PODCAST

AI for Restaurants

A weekly podcast where two practitioners who use AI every day and work with restaurants every single day talk about what's really working.

YOUR HOSTS

Two Practitioners, Zero Hype

Real talk from two people who build with AI every day — not analysts reading reports.

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Sterling Douglass

CEO, Chowly

Manages 17,000+ restaurant locations with 50+ podcast appearances. Uses AI extensively for personal productivity and identifies bleeding-edge use cases for the restaurant industry.

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Aaron Newton

Co-founder & CDO, Thanx

Building ThanxAI using Claude Code with deep technical expertise in product architecture and agentic AI. Teaches restaurant executives how to implement AI across their organizations.

EPISODES

Latest Episodes

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Episode 2

Billion Tokens a Week and Vibe Code Redemption

March 17, 202633 min

Token consumption at scale and vibe coding effectiveness in production environments.

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Episode 1

The AI Redpill and Planning Mode

March 16, 202632 min

Job displacement concerns when using AI and planning mode's transformative potential for rapid adoption.

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WHAT WE COVER

Topics We Dig Into

No fluff. Every episode covers real AI use cases for restaurants.

AI Tools & Workflows

Hands-on reviews of the AI tools that actually move the needle for restaurant operations.

Culture & Adoption

How to get your team on board with AI — from kitchen staff to C-suite.

Restaurant-Specific AI

Use cases built for restaurants: menu optimization, delivery routing, demand forecasting.

Industry Perspectives

Conversations with operators, vendors, and builders shaping the future of restaurant tech.

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