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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.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“Dozens of robots installed across the U.S. have made 45 million meals to date”
What it means
Chef robots, from Chef Robotics, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Chef robots
- 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.
- Chef's customers include food makers Amy's Kitchen and Chef Bombay.
- 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.
- San Francisco-based Chef Robotics raised $7.7 million from investors including Kleiner Perkins and Bloomberg Beta to help automate kitchens.