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Why data and AI might be the secret to ending food insecurity
Bento, a text-messaging-based platform that helps connect people in need of food with prepaid meals at local restaurants and grocery stores, is aiming to serve one million meals over the next year. Fast Company spoke to the founders of the platform and their partners at Genpact about how machine learning will help them achieve more than just feeding people.
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