Mark Lore Wants to Automate Food Work. Should He?

<p>*Edit Note: Around 29:04, the video is cut for a minute due to a technical error. The video will resume after a minute. </p><p><br></p><p>Wonder wants to own every part of how you get dinner: restaurant brands, kitchens, ordering, delivery, meal kits, food media, and now robotics. On this Repertoire Report, Ray Delucci walks Justin Khanna through what Wonder is today. They cover 25+ chef-licensed concepts under one roof, deals for Blue Apron, Grubhub, Tastemade, Spyce and Salt Hank&#39;s, a $9B valuation, and a new investment from DoorDash. Then they ask whether diners actually want this. Justin also visits a Wonder location in New York&#39;s East Village to see the in-person experience for himself.After that, they get into the other news reshaping food. Airbnb is pushing meal delivery and social trip-sharing. DoorDash announced drone delivery, text-to-order and DashOS. AI personal assistants are now booking reservations for your guests, and AI-generated food photos are backfiring on restaurants. They close with chef-driven casual concepts like Herd, H Valley and Daniel Humm&#39;s Homme, which are bringing Michelin-level standards to more people.</p><p><br></p><p>Links: </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/wonder-takes-a-gamble-on-robots-drones-and-ai-generated-menus-8f26bea6">Wonder Food Hall</a></li><li><a href="https://www.airbnb.com/services/6945326">AirBnb Meal Delivery</a></li><li><a href="https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-air">DoorDash Drone Delivery</a></li><li><a href="https://openai.com/devday/2026/">OpenAI DevDay</a></li><li><a href="https://openai.com/devday/2026/">Restaurant Food AI</a></li><li><a href="https://heardburger.co.uk/">Heard Burger</a></li><li><a href="https://ny.eater.com/news/413947/h-valley-opening-west-village-austin-johnson">Austin Johnson Food Market</a></li><p><br></p><p>💬 <strong>Notice something we missed?</strong>If you come across something we had to search for, send us a message—we&#39;re always looking to make these show notes even better.</p><p>💌 <strong>The Repertoire Newsletter</strong><a href="https://www.joinrepertoire.com/newsletter">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>🎙 <strong>Share the Podcast</strong><a href="https://geni.us/repertoirepodcast">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen &amp; Share⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>📸 <strong>Instagram</strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/joinrepertoire">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow @joinrepertoire⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> We earn commission income from