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Chef Robotics

Chef Robotics makes Chef robots, which is at stage 4 of 5: paying customers.

Website: chefrobotics.ai
Based in: United States
Latest milestone: 17 April 2026

01Robots

What Chef Robotics makes

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Chef robotsService · Meal assembly robot armsStage 4 of 5 · Paying customersChef Robotics makes robot arms that put food portions into meal trays on production lines at big food makers. It focuses on putting meals together, not cooking.Working at food makers such as Amy's Kitchen and Chef Bombay; the company says its robots are at more than a dozen sites in the US, Canada and Europe.The full record

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Every dated event

17 April 2026Milestone
Chef said its robots had passed 100 million servings, counting each portion a robot puts into a meal tray. It added an airline catering company and works with a big school lunch provider.
TechCrunch, 17 Apr 2026Company-reported
10 April 2025Milestone
Chef raised a $20.6 million Series A led by Avataar, bringing its total raised to $38.8 million. It said dozens of its robots in the US had made 45 million meals.
TechCrunch, 10 Apr 2025Company-reported
10 April 2025Milestone
Chef's customers include food makers Amy's Kitchen and Chef Bombay.
TechCrunch, 10 Apr 2025
26 Jan 2024Milestone
San Francisco-based Chef Robotics closed a $14.75 million round. It said it had robots at food companies in five cities in the US and Canada, rented out as a service.
TechCrunch, 26 Jan 2024Company-reported
13 May 2021Milestone
San Francisco-based Chef Robotics raised $7.7 million from investors including Kleiner Perkins and Bloomberg Beta to help automate kitchens.
TechCrunch, 13 May 2021Company-reported

03Money

How it's funded

Latest funding round we could confirm: Chef Robotics raised $43.1 million in a Series A round led by Avataar Ventures, bringing its total to $65.6 million. Robotics 24/7, 1 Apr 2025

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