AI in restaurants isn't hype anymore; it's showing up in labor forecasting, inventory, scheduling, and guest data, and the leaders getting ahead of it are the ones treating it as a leadership tool, not just a cost-cutting one. This panel is a practical, jargon-free look at how women in operations, finance, and ops-tech are actually using AI and data to make faster, better decisions, and where the technology still needs a human read. Less "AI is coming," more "here's what to do with it Monday morning."