Nick Evans is the Co-Founder and CEO of Avocado, a restaurant point-of-sale system integrated with an AI assistant designed to transform restaurant operations. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of Tile, a leading consumer technology company specializing in Bluetooth tracking devices, which was successfully acquired by Life360. Nick has deep technical expertise across hardware and software engineering, including embedded systems, real-time operating systems, machine vision, and web development. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and is an alumnus of Y Combinator. Nick is passionate about building impactful products that solve real-world problems and has over a decade of entrepreneurial experience leading hardware-software tech startups.Topics:

• How AI is revolutionizing restaurant operations beyond just ordering
• The unique challenges of hardware vs. software startup scaling
• Competing with established POS systems as a startup