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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

CB Insights

In 2017, the National Restaurant Association reported annual sales of $799B — close to 48% of the total amount that Americans spent on food. An enormous part of By Chloe’s success is that its dishes and restaurants are optimized for social media. This year, Subway plans to close more than 500 locations. Today, just 2,877 remain.

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From China With Love: AI, Robotics, AR/VR Are Hot Areas For Chinese Investment In US

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We define Chinese investment as participation in private financing rounds by investors (corporate, venture capital, angel, private equity, etc.) In May, Tencent opened an AI research lab in Seattle focused on speech recognition as it looks to apply AI research to its social media, online games, and cloud services.

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