On May 26, 2026, Louisville, Kentucky-based fast-food giant Yum! Brands released updates on its workforce upskilling initiatives, highlighting the company's push to lead the digital restaurant technology sector.
The multinational fast-food corporation has updated its technology-dedicated workforce upskilling initiatives as it aspires to continue its leadership in the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) industry, for which it has dedicated several technological initiatives.
The corporation announced the second year of Tech Elevate, an online, six-to-nine-week upskilling program. The initiative provides nearly 300 Digital and Technology team members with the skills and tools required to deepen their technical capabilities across Byte by Yum! and other critical technologies. The training topics included in the program include AI and machine learning, various programming languages, modern web development, site reliability engineering, and recently added AI platform engineering, Byte Menu, and application programming interface (API) query languages.
