The Restaurant AI Podcast
Matt Wampler interviews AI experts across all industries and markets to uncover how restaurants can harness the power of new technology.
Why Your Next POS Shouldn’t Be a POS
The company that invented the cash register in 1884 just rebuilt its flagship restaurant POS from the ground up. And …
The Tech Stack Is Dead: Building the Restaurant Operating System
The word came from the operator, not the software company. Halfway through the first three-way roundtable in Restaurant AI Podcast …
How One Founder Built a Business That Runs on AI
Most founders spend their careers trying to work themselves out of the day to day. Bennett Maxwell may have actually …
What the Largest Restaurant GPO Sees Coming for AI
An AI admitted it had been fabricating facts, 25 prompts deep into a major acquisition. That confession changed how one …
From Text Message Orders to a $2 Billion Exit: What’s Next for Olo
Noah Glass invented restaurant online ordering in 2005, two years before the iPhone existed. In this episode of the Restaurant …
Why the Marketing Machine Is Not Built for Independent Restaurants
Eric Cacciatore might have talked to more restaurant owners than anyone alive. In this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, …
Running a Restaurant Brand with an Engineer’s First Principles Mentality
Shaz Khan calls himself an accidental restaurateur. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Minnesota and was building a …
Why Restaurant Margins Are Higher Than You Think
Most restaurants assume low profit margins are just part of the business. David Cantu, CEO of Craftable and co-founder of …
What Really Happened at the Biggest Restaurant Show on Earth
What do 55,000 people, 2,200 vendors, and 12 football fields of restaurant everything tell you about where the industry is …
The Intelligence Layer Your Kitchen Has Been Missing: David Corts of Fresh KDS
Billions of dollars have flowed into the front of the house. Online ordering, loyalty programs, kiosks, marketing platforms, and digital …
How AWS Is Helping Restaurants Build the Brain of Their Operation
Ninety percent of the world’s largest quick service restaurants run on AWS. That stat alone makes Deborah Matteliano one of …
Why Most Restaurant AI Is Just If-Then Statements – And What Comes Next
What separates real AI from a fancy if-then statement? Quite a lot, it turns out. Most of what the restaurant …
How Restaurants Are Using AI to Outsell the Competition
What does a Michelin-starred restaurateur turned consultant know about saving struggling independent restaurants? Quite a lot, it turns out. In …
The Technology Your Restaurant Cameras Are Missing
Computer vision is quietly becoming the next big wave in restaurant and retail technology but most operators have no idea …
How Tacotarian Turned Customers into a Community with Kristen Corral
Kristen Corral started her career as a professional dancer, spent a decade as a Las Vegas showgirl performing alongside Holly …
The Restaurant Technology Guy on the Future of POS, AI, and Why the Kitchen Is Next
What does the POS system look like in a world where your phone places the order, AI handles the business …
How One Denver Restaurant Operator Replaced Traditional POS with AI-Powered Solutions
Denver restaurant entrepreneur Tim Martin shares how he launched Box Box, a fast-casual salad concept in Park Hill, using artificial …
60% of Delivery Refunds Are Fraud: Restaurant Tech’s Hidden Problems
Zhong Xu, co-founder and CEO of Deliverect, shares his remarkable journey from creating one of the first iPad point-of-sale systems …
