Thank you Robotics 24/7 for sharing the story of our public launch and more about why we're starting in food manufacturing first. Production environments enable our robots to see a large breadth of foodstuffs, which works to train our food manipulation AI model ChefOS. The more meals we produce, the more autonomous our AI models become. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gzsGsPxd
Chef Robotics
Software Development
San Francisco, CA 14,448 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
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986 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103, US
Employees at Chef Robotics
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Catch our founder Rajat Bhageria on AI Smackdown live on 8/1 at 9 am PST/12 pm EST as he discusses the real-world applications of AI in the manufacturing industry happening today, and how we'll see these progress in the future. You won't want to miss it!
President @ Customer Attraction | Industrial Marketing | Connector | Content Creator | Strategy & Plans | Speaker
Join us on August 1 for A3's AI Smackdown webinar. See you at 12 noon with our experts: Sina Afrooze, Rajat Bhageria and Hugues Foltz! Registration details in comments.
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Chef Robotics reposted this
Chef Robotics and Rajat Bhageria's three insights for world domination 🧑🍳: 1) Find the largest (and most tractable market) 90% of GDP is located in the physical world. But where is this GDP allocated? The two largest labor markets in the USA were Nursing and Retail, but there wasn't a clear path forward for robotic automation. Rajat needed something (slightly) easier. Instead, he chased the third market, Food 🍲 The food industry is the third largest employer in the USA with established robotic process automation in parts of the supply chain - a good omen for large-scale potential in robotics. 2) Solve a 'hair on fire' problem 🔥 The food industry has over 1M unfilled jobs and 150% annual staff turnover. Food producers were struggling to keep their supply chains on shore. It was clear that no one wanted to do these dull and dirty jobs. Something would have to change or the food producers would die. 3) Find the right wedge The problem of automating food production has a large scope - restaurants, fast food, high-mix, low-mix, etc. Rajat knew he had to start with the 'roadster' not the 'model 3'. He couldn't start in commercial kitchens like fast casuals. There were technology problems: food items at Chipotle are very variable. Chicken pieces are cooked at different temperatures and different lengths. That's tough for the AI to train on. Throw in 25 more SKUs and you have a tall task! There were also economic problems: there wasn't enough volume for the robot to focus on one task. In many fast-casual spots, there's 1 human for the entire line. Unless Chef could replace this person outright, it was infeasible. They found their sweet spot in high-mix food manufacturing (prepared meals). There was a low enough SKU count and a high enough volume for the robot to specialize. However, there was enough variability that traditional, programmatic automation was ineffective. This was the path forward. In the future, Chef Robotics aims to increasingly automate tedious food production, until humans only have to worry about creating great experiences (which we're quite good at). In the process, they'll remove people from undesirable jobs and lower the cost of food, making the world a better place. They've put together a great team and move extremely fast, so I'm confident they'll execute their mission. Check out their blog: https://lnkd.in/g7XCUvx7
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We're very excited to bring AI and robotics to help the food industry overcome the labor shortage. Thanks AI Business for covering our story!
Chef Robotics has unveiled a versatile AI-powered robot to revolutionize industrial food production and address labor shortages https://lnkd.in/euzRvnU6
Chef Robotics Unveils Versatile AI Robot for Food Manufacturing
aibusiness.com
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Welcome to the team Charvi! We're thrilled to have you onboard our mission to accelerate the advent of intelligent machines around the world!
Today is a big day at Chef! After working in stealth mode, we are finally lifting the veil on what Chef does. Until now, we’ve kept our heads down as we developed our first-of-its-kind food manipulation AI and robot system. Now, with a renaissance in AI, we find ourselves uniquely positioned as the market leaders in the food robotics space and are ready to tell our story. Over the past two years, Chef has done 20,000,000 servings in production, has robots deployed in 6 cities in the US and Canada, and has learned how to manipulate hundreds of ingredients. We're now scaling our AI-enabled robotic systems around North America. At Chef, we believe that the biggest impact of AI is going to be on the physical world. And we believe the best place to start is the food industry. With 1.137M jobs unfilled, the food preparation industry the #1 labor shortage in the country. Americans do not want to do this work. 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 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 has chosen to approach this problem in a systematic way. Rather than go directly to restaurants - as many food robotics have done - we've started in food manufacturing. Food manufacturing is a market that most assume to be already automated. But in reality, it's not. So anytime you have a burrito from Trader Joe's, a frozen prepared meal, a salad from Starbucks, a meal on an airplane, or a dish when you're at a large hospital system, it's likely made by humans in an industrial kitchen. At Chef, we've built an AI-enabled system that can slide onto existing production lines just like a human. Chef is built to be flexible so it can handle almost any ingredient, no matter how you cut, cook, or prep it. In these high volume operations, Chef can generate ROI for our customers, all while gaining valuable training data on how to manipulate food. Over time, Chef can leverage those AI models and deploy at more lower volume operations like ghost kitchens and fast casuals. We're now going public and talking about why we've chosen food manufacturing as a starting point, how exactly our robots work to help customers generate ROI, showing exclusive customer case studies, and talking about where we see this all going in both the immediate and long-term. Check out the links in the comments for: - Our new website which includes case studies from customers like Amy's Kitchen, Intelligent Foods (Sunbasket), & Chef Bombay - Our CEO Rajat Bhageria's blog post "Lifting the Veil on Chef" - Our Mission and Master Plan - Some great press and podcasts We are proud to be one step closer to accelerating the advent of intelligent machines in the world 🚀
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Covering the evolution and growth of the robotics industry - 🔎 Follow me to keep up with the latest robotics news.
Check out the latest episode of The Robot Report Podcast where are guests are Chef Robotics founder and CEO, Rajat Bhageria, and MassRobotics co-founder and Chief of Operations, Joyce Sidopoulos. #robotics #podcast https://lnkd.in/gvgVGuzJ
The inside scoop on food manufacturing with Chef Robotics
https://www.therobotreport.com
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A foundational model for food manipulation https://lnkd.in/gP_RzqWz Thanks for covering how Chef is leveraging modern advancements in AI like diffusion policies! Nathan Labenz, The Cognitive Revolution, and Turpentine
A Foundation Model for Food, with Chef Robotics CEO Rajat Bhageria
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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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Thank you Elaine and AgFunderNews for helping tell our story!
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
Chef Robotics CEO: 'A lot of robotics companies have made grandiose promises, but they haven't really shipped any robots. We're much more practical'
https://agfundernews.com
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Chef Robotics reposted this
🚨 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