Chipotle Founder Bets on Automation to Reinvent Fast-Casual Dining

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Kernel is a new highly-automated restaurant chain from the founder and former CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Steve Ells. At the Wall Street Journal’s Global Food Forum on June 26, Ells told WSJ reporter Heather Haddon about how robots could improve the restaurant business model. Plus, internet browsers are getting a makeover for the workplace. Zoe Thomas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Meet Claude, the AI assistant by Anthropic.
0:03.0	Claude can help with any project from brainstorming your campaign
0:06.5	to building software.
0:08.0	Just share the context, and Claude brings expert-level results to every task.
0:12.7	Join teams around the world already working with Claude.
0:15.7	Learn more in Anthropic.com slash team.
0:18.6	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Wednesday, July 10th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:29.0	Commercial web browsers weren't built for business.
0:32.7	New enterprise browsers, however, offer capabilities specifically designed for the workplace.
0:38.8	We'll tell you why more companies are turning to them and what their main drawback is.
0:44.0	And then, the founder of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Steve Elles, says his new highly automated
0:49.4	restaurant chain has two major benefits. Better food and a better economic model.
0:55.0	He shared details during W.S.J's Global Food Forum.
0:59.0	We'll bring you highlights from his conversation with our reporter Heather Haddon.
1:08.0	First up, commercial internet browsers like
1:10.8	Chrome, Safari, and Firefox are free, and most of us use them every day
1:15.8	to visit websites.
1:17.7	More companies, though, are rethinking the Internet browser as they connect to a greater
1:22.0	array of workplace applications.
1:25.0	Here to tell us more about this shift is W.S.J. C. I.
1:28.0	O'I.
1:31.0	So Isabelle, what concerns are making some companies rethink the internet
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