Desk Review: Lightspeed Restaurant, the Quiet Half of the Duopoly

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Lightspeed (NYSE/TSX: LSPD) just sold its U.S. hospitality book to Skyview and bet the rest on Europe. The AI roadmap is real but slim — a conversational layer, a benchmarks tool, a service-pacing product. A desk review of what Lightspeed actually ships in 2026.

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