Marc Lore says that AI will soon enable anyone open a restaurant
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Wonder wants to turn its robotic kitchens into AI-powered “restaurant factories,” letting anyone spin up a virtual food brand with a prompt.
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Image Credits: WSJ Future of Everything (opens in a new window) Commerce Marc Lore says that AI will soon enable anyone open a restaurant Sarah Perez 11:34 PM PDT · May 5, 2026 Marc Lore, the veteran e-commerce entrepreneur who sold his previous startups to Amazon and Walmart, has big plans to infuse AI into his current venture , Wonder .
The centerpiece of those plans is Wonder Create, an initiative that would let anyone — from food entrepreneurs to social media influencers — use AI to design and launch their own restaurant brand in under a minute. The virtual restaurant would then go live across Wonder s growing network of tech-enabled kitchen locations, currently numbering 120 and expected to reach 400 next year.
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