Toast launches updates for workforce management and marketing AI agents

On October 7, 2026, Hospitality Technology reported that Toast released the workforce management suite Toast IQ Team, combining forecasting, agentic scheduling, and gamification features with payroll and tip management; it also added SEO, Reviews, and Offers agents to the Toast IQ Grow marketing platform, all based on merchants' own Toast data. The report did not mention specific launch dates, phased implementation arrangements, or applicable regions for the suite and agent features.