AI-enabled robots for the food industry

Chef Robotics provides the industry’s first flexible labor equivalent, helping manufacturers increase throughput, reduce food giveaway, and improve consistency.

INCREASE VOLUME and revenue
AI-enabled automation
Save costs
Year ONE
Increase yield, Decrease waste
1,137,000
America's #1 Labor Shortage: Unfilled Jobs in U.S. Food Prep
3.1
M
Unfilled Jobs in U.S. Food Prep by 2030
300
%
Annual Staff Turnover Rate

The Modern Labor Crisis

Food companies are grappling with an unprecedented labor shortage. Hiring and retaining workers is more challenging than ever, putting the US at risk for food shortages nationwide.

Leveraging automation as a form of labor is necessary to meet demand.

Status quo: manual labor is the only viable option

Food manufacturers have tried traditional automation techniques like multi-head dispensers, vibratory feeds, and volumetric fill dispensers for years.

Nothing is flexible enough to deal with the highly variable nature of food, so companies end up relying on people to carry out tasks by hand.

We believe there’s no future where this work is done by hand. What if there was an alternative?

AI empowers us to take existing hardware and make it intelligent enough to manipulate food

Powered by ChefOS, AI equips Chef's systems with the flexibility needed to handle the highly variable nature of food.

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Chef’s AI-enabled robots are as flexible as a human

AI allows Chef to work with:

Your ingredients
Your portion sizes
Your trays, burritos, wraps, and pizzas
Your placement styles
Your conveyors
Chef’s robotic module C-001748 is NSF-certified

Chef’s robotic module C-001748 is certified under “NSF/ANSI 169 – Special Purpose Food Equipment and Devices,” a standard for commercial food equipment. This certification confirms that the robot meets strict requirements for food safety and cleanability.

Robotics-as-a-service (RaaS)

With Chef’s RaaS business model, food manufacturers can lease our robots without a large upfront capital expense. Think of it like a robot staffing agency that includes software and hardware updates, ongoing maintenance, and end-to-end support, so you can start saving in year one.

RaaS includes:

Core hardware and software

Latest AI features
(SW updates, HW upgrades)

End-to-end support
(field service, maintenance, parts replacement)

24/7 performance monitoring and uptime

Customer success manager
(onboarding, training, support)

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Robotics-as-a-Service

Our Mission and Master Plan

To Empower Humans to Do What Humans Do Best by Accelerating the Advent of Intelligent Machines

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