At Starbucks, a premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee with more than 40,000 stores worldwide, every innovation circles back to a straightforward mission: Enhancing the art of coffee while strengthening human connection. The company’s technology isn’t meant to take center stage — it’s built to seamlessly support store partners, freeing them to focus on what matters most: the craft and the customer. The newest example of this philosophy is AI-powered automated counting, a too...