The RTN Start-Up Alley competition, at MURTEC 2025: Experience Matters, drew some of the most promising new ideas in restaurant technology, offering a glimpse at the future of the industry. The competition began with 15 start-ups, each showcasing their solution in the MURTEC exhibit hall for evaluation by a panel of industry experts, culminating in a final onstage “pitch off” among three finalists.
PickPad’s Winning Solution
Ultimately, PickPad’s order pickup system took the top spot after facing off with other finalists All-Day and Livelytics as the judges peppered the three solutions with questions and the audience voted on a winner.
Based in Chicago, PickPad’s modular system, powered by sensors and machine learning, automates…



























