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Sweetgreen acquires robotic kitchen startup Spyce – Source fastcompany.com

It turns out, the opposite happened. Sweetgreen announced today that it’s acquiring the three-year-old company. Sweetgreen isn’t disclosing the terms of the deal. Spyce raised $21 million in a series A round in 2018 from the likes of Khosla Ventures, Maveron, and chefs Daniel Boulud and Thomas Keller.

At Spyce’s two Boston locations, fast-casual grain bowls and salads are cooked using on a robotic system. A bowl travels along a conveyor belt as ingredients cooked at different temperatures are dropped in through a series of funnels. Heated steamers cook grains that can be used as a base, while ingredients like proteins are seared on hot plates until they are caramelized and dropped in.

The company also built its own delivery system. It hired a team of drivers to bring food throughout the Boston area on zero-emission electric mopeds in custom-designed carriers with separate compartments to keep ingredients at the right…

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Source : fastcompany.com

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