
Chef Robotics automates food manufacturing to help food companies increase production and address labor shortages. It does this by deploying AI-enabled robotic systems delivered as Robotics-as-a-Service that use ChefOS and machine learning (deep neural networks, transformers) with computer vision to handle variable food ingredients and mimic human flexibility. The company targets food manufacturing segments including prepared meals, contract manufacturing, and food service and its robots are NSF-certified for food safety and cleanability. The platform is sold as an OpEx model to avoid upfront capital expenditure and has demonstrated large-scale throughput in production deployments.

Chef Robotics automates food manufacturing to help food companies increase production and address labor shortages. It does this by deploying AI-enabled robotic systems delivered as Robotics-as-a-Service that use ChefOS and machine learning (deep neural networks, transformers) with computer vision to handle variable food ingredients and mimic human flexibility. The company targets food manufacturing segments including prepared meals, contract manufacturing, and food service and its robots are NSF-certified for food safety and cleanability. The platform is sold as an OpEx model to avoid upfront capital expenditure and has demonstrated large-scale throughput in production deployments.
What they do: AI-enabled robots and ChefOS platform to automate high-variability food assembly
Business model: Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) / OpEx subscription
Scale: Company-reported >70 million food servings produced
Funding: Raised multiple rounds, including a $43.1M financing announced Mar 31, 2025
Founded / HQ: Founded 2019; headquartered in San Francisco, CA
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Food manufacturing and food-assembly automation for prepared meals, contract manufacturing, and food service.
2019
Software Development
7.7M
Combined pre-seed and seed round reported May 13, 2021.
14.75M
Announced as a $14.75M combination equity/debt round.
43.1M
Announced financing combining equity and equipment debt; equity tranche led by Avataar Venture Partners.
“Equity lead investor on latest financing: Avataar Venture Partners; participation from multiple institutional VCs and existing investors”
About Our Team Chef Robotics is on a mission to accelerate the advent of intelligent machines in the physical world. As the rise of LLMs like ChatGPT has shown, AI has the potential to drive immense change. However, we believe AI’s biggest impact will be in the physical world, given industries like manufacturing, food, and transportation represent 90% of global GDP. We're starting with food, with a goal to put an intelligent robot in every commercial kitchen in the world. We have signed multiple multi-year contracts with various large food companies and we are growing fast. We're backed by investors like Kleiner Perkins, Construct, Bloomberg BETA and Promus Ventures. We have a great team, where you will be surrounded by talented engineers and tech leaders from companies like Cruise, Zoox, Google, Verb Surgical, Tesla, Nuro, Vicarious, Amazon Robotics, Strateos, Built Robotics, Facebook, Plenty, Yelp, and Microsoft.
About The Role Chef Robotics is seeking a highly motivated Customer Success Specialist who is passionate about driving growth at existing customers. The role is focused on ensuring customers are happy and that they are achieving ROI and key metrics of success. The job requires detailed regular analytics and quantitative data to understand the customer experience and to identify new opportunities for sales growth. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker and experienced collaborator who can build a deep understanding of our customers' businesses and the key metrics that lead to successful outcomes.
This role requires a blend of strong analytical depth, technical skills, and executive communication. You will guide data collection, analysis, and reporting systems,using data-driven recommendations to influence decisions both internally and with customers. You must be comfortable working cross-functionally to surface what matters and drive results. If you are passionate about the customer experience and thrive in the fast-paced, dynamic environment of an early-stage startup, we encourage you to apply.
NOTE: This role is expected to spend 33% of their time onsite with customers.
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Equal Opportunity Employer We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizen status, uniform service member and veteran status, marital status, age, pregnancy status, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status.
Multiple studies have found that a higher percentage of women and BIPOC candidates won't apply if they don't meet every listed qualification. Chef values candidates of all backgrounds. If you find yourself excited by our mission but you don't check every box in the description, we encourage you to apply anyway!
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Chef is an early-stage startup where equity is a major part of the compensation package. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
In addition to salary and early-stage equity, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, commuter benefits, flexible paid time off (PTO), catered lunch, and 401(k) matching.