Re:SoftBank’s $375M bet on pizza went bad fast
by Traster on Saturday February 15, 2020 @06:09PM
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Oh you missed the step where the CEO waved her hands in the air and said "And of course all the other steps will be automated away too".
Re:SoftBank’s $375M bet on pizza went bad fast
by jjeaff on Sunday February 16, 2020 @03:29PM
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"hand waving" is one of the most important skills for a high tech startup CEO.
Re:SoftBank’s $375M bet on pizza went bad fast
by dragandj on Saturday February 15, 2020 @03:30PM
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I would think that the biggest problem in this type of old commoditized industry (food) the biggest problem is how to sell. The cost of making lots of pizzas, with robots or humans, should be less in total than the cost of marketing, delivery, etc. Maybe that's the answer to this question. These robots are there to make these pizzas appealing to investors (hi-tech something something), and then prospective customers (a hi-tech pizza that doesn't taste like shit)...
Re:SoftBank’s $375M bet on pizza went bad fast
by jjeaff on Sunday February 16, 2020 @03:33PM
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Pizza in particular is fiercly competitive. There are tiny Domino's Pizza places in every city and all over the place. Their overhead is low and you can carry out a large pizza for $8. And it is not a bad pizza. It's not an artisinal pizza but it's not bad.
I had family working in a plant for one of the big name pizza places, and you can see the whole process for on-demand pizza at many brick oven pizza joints. I don't know how you could go to either of those places, look at zume, then conclude that zume had any advantage or was solving a problem from either side (on demand or automation).