KAIKAKU
AI & robotics fuelled food service
- 1-20 employees
- B2C
- Hospitality
- Retail
- B2B
- Artificial Intelligence
- Food
- Robotics
- Bloomsbury, London, UK
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Company mission
Creating Robotics and AI to create a world where you get served by the friendliest people with food that hits that "wow" every single time.
Our take
The market size for service robots in the healthcare and hospitality sectors is projected to grow by 942 million USD during 2020-2024. These numbers will both be concerning for human’s jobs but exciting for the possibilities that robots can bring to these spaces. An interesting fact is that preference has been shown for robot-staffed organisations for hygiene reasons. 22-year-old serial entrepreneur, Ocado’s Ex-Head of Technology 10x and UK’s youngest McDonald’s Manager have banded together to create Kaikaku, a robotics led food service offering tailored food that exceeds consumers wants.
The VC-backed start-up is building its innovative idea to enhance food and beverage experiences, it’s niche being the automation behind repetitive tasks to enhance behind the scenes dynamics. What’s interesting about this factor is it counters our earlier point to human job worry, generally these are the tasks that create low job satisfaction and moral, so in fact, this new lease of life could really transform operations. The company is infant in age and we’re really excited to see what happens as it shifts out of it’s demo stages.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Equity options
- Comprehensive health and life insurance
- Continuous learning and professional development opportunities
- A vibrant and inclusive work culture where innovation is celebrated
Funding (1 round)
Sep 2023
$1.8m
SEED
Total funding: $1.8m
Leadership
Josef Chen
(CEO)Co-founded Shmarrn and Founding Operator of G Spot. Also founded Velonto (Exited) and Menumise.
David Sharp
(CTO)Previously Head of Engineering - Autonomous Mobility at Ocado Technology and was Head of Techology 10x at Ocado for just under 10 years.
Piers Millar
(CRO)Worked in the Founding Team/Operations for Shmarrn, and was also on track to be the UK's youngest McDonald's Manager but went on to study at LSE instead.