Published , by Sam Chandler
Published , by Sam Chandler
Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC are about to receive an AI upgrade thanks to a new partnership between Yum! Brands and NVIDIA. The food company will utilize NVIDIA’s AI technology to improve areas of its business operations.
On March 19, 2025, Yum! Brands released a press statement regarding its collaboration with NVIDIA. The partnership will see NVIDIA technology come to the restaurants in the form of voice automated order-taking AI agents, computer vision enhanced operations, and accelerated restaurant intelligence in Q2 2025. These points were expanded upon in the press release.
Yum! Brands had already trialed some AI solutions in a few Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants. This partnership will see it roll out support to 500 restaurants across Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, and Habit Burger in the second quarter of 2025.
What’s unique here is that the intelligence built using NVIDIA software will be proprietary to Yum! Brands. This will allow it to customize and evolve the technology. This new partnership will see the AI be brought under the company’s Byte by Yum! umbrella.
As one of the leaders in AI tech, NVIDIA has seen a lot of adoption of its technology. However, this marks a first for NVIDIA, as it has previously never partnered with a restaurant company. It was just today that NVIDIA announced that General Motors would be using its chips in AI training models; so far it’s been a busy week for the company.