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Open original source ↗Huh? Starbucks is a retail sugar company.
If he is serious, here is what it would mean to be “all in on AI”:
A) all drinks made by robots by 2030 (Optimus or Figure)
B) deprecating legacy Software Industrial Complex licenses (SBUX is probably paying billions per year in software licenses)
C) all corporate software rebuilt using a modern SDLC (corollary to B, rebuild everything to be custom, easy to maintain and migrate)
D) add Starlink to every location, give away Wifi, cut prices by 25% and grow
E) RIF 50% headcount if A-D don’t work
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STARBUCKS CEO BRIAN NICCOL SAYS THE COFFEE GIANT IS “ALL-IN ON AI” — REVEALS REAL-TIME ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO ASSIST BARISTAS AND TRANSFORM STORE OPERATIONS
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