BakedBot Partners with the Minority Cannabis Business Association

We're proud to announce an official partnership between BakedBot AI and the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA).

The MCBA is the largest national trade association dedicated to creating a cannabis industry that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. They represent hundreds of minority cannabis entrepreneurs across the country — dispensary owners, cultivators, brands, and operators — and they've been on the front lines of the fight for social equity licensing in state after state.

The full partnership announcement is live at minoritycannabis.org/exciting-partnership/.

Why This Partnership Matters

Here's the honest truth about cannabis technology: most of it was built for operators who already had resources. The pricing structures, the implementation requirements, the onboarding processes — they were designed for MSOs and enterprise accounts, not for an independent operator who just got their CAURD license approved and is trying to figure out how to market their business in a state that doesn't let them use Google Ads.

BakedBot was built differently. We come from the same communities that are fighting for equitable access to this industry — and we believe the technology that powers enterprise cannabis operators should be accessible to the independent operators who need it just as much.

The MCBA partnership puts action behind that belief.

What MCBA Members Get

Through this partnership, MCBA member businesses receive discounted access to BakedBot's platform — including:

• AI-powered customer retention automation
• Welcome flow and check-in sequence setup
• Compliance-gated SMS and email campaigns
• Competitive intelligence via Ezal
• AI budtender (Smokey) for website and in-store
• Direct engineering access during onboarding

This isn't a lite tier or a restricted feature set. MCBA members get the same platform that powers our production dispensaries — at a rate that reflects the economic realities of early-stage social equity operators.

The Tahir Johnson Connection

Our deepest tie to the MCBA runs through Tahir Johnson — the MCBA's President since 2024 and a BakedBot Company Advisor. Tahir is also the founder of Simply Pure Trenton, one of BakedBot's upcoming launch partners.

Having an MCBA board leader as a company advisor isn't a branding move. It's a commitment to accountability. Tahir helps ensure that BakedBot's roadmap serves the operators MCBA represents — and that our pricing, onboarding, and support structures are genuinely accessible, not just theoretically accessible.