Will Synthetic Data Drive 80% of all Restaurant Decisions?

About this episode

Carl Orsbourn and Rishi Nigam discuss the impact of synthetic data and other key trends on the restaurant industry as 2025 approaches.

Send us Fan Mail Carl is joined by Rishi Nigam, CEO of Franklin Junction, to break down the most important stories shaping restaurants and consumer technology as we close out 2025. From GoPuff’s latest funding round to Cloudflare’s massive outage and the rising role of synthetic data, this episode looks at how operators should prepare for a rapidly changing year ahead. Topics covered: • GoPuff’s new funding and whether it signals discipline or deeper trouble • Q4 softness and why cons...

People in this episode

Host: Carl Orsbourn

Guest: Rishi Nigam

Topics covered

• restaurant technology
• synthetic data
• consumer technology
• funding rounds
• market trends

Keywords

• synthetic data
• restaurant decisions
• GoPuff funding
• Cloudflare outage
• consumer technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Franklin Junction, GoPuff, Cloudflare

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