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Chef Robotics Reaches 100 Million Servings in Production
Chef Robotics announced that its robots have reached 100 million servings in live production, marking a huge milestone since its first customer deployment in 2022.
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Chef Robotics Unveils Chef+ Built on 80 Million Production Servings
San Francisco-based Chef Robotics has debuted Chef+, a next-generation meal assembly robot for food manufacturing lines. The system doubles ingredient capacity, reducing how often refill runners need to restock.
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Serve Robotics Reaches 2,000-Robot Milestone, Scaling Nation’s Largest Sidewalk Fleet
Serve Robotics has deployed over 2,000 autonomous delivery robots, expanding its fleet twentyfold in 2025. The company says this meets its rollout goal for the year and gives it the largest sidewalk delivery fleet in the U.S.
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How Chef Robotics Is Applying Physical AI to Food Manufacturing
Chef Robotics CEO Rajat Bhageria on physical AI, labor shortages, and why food manufacturing is a proving ground for adaptive robotics. How real production data, flexible systems, and new business models are changing automation.
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Wonder Acquires Spyce From Sweetgreen in $186M Deal
Sweetgreen announced it has finalized a deal to sell its Spyce business to mealtime platform Wonder for $186.4 million in cash and equity. As part of the transaction, Sweetgreen will maintain the right to use Spyce’s Infinite Kitchen technology under a new supply and license agreement.
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Appetronix Raises $10M+ to Scale Robotic Kitchens
Appetronix, a company developing robotic systems for commercial kitchens, has raised more than $10 million in total seed funding. The latest round was backed by AlleyCorp, now a three-time investor, and the Grote family.
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Chef Robotics Teams With ILPRA to Automate End-to-End Food Production
Chef Robotics has partnered with ILPRA, an Italy-based packaging technology company, to deliver an end-to-end automation system for ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat meals.
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Serve Robotics Expands to Chicago with Uber Eats Delivery Robots
Serve Robotics has launched autonomous sidewalk deliveries in Chicago, starting September 30. The move marks the company’s first entry into the Midwest and extends its national reach. Serve is partnering with Uber Eats to offer contactless delivery from over 100 restaurants across the city.
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DoorDash Debuts Dot, Its First Autonomous Delivery Robot for Local Routes
DoorDash has launched Dot, a purpose-built autonomous delivery robot developed entirely in-house by DoorDash Labs to handle local deliveries across bike lanes, sidewalks, roads, and driveways.
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Chef Robotics and Proseal Partner on Flexible Meal Line Automation
Chef Robotics and Proseal have teamed up on a flexible automation system that assembles and packages fresh and frozen meals. Designed for high-mix production, it handles a wide range of SKUs with quick changeovers
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Circus Rolls Out Autonomous Food Robot at Meta’s Munich Office
Circus SE is launching its first CA-1 autonomous food robot at Meta’s office in Munich this October. This is the first time the company’s robot will be used in a real-world setting. A joint event with Meta will mark the official start of the rollout.
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ABB Invests in LandingAI to Accelerate Vision AI for Autonomous Robotics
ABB Robotics has formed a new partnership with California-based LandingAI, including a strategic investment through its venture arm.