Culinary & Foodservice Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Chef Robotics reaches 100 million servings in production

Chef Robotics announced that its physical AI systems have completed 100 million servings in production across more than a dozen facilities in the US, Canada, and Europe.

The numbers

100 Million Servings Total servings completed in production at customer facilities
1 million servings Milestone achieved in April 2023
10 million Milestone achieved in January 2024
25 million Milestone achieved in August 2024
50 million Milestone achieved in May 2025

Sources

prnewswire.com

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