Restaurant AI
de Matt Wampler
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Restaurant AI with Matt Wampler is your weekly deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence and its transformative impact on the restaurant and hospitality industry. Hosted by tech entrepreneur and industry insider Matt Wampler, this podcast explores how AI is reshaping everything from kitchen operations and customer service to marketing, labor management, and the guest experience. Whether you’re a restaurant operator, tech innovator, or hospitality enthusiast, each episode delivers insights, expert interviews, and real-world use cases that help you stay ahead in a competitive and tech-driven landscape.
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- Pita Pit: Brand Turnarounds, Menu Creation, and Motivating Today's Workforce · 1 h 24 minCan you pay someone to care? Pete Riggs says no. You can’t pay people for hospitality with the same money you use to pay them for their time. That one idea took him from running…
- Your AI Thinks You’re a Farmer: Patrick Bobrukiewicz on Teaching AI to Speak Restaurant · 1 h 20 minHow many franchise groups have a VP of AI? Patrick Bobrukiewicz might be one of one. Patrick is VP of AI Strategy and Innovation at Thrive Restaurant Group, the Wichita based…
- NCR Voyix President on Rebuilding the World's Biggest POS from Scratch · 1 h 1 minThe company that started with the cash register in 1884 just rebuilt its flagship restaurant POS from the ground up. Benny Tadele, EVP and President of Restaurants at NCR Voyix…
- R.AI Podcast Special | Fresh KDS x Groucho's: Building the Restaurant Operating System · 1 h 11 minIn this special episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, host Matt Wampler, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCOGS, sits down with Deric Rosenbaum, President and CTO of Groucho's Deli, and…
- Bennett Maxwell on Cookie Wars, AI Agents, and Building a Business That Runs Itself · 1 h 19 minBennett Maxwell took a single cookie shop to 450 franchises sold, turned a lawsuit from the biggest name in cookies into national headlines on CNBC and Good Morning America, then…
- John Davie: the future of AI through the eyes of the largest restaurant GPO · 1 h 16 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, host Matt Wampler, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCOGS, sits down with John Davie, Founder and CEO of Buyers Edge Platform and CEO of…
- Noah Glass: Second Party Ordering and the Fight to Get Profit Back to Restaurants · 55 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, host Matt Wampler, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCOGS, sits down with Noah Glass, Founder and CEO of Olo. Noah invented restaurant…
- Podcast Legend Eric Cacciatore on How Independents Take Back the Restaurant Industry · 1 h 21 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, host Matt Wampler, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCOGS, sits down with Eric Cacciatore, founder and host of Restaurant Unstoppable, the…
- Shaz Khan: Running a Restaurant Brand with an Engineer's First Principles Mentality. · 1 h 15 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, host Matt Wampler, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCOGS, sits down with Shaz Khan, Co-Founder and President of Tono Pizzeria +…
- David Cantu: The $150 Billion Problem Hiding in Restaurant Back Offices · 1 h 17 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, host Matt Wampler, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCOGS, sits down with David Cantu, CEO of Craftable and one of the most experienced…
- R.AI Special | Shawn Walchef: What Really Happened on the Floor of the Biggest Restaurant Show on Earth · 32 minIn this special episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, Matt Wampler sits down with Shawn Walchef, founder of Cali BBQ and Cali BBQ Media, fresh off the floor of NRA 2026 in…
- David Corts: The Intelligence Layer Your Kitchen Has Been Missing · 1 h 11 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, Matt Wampler sits down with David Corts, CEO of Fresh Technology, the company behind Fresh KDS. David spent 25 years in enterprise…
- The Brain of the Restaurant: How AWS Thinks About AI with Deborah Matteliano · 1 h 0 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, host Matt Wampler, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCOGS, sits down with Deborah Matteliano, Global Head of Restaurants and Food Tech at…
- Why Most Restaurant AI Is Just an If-Then Statement | Toby Malbec · 1 h 12 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, host Matt Wampler, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCOGS, sits down with Toby Malbec, a 30+ year restaurant technology veteran who has led…
- Josh Kopel on AI, Systems, and Why Restaurants Must Evolve Now · 1 h 8 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, host Matt Wampler, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCOGS, sits down with Josh Kopel, restaurateur, coach, marketing strategist, and…
- Aaron Knape: Computer Vision, Privacy, and the Next Leap in AI · 1 h 16 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, host Matt Wampler, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCOGS, sits down with Aaron Knape, Chief Revenue Officer at Amniscient, to unpack one…
- How Kristen Corral Built a Community-Driven Restaurant Brand · 51 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, host Matt Wampler, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCOGS, sits down with Kristen Corral, serial entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and Co-Founder…
- The Future of POS with 'The Restaurant Technology Guy' Jeremy Julian · 1 h 11 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, host Matt Wampler, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearCOGS, sits down with Jeremy Julian, longtime restaurant technology leader, founder…
- The Operator Who Made AI His First Employee · 59 minIn this episode of the Restaurant AI Podcast, Matt Wampler sits down with Tim Martin, Co-Founder and Owner of BoxBox, a new Denver restaurant concept built around sharing food…
- How Zhong Xu Built a $1.4 Billion Restaurant Tech Powerhouse · 1 h 19 minOn this episode of The Restaurant AI Podcast, ClearCOGS co-founder and CEO Matt Wampler sits down with Zhong Xu, the visionary founder behind Deliverect, now valued at over $1.4…
