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Savor AI 50: Meet the 10 Finalists for Best Brand AI
Every restaurant chain says it's "doing AI." Ten are actually running it at scale. Savor AI 50 research tracked 77 restaurant brands with sourced AI deployments, and 39 of them use AI to take drive-thru or phone orders. But the brands that made the Best Brand AI finalist list didn't stop at the speaker post. They put AI in the headset, the kitchen, the hiring funnel, the kiosk and the reservation line. Meet the 10 finalists for Best Brand AI in the Savor AI 50: The 2026 Restaurant AI Awards. Winners are revealed Dec. 1.
Savor AI 50: Meet the 5 Finalists for Best Voice AI
Voice AI is the most common way restaurants are putting AI to work, and 2026 is the year it moved from the pilot lane to the whole system. Savor AI 50 research found 39 of 77 tracked restaurant brands using AI to take drive-thru or phone orders. The five Best Voice AI finalists are the companies doing that work across thousands of speaker posts and phone lines, from Taco Bell's drive-thrus to Casey's pizza calls. Meet the finalists for Best Voice AI in the Savor AI 50: The 2026 Restaurant AI Awards. Winners are revealed Dec. 1.