Jack Altman has data from 10,000 restaurants proving people want AI food agents
“But do you really believe that you want an agent to recommend you food?”
But do you really believe that you want an agent to recommend you food? I have the data. I have an investment in this space. I already know the answer is yes. It's not my opinion. I have data from over 10,000 restaurants. I know the answer is yes. Right. If your agent all the historical context on every pizza order you and your wife have made and you know the price point, the location, so you know the delivery time that you're estimating, and it can also analyze every TikTok to Instagram reviews latest food trends and tell you about the latest within that price band with that crisp topping that your wife likes because it already knows that because you left a review or because you said it in a WhatsApp, says it's got open claw and was able to deliver that to you. I think most people would. I'd love it. I think that I but how at the margin, yes. I'd be sitting there on DoorDash going. I get a 5% extra satisfaction rate and selection rate from this. But do you think AI is so disrupt disruptive
that it can warrant the creation of an entirely new company that says basically, what you're saying is all the investment you made in restaurant relationships,
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Jack Altman argues that AI agents for food recommendations aren't just a nice-to-have but a proven market need, citing data from over 10,000 restaurants. He envisions agents that combine your personal order history, price preferences, and real-time social media trends to deliver superior restaurant recommendations. The conversation touches on whether this represents a fundamentally disruptive opportunity worth building a new company around.
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A prominent VC backs up a bold AI prediction with concrete data from thousands of restaurants, making a compelling case for agent-driven commerce.
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