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Israeli tech startups want to carry Tampa Bay restaurants into the future.
Driving the news: Two businesses pitched server-assisting robots to restaurateurs and business influencers at a Florida-Israel Business Accelerator dinner Tuesday night.
The star of the show: Bear Robotics' Servi, a sleek bot on wheels that served appetizers off its carrying trays. Servi is supposed to literally take the weight off of servers' shoulders, allowing them to serve tables faster and get more facetime with customers.
Another company, Xtend, also pitched its services. Along with a restaurant bot to carry food and take orders, Xtend is also beta testing robots for hospitals and telemedicine, warehouses and security patrol.
Two more big ideas: Caller Intercept offered a solution to help both restaurant workers and customers who find themselves stuck on the phone by directing callers to text message options for reservations, online ordering, directions and conversations with the manager.
Hospitality tech platform Tabit Technologies pitched its software ecosystem to synchronize point of sale services, reservations, waitlists, online and self-service ordering, kitchen systems, analytics, and more.
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