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Taco Bell’s voice AI expansion shows the drive-thru has entered a new phase

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Taco Bell has expanded voice AI to 890+ restaurants across 38 states. But the more telling data comes from independent mystery-shopper testing: Bojangles (powered by Hi Auto) recorded a 3% employee intervention rate versus 30% at Taco Bell and 33% at Wendy’s. Hi Auto processes 100M+ orders annually across ~1,000 QSR stores. The drive-thru AI market is shifting from pilots to operating decisions, and platform maturity is becoming the differentiator.

Voice AI in the drive-thru is becoming less of an experiment and more of an operating decision for quick-service restaurants.

Food On Demandrecently reported that Taco Bell has expanded its voice AI technology to more than 890 U.S. restaurants across 38 states, deepening its partnership with Omilia. The deployment follows a broader wave of adoption from brands including Wendy’s, Bojangles, Taco John’s and Zaxby’s, signaling that automated ordering is moving beyond isolated pilots and into day-to-day restaurant...

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Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders.

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A PoV Display That Was Born to Rickroll

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Semtech Completes the LoRa Plus Hat-Trick, as the LR2012 and LR2022 Join the LR2021 in Production

Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity specialist Semtech has announced production of two new LoRa transceivers, the LR2012 and LR2022 ‒ part of the company's LoRa Plus range, alongside the earlier LR2021. "With the LR2022 and LR2012 now in production, there is a LoRa Plus chip for multiple IoT

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Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders.

Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

A PoV Display That Was Born to Rickroll

Semtech Completes the LoRa Plus Hat-Trick, as the LR2012 and LR2022 Join the LR2021 in Production