S1Ep269 AI for Restaurants and the Future of Restaurant Operations with Alex Hult

FORDIFY LIVE: The Business Growth Show with Ford Saeks · Mar 5, 2026 · 40m

AI for restaurants is no longer a futuristic concept reserved for large chains or experimental kitchens. It has become a necessary response to an industry weighed down by complexity, disconnected systems, and operational blind spots. Few people understand that reality better than Alex Hult, a founder whose path into restaurant technology was shaped not by theory, but by lived experience.

Alex's journey into AI for restaurants began far from Silicon Valley. After a professional hockey career that took him around the world, he shifted into restaurant ownership, opening and operating multiple…