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Chef Robotics
Software Development
San Francisco, CA 13,507 followers
Chef’s mission is to empower humans by accelerating the advent of intelligent machines in the world
About us
At Chef we believe that AI’s biggest impact will be on the physical world, representing 90% of Global GDP. In the food industry, for example, in 2023 there were 1,137,000 jobs unfilled in food preparation and service (Bureau for Labor Statistics). These growing labor shortages are forcing food companies to leave millions of dollars on the table every year in unmet demand. As this pain becomes more acute, food companies are more aggressively seeking out alternatives, including off-shoring more and more parts of the food supply chain to other countries where there is more labor available; this of course comes with its own significant risks for the US. Chef Robotics offers a new way for food companies to overcome their labor shortage and increase production volume using AI-enabled robots that mimic the flexibility of humans. Chef allows companies to maximize revenue by meeting demand, while keeping the American food supply chain onshore. Chef's mission is to accelerate the advent of intelligent machines in the world to empower humans to do what humans do best.
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http://chefrobotics.ai
External link for Chef Robotics
- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2019
- Specialties
- robotics, autonomous robots, automation, manufacturing, machine learning, computer vision, and Robotics as a Service
Locations
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986 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103, US
Employees at Chef Robotics
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The food industry needs AI + robotics to help overcome the labor shortage! Let's accelerate the advent of intelligent robots in the world!
Chef Robotics launches AI-Powered food robot to help overcome global labor shortage in the food industry. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ebyGUhGQ #foodtechnology #foodautomation #robotics #restaurantroboticstechnology Carl Vause Joe Weber Rajat Bhageria Ray Martino
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Robotics and automation are hardly new in food production, says Chef Robotics founder Rajat Bhageria. “The issue with traditional automation is that it’s not flexible.” Historically, observes Bhageria, who has been keeping a low profile since founding his AI-powered robotics startup in 2019, robots have been designed to automate specific tasks in ‘low mix’ production lines optimized for mass production of a single product. But they do not suit ‘high mix’ environments where companies are handling hundreds of SKUs or producing customized meals. In these more complex environments, or in situations where products are too delicate to be handled by traditional dispensers, he says, “traditional automation simply doesn’t work” and companies still rely heavily on manual labor. San Francisco-based Chef Robotics has found its sweet spot with these companies, which have a certain level of complexity, but a meaningful level of throughput, where it can deploy robotic arms armed with proprietary utensils trained to dispense accurate portions of food into trays through rapid ‘on-the-job’ learning, facilitated by AI. After experiments with leading brands including Amy’s Kitchen, Chef Bombay, and Sunbasket, Chef’ Robotics’ technology is now being rolled out across North America. #foodtech #robotics AgFunder
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🚨 BREAKING: No more stealth mode for Chef Robotics! 🥷🏼 This food robotics company has developed an AI-enabled robotic system for food manipulation after working in stealth mode. The company has already served 20 million meals in production, with robots deployed in 6 cities across the US and Canada. 🌭 Chef's approach focuses on food manufacturing, targeting an industry facing significant labor shortages and aiming to automate processes that are still largely manual. Their flexible AI system can handle various ingredients and food preparation methods, generating ROI for customers while collecting valuable training data. The company is now scaling its operations across North America and plans to expand into lower-volume sectors like ghost kitchens and fast-casual restaurants in the future. 🇺🇸 Robots are making your diet boxes!? 🥡 Congratulations Rajat Bhageria! ~~~ ♻️ Repost to help 1 robot find a new workplace. 📬 Subscribe to my newsletter to never confuse a robot and a cobot: https://lnkd.in/dzVGBKSc
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Robot-packed meals are coming to the frozen-food aisle
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Robot-packed meals are coming to the frozen-food aisle
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Chef Robotics reposted this
Connecting people reimagining the food industry through events, storytelling and advisory. The Spoon | Smart Kitchen Summit | Food AI Summit | Creator of The CES Food Tech Conference
❗❗🍲 🤖 NEWS ❗❗ I caught up this week with Rajat Bhageria, who I've been talking to about food robotics for more than five years. Back when Bhageria spoke at our first-ever food robotics conference called ArticulATE in 2019, he was only then beginning to sketch out what his company and his product would become. At the time, he was primarily a VC, running his deep tech early stage investment firm Prototype Capital, but was also interviewing folks who ran large food businesses to figure out what the pain points are and what parts of the food making business would benefit most from automation. He told me this led to a realization that food assembly and plating were more labor-intensive. He set about building his robot and eventually got his technology into big customers like Amy's Kitchen and Sunbasket. Bhageria says the company will eventually tackle automation for other lower-volume environments like restaurants, but says one area he doesn't envision his robots going into: The home. People don’t want to maintain a robot in their house, buy it, refill it, or take care of it. They prefer having meals made in ghost kitchens by robots and delivered to their homes.” You can read my article about Bhageria and Chef Robotics at The Spoon, where yo can also watch our full interview. https://lnkd.in/dQVjBhg4 #foodrobotics #robotics #food #thespoon #AI
Chef Robotics Comes Out of Stealth to Show Off Robot and Reveal Early Customers
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Chef Robotics reposted this
President @ Customer Attraction | Industrial Marketing | Connector | Content Creator | Strategy & Plans | Speaker
Join me and Rajat Bhageria from Chef Robotics for a fascinating conversation about AI, food and robotics. I think that the Chef Robotics team is going to be very busy.
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Chef Robotics reposted this
Connecting people reimagining the food industry through events, storytelling and advisory. The Spoon | Smart Kitchen Summit | Food AI Summit | Creator of The CES Food Tech Conference
❗❗🍲 🤖 NEWS ❗❗ I caught up this week with Rajat Bhageria, who I've been talking to about food robotics for more than five years. Back when Bhageria spoke at our first-ever food robotics conference called ArticulATE in 2019, he was only then beginning to sketch out what his company and his product would become. At the time, he was primarily a VC, running his deep tech early stage investment firm Prototype Capital, but was also interviewing folks who ran large food businesses to figure out what the pain points are and what parts of the food making business would benefit most from automation. He told me this led to a realization that food assembly and plating were more labor-intensive. He set about building his robot and eventually got his technology into big customers like Amy's Kitchen and Sunbasket. Bhageria says the company will eventually tackle automation for other lower-volume environments like restaurants, but says one area he doesn't envision his robots going into: The home. People don’t want to maintain a robot in their house, buy it, refill it, or take care of it. They prefer having meals made in ghost kitchens by robots and delivered to their homes.” You can read my article about Bhageria and Chef Robotics at The Spoon, where yo can also watch our full interview. https://lnkd.in/dQVjBhg4 #foodrobotics #robotics #food #thespoon #AI
Chef Robotics Comes Out of Stealth to Show Off Robot and Reveal Early Customers
https://thespoon.tech
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Chef Robotics reposted this
President @ Customer Attraction | Industrial Marketing | Connector | Content Creator | Strategy & Plans | Speaker
Join me and Rajat Bhageria from Chef Robotics for a fascinating conversation about AI, food and robotics. I think that the Chef Robotics team is going to be very busy.
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