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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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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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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. The business social graph below highlights Tencent’s US AI investments over the period; each green line represents one round of funding.

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