million Series A funding round led by Nyca Partners Feb. 2. As part of the funding round, Osama Bedier, a Nyca Partners investment...Olga Lopategui, Restaurant Loyalty Specialists
Founder, Restaurant Loyalty Specialists After a 15-year career in brand and international franchise marketing at global giants like Pizza Hut, KFC, and TGI Fridays, Olga identified a critical gap in the industry: while restaurant chains are proficient at collecting...Maia Tekle, Science On Call
Director of Business Development, Science On Call Maia is the Director of Business Development at Science on Call, an AI-powered tech support platform for restaurants. She has 17 years of business development, sales and early-stage startup experience. Her career...Lori Primavera, Smoothie King
Lori Primavera is VP of R&D and Product Marketing at Smoothie King, one of the largest smoothie destinations in the world and the first health and fitness fast casual brand of its kind. An experienced leader in Food Innovation for over 20 years, Lori joined...Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, Zipline
CEO & Founder, Zipline Keller Rinaudo Cliffton is the co-founder and CEO of Zipline, the largest commercial autonomous system on Earth. With autonomous delivery operations in four continents and more than 100 million commercial autonomous miles flown, the company...Hans Lammeman, Food On Demand
Reporter, Food On Demand Hans is a reporter for Food On Demand. He draws on years of award-winning community journalism experience in his approach to covering news in his current role. With an admiration for detail-oriented research and a fascination with cutting-edge...
PAR Technology to Acquire Identity Resolution Platform for $27.5 Million
New York-based foodservice technology provider PAR Technology Corporation is set to acquire identity resolution platform Bridg at a price tag of $27.5 million, with the transaction expected to close in the first quarter of 2026. PAR announced the acquisition Jan. 26,...
Courier-Friendly Delivery Laws Take Effect in NYC
A set of laws aimed at protecting third-party delivery drivers in New York City took effect this week after federal judges rejected bids by some of the industry’s largest companies to block parts of the legislation. The new laws impacting contracted grocery and...
Airbnb Partnerships Deliver Groceries and Chef-Made Meals to Guests
Nothing makes a house feel like home more than small-batch meals and a fully stocked pantry. Thanks to recent partnerships with companies in the meal kit and grocery-delivery spaces, Airbnb is testing pilot programs to bring both of those luxuries to short- and...
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