Chef Robotics
chefrobotics.ai
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Overview
Chef Robotics is a San Francisco company founded in 2019 that builds artificial intelligence robots for assembling prepared meals. Its arms handle variable, deformable ingredients that defeat conventional automation, learning from data collected across every deployed system. The robots are supplied as a service to food manufacturers, which face chronic labour shortages on assembly lines.
News
World Models vs VLAs: The Rift Dividing Physical AI
Tech leaders from Elon Musk and Jensen Huang to a slew of startup founders and their venture-capitalist backers say robotics is headed for a
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Chef Introduces Deposit Assist Capability for More Precise Deposits into Small Compartments and Inserts
To address this problem, Chef developed the deposit assist capability. It is a funnel attached to the base of a utensil or multiple utensils for multi-deposit configurations. It acts as a physical guide when utensils open to deposit an ingredient. The fun
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These Robots Are Making Meals for a Nonprofit in San Francisco's Tenderloin
A nonprofit in the city's most troubled district has turned to robotic meal prep tech to make up for a dearth of human volunteers.
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Chef Robotics Advances Bi-Manual Physical AI System for Prep Table Food Assembly Powered by a Food Foundation Model RoboticsTomorrow
With the advent of physical AI and imitation learning, Chef's AI team is developing a new physical AI system designed to handle meal assembly tasks on prep tables, such as back-of-house burger or burrito assembly.
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Chef Robotics Successfully Deploys Physical AI in Food Manufacturing
The company uses physical AI to automate tasks with models trained on real-world production data.
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Technologies
Tech DNA
Python
ROS
AI/ML
Python
Computer Vision
Chef
Other
Motion Planning
ROS
Stack modernity
68/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
Python
2 jobs
Required
$175k
-3% vs market
ROS
2 jobs
Required
$175k
-13% vs market
Motion Planning
2 jobs
Required
$175k
-26% vs market
Chef
1 job
Required
$180k
+2% vs market
Computer Vision
1 job
Required
$170k
-18% vs market
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Python
21%
Computer Vision
4%
ROS
1%
Chef
1%
Motion Planning
1%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
Chef
Aug 2026
ROS
Aug 2026
Python
Aug 2026
Motion Planning
Aug 2026
Computer Vision
Aug 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$180k
Typical range
$170k – $300k
Open positions
3
3
Jobs
Junior
33.3%
Middle
33.3%
Architect
33.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $180k | $180k |
| Middle | 1 | $170k | $170k |
| Architect | 1 | $300k | $300k |
Highest paying role
Head of Hardware Engineering
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
58/100
Growing
Open positions
3
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~22 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
33% ▲
Executive
33% ▲
Support
33% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Chef to stack
Aug 2026
Added ROS to stack
Aug 2026
Added Python to stack
Aug 2026
Added Motion Planning to stack
Aug 2026
Added Computer Vision to stack
Aug 2026
Jobs
$130k – $180k per year • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco
Python
Chef
Robotics
Motion Planning
ROS
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$200k – $300k per year • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • San Francisco
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$120k – $170k per year • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco
Python
Computer Vision
Robotics
Motion Planning
ROS
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