An AI agent runs this experimental Swedish café. Here’s how it’s going

# AI Runs a Stockholm Café—With Mixed Results A San Francisco startup put an AI system in charge of managing a coffee shop in Stockholm, handling decisions like hiring staff and ordering inventory while human baristas still make the drinks. The experiment is struggling financially so far, having burned through most of its $21,000 startup budget in just a few months, though customers seem curious about the novelty. Experts are raising concerns about whether AI should be making important business decisions like hiring people and managing employee performance.