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Text Shot: The cafe’s launch of samosas illustrates that balance. AI helped validate pricing and gave Mishra confidence that the margins worked. But the decision to introduce the dish — and the recipe itself — came entirely from the team.

Technology has also changed how she spends her workday. Hours once spent writing captions, updating spreadsheets, and calculating margins are now devoted to developing new menu items, organizing community events, and improving the customer experience.

Mishra remains cautious about letting AI reshape the cafe’s character. She rejected proposals for QR code menus, automated ordering screens, and AI-driven customer profiling. Her manager already remembers which regular likes less sugar in their coffee, she said.

“Let humans do that.”

Privacy and the environmental costs of AI rarely influence her day-to-day decisions, largely because she doesn’t believe her small business holds particularly sensitive information. Her concern lies elsewhere: ensuring…

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