Meet Mona, the AI Who Runs a Stockholm Coffee Shop
Hanna Petersson of Andon Labs' technical staff speaks with the AI assistant 'Mona', running on Google Gemini, at the Andon Café in Stockholm on April 27, 2026. It looks like any other coffee shop, but this Stockholm cafe is entirely run by an AI chatbot - with a human barista following orders. Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP via Getty Images
ByCamille Tuutti,
Freelance Tech Writer
June 22, 2026 02:23 PM ET
From the outside, Andon Cafe looks like any other coffee shop.
If you read my introduction column, you know there's a coffee shop in Stockholm run by an AI named Mona. I went to visit today.
From the outside, Andon Cafe looks like any other coffee shop. Green coffee-bean logo over the door, black awning with two birds stitched into it, tables out front, a few potted conifers. The menu reads like any neighborhood...
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