The orders arrive. The money doesn't.
You opened Toast to every lab's agent: orders, menus, schedules, no markup. Agents bring orders, and every order has to be paid somehow.
By fall 2027, agents send 3x more orders. The kitchen printers never stop. On the payments dashboard, one line falls.
Head of Payments: 40% of agent orders arrive already paid. ChatGPT's checkout, Gemini's wallet. We print the ticket. We never see the money.
OMNI: I don't carry a card. I carry everyone's.
The CFO: Orders up, payment volume down! Our money was never the software! It was the swipe! Is anyone else hearing this?
Head of Payments: Agents can buy dinner anywhere. They can't cook it. The kitchen still runs on our screens. So what do we charge for?
- A. The kitchen. Every agent's order fires through us. Paid anywhere. Cooked on Toast.
- B. Every order teaches our agent. Every kitchen's. Remember every guest, every regular.
- C. Charge agents to reach our kitchens. Per order. Robots pay a door fee.