Food Service Stories: Using AI to Clear Cogs, Reduce Food Waste and Support Sustainability

Today we travel to the windy city to chat with Osa Osarenkhoe, co-founder and CTO of AI restaurant tech platform ClearCogs. This startup has already taken the Chicago startup scene by storm and aims to help restaurants reduce food waste and drive their overall sustainability. Osa is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of impact-driven Fifth Star Funds Venture Capital, where he still sits on their investment committee. This podcast discusses how technology and data can help the food service industry, the crucial challenge of reducing food waste, and Osa's life journey as a startupper and investor. About ClearCogsClearCogs provides operational efficiency through predictive prep schedules for modern food-service businesses. The startup empowers restaurant operators with the tools and information they need to make proactive decisions.  Rather than creating endlessly varied reports, it provides concise, detailed answers to the demand and labor questions any store-level managers stress about every day. Through data, ClearCogs solves problems, helps restaurants reduce waste, save money, and become more efficient and sustainable overall.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sharoncittone.substack.com