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Hindsight is 20/20. On a Pitchdeck it may have appeared disruptive (therefore right up Softbank's alley), and not very far from Travis Kalanick's Cloud Kitchen
by achow 7y ago
Hindsight is 20/20.
On a Pitchdeck it may have appeared disruptive (therefore right up Softbank's alley), and not very far from Travis Kalanick's Cloud Kitchen.
“Pizza was our prototype,” Zume CEO Alex Garden told TC’s Brian Heater back in April. “There’s no reason why this technology wouldn’t work for any restaurant or any food category. Any restaurant who wants to adopt our system can now easily do that. They don’t have to be experts in technology or appliance manufacturing. They can just be restaurateurs, who have a more flexible offering for customers.”
Nov 2018: https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/01/zume-reportedly-snags-375-million-from-softbank-for-its-robotic-food-operations/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/01/zume-reportedly-snags-375-...