CloudChef robots act as hourly labor for Michelin-star chefs and caterers
Nikhil Abraham · [AIEWF Preview] CloudChef: Your Robot Chef - Michellin-Star food at $12/hr (w/ Kitchen tour!) · May 31, 2025 · at 2:15
Nikhil Abraham, founder of CloudChef, describes the commercial adoption and labor-as-a-service pricing model of their kitchen robots across various foodservice categories.
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“So far our robots are used by like Michelin star chefs. They're used by Fresh fast food restaurants, airline caterers, a whole bunch of commercial facilities use our robots as early wage labor as compared to as early wage labor as compared to buying a robot.”
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