Toast, Inc. ($TOST), a Boston-based restaurant technology company, held its Investor Day 2024 where it outlined ambitions to expand beyond its core restaurant point-of-sale (POS) software into other verticals of in-person commerce. The company highlighted the horizontal nature of many platform components such as payment processing, lending, scheduling, and payroll, while maintaining vertical-specific features like the POS and guest experience. Comparisons were made with competitors including Lightspeed ($LSPD) and NCR Voyix ($VYX), with Toast focusing on the enterprise segment and investors showing confidence in its market positioning. Additionally, the artist and co-founder of the Doodles brand, known as Burnt Toast, recently became CEO and shared plans for expanding the brand into physical products, IRL spaces, a community-first token, and a new AI platform called DreamNet. Burnt Toast noted that U.S. regulations have previously hindered the launch of a token, which is intended to enable broader community participation beyond owning Doodles NFTs.