The Feed 156- Live discussion on restaurant AI agents
Nov 6, 2025
Join Ivan Romero, CEO of Kinto, focusing on AI in restaurant operations, and Eli Feldman, owner of Shybird, who integrates AI solutions into eateries. They explore the explosive rise of AI in food, discussing its potential to enhance back-office efficiency. Eli champions human-centered AI that empowers staff, while Ivan highlights practical use cases like scheduling and vendor management. They debate the merits of point solutions versus platforms and the dual role both startups and incumbents play in the industry’s future. Their insights reveal how AI is democratizing restaurant entrepreneurship.
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LLMs Unlock Reasoning For Restaurants
- LLMs add reasoning and communication to traditional ML, enabling AI to act more like humans in narrow domains.
- Combining LLMs with domain tools lets AI both understand and take actions for restaurants.
Make Tools That Actually Do Work
- Build tools that actually do things, not just display dashboards or reports.
- Focus on orchestration that performs tasks for busy restaurant operators.
Back Office First, Front Of House Later
- AI will likely impact back-office roles (ordering, scheduling, vendor communication) before front-of-house.
- Automating synthesis and communication tasks creates a GM-assistant that acts across fragmented systems.