Toast: every ending

12 ways the next five years go down, by the layer they land in.

Won the relationship

2030A card-reader company became one of 11 agents.2031Stripe buys the agent every owner texts.2031No sale. The owners keep texting you.2030The spinout now outweighs Toast itself.

Settled for plumbing

2030The agent runs the restaurant. Toast runs the line.2030Toast stops running restaurants. It lends to them.2029Toast becomes Gemini's kitchen door.

Lost as a feature

2029Toast becomes a module in Oracle Simphony.2028The agents found kitchens without a fee.2029The owners kept their agents. They swapped terminals.2029Thoma Bravo takes Toast private at a discount.2030Toast becomes the restaurant skill in Alexa+.