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Rajat Bhageria on Why Chef Robotics Walked Away From Restaurants

Chef Robotics had millions of dollars in contracted revenue from fast-casual restaurant chains.

Rajat Bhageria still chose to walk away.

The demand was real. The model was not viable. Restaurants only operate at peak production for a few hours a day, while a useful robot may need to handle as many as 90 different ingredients. The economics and technical reality did not support the company Rajat wanted to build.

In this episode of Automated, Brian Heater speaks with Rajat, founder and CEO of Chef Robotics, about the difficult decision to leave restaurants behind as the company’s starting…

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