Hanna Petersson of Andon Labs’ technical staff speaks with the AI assistant ‘Mona,’ running on Google Gemini, at the Andon Café in Stockholm on April 27, 2026. It looks like any other coffee shop, but this Stockholm cafe is entirely run by an AI chatbot – with a human barista following orders. —Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand | Agence France-Presse
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The avocado toasts and baristas making foamy lattes make it look like any other cafe, except at this one, located in a Stockholm residential neighborhood, artificial intelligence (AI) is running the place.
The cafe features a minimalist design: a few tables decorated with small plants and grey walls.
Behind the counter is barista Kajetan Grzelczak, who was hired by “Mona,” the AI cafe manager — which is powered by Google’s Gemini.
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