{"id":7752,"date":"2025-04-06T11:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T15:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/?p=7752"},"modified":"2025-04-03T10:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:52:21","slug":"nipun-sharma-pizzas-a-i-robotics-future-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/nipun-sharma-pizzas-a-i-robotics-future-is-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Nipun Sharma: Pizza&#8217;s A-I Robotics Future is Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome Back to Pizza Quest!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As you know, our usual focus is on the celebration of artisanship in pizza and anywhere else we find it. But what if the next generation of &#8220;artisan&#8221; pizza makers are robots? Or is this a non sequitur? Hey, before you shoot the messenger, listen to this revelatory conversation with <strong>Nipun Sharma<\/strong>, the CEO of <em>Appetronix<\/em>, who is about to launch the first fully robotic pizza kiosk in partnership with <em>Donatos Pizza<\/em> &#8212; with more locations on their way. But how can this be? And how long before this technology scales up and shows up across the country? 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