Council Post: Cloud Kitchens: A Technology-Driven Phenomenon
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CTO and Founder at pulsd — a company in the business of democratizing fun in New York City.

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Like seemingly everything else, technology has been taking over the food industry. Around 60% of new restaurants fail within the first year, and almost 80% shut down before their fifth anniversary. So if technology can give the industry an uplift, I’ll call it a win.
What are the cloud kitchens (a.k.a. ghost kitchens, shared kitchens, dark kitchens or virtual kitchens)?
They have been in the news a lot lately. So chances are that you have at least heard of them. On the surface, cloud kitchens are delivery-only restaurants. However, if you dig deep, you’ll find out that they are a little more than that.
Historically, we have used the word “cloud” to mean either that the processing happens at some data center or the files are saved at a data center.