Fleet3 STORES · LIVE
Cups · Total240,000+
LocationsPALO ALTO · CHAMPAIGN
// Mission 001 · Robotic platform for the food & beverage industry

From repetition to creation.

Robot baristas that already serve paying customers, unattended. We build the arm, the software and the playbook that open a robotic café anywhere: kiosks, lobbies, campuses, transit.

Partner with us → Invest in Yummy Future →
// Backed by
  • Y Combinator
  • Soma Capital
  • Asymmetry Ventures
  • Trevor BlackwellYC co-founder · OpenAI research
2019
Since · The Daily Illini
12,000+
Open · 1,007 trading days
135s
Per order · was 230s · volume up ~6×
// Range

Espresso. Matcha.
Cold brew. All of it.

A robotic bar that pulls espresso, whisks matcha, and serves a full café menu with nobody behind the counter.

See the full menu →
AmericanoHot · Double shot
LatteHot · Whole or oat
Caramel MacchiatoIced · House caramel
Black Sesame MatchaHot or iced · Ceremonial
Pistachio LatteIced · House pistachio
Mango PassionIced · Sparkling
Strawberry LatteIced · Seasonal
Melon CreamIced · Seasonal
// Press · Third-party coverage

A proven track record of revolution.

  1. 2019The Daily Illini article pageThe Daily Illini · Apr“Robot arm serves coffee to community”TVWCIA · Apr“Robot coffee stand serves drinks with a twist”
  2. 2020
  3. 2021
  4. 2022Smile Politely article pageSmile Politely · Mar“A robot is now serving coffee on Green Street”The Daily Illini article pageThe Daily Illini · Apr“Robotic coffee shop opens conversation about future of human employment”
  5. 2023Smile Politely article pageSmile Politely · Oct“A robot made this latte”
  6. 2024Smile Politely article pageSmile Politely · May“Yummy Future opening a second location this summer”The News-Gazette article pageThe News-Gazette · Dec“Yummy Future's second location is now open”
  7. 2025Landuyt Center article pageLanduyt Center · Sep“How to Launch a Startup from the Place You Call Home”Palo Alto Online article pagePalo Alto Online · Nov“Get your matcha fix from a robot barista in Palo Alto”The Campanile article pageThe Campanile · Dec“New robotic coffee shop comes to downtown”
  8. 2026Smile Politely article pageSmile Politely · Apr“Campustown's Yummy Future Matcha House now open”
  • The Daily Illini
  • Smile Politely
  • The News-Gazette
  • Palo Alto Online
  • The Campanile
  • University of Illinois Research Park
  • Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship
// Work with us

Three ways to work with us.

What do you have today? Pick the door that sounds like you.

A Yummy Future counter built into the lobby of an existing building
We operate in your location

I have a space

You bring
the location.
We bring
the machine, the menu and the daily run, together with you; sales are shared.
This is me →
A barista handing a drink to a customer across the counter
Co-open a shop with us

I want to open a shop

You bring
your location and your name on the door.
We bring
the machine, the setup and the training.
This is me →
A staff member holding a matcha drink beside the robot and its ordering tablet
You run it in your location

I want to run it myself

You bring
the machine you own, and the day-to-day.
We bring
the menu, the training and the software; sales are shared.
This is me →
What happens next
  1. You tell us about your space, your store or your project.
  2. We talk it through and put plain terms in writing.
  3. We bring the machine in, and stay one call away.

Not sure? Visit a store

// Technology

Inside the Pull

  1. Finger tapping a drink on the order screen01

    Order Routed

    Request enters the queue from app, screen, or pickup. Bean hopper selected by recipe version.

  2. The robot arm holding a cup under the dosing station02

    Grind & Dose

    Conical burr grinds on demand. Dose weighed to under 1 gram. Tamp force logged per cup.

  3. Arm docked in front of the espresso machines03

    Extraction

    SCARA arm docks the puck. Pressure profiled to 9 bar. Yield monitored to target ratio.

  4. The robot arm lifting an iced drink at the bar04

    Finish & Serve

    Milk textured or ice dosed. Cup delivered to pickup shelf. Queue rotates.

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// Proof · Seven years · three stores

Not a pilot. A working business.

  1. Early Yummy Future robotic prototype inside UIUC's Advanced Digital Projects Lab
    SEP 2018
    Founded

    UIUC's Advanced Digital Projects Lab. One early robot, a handful of engineering students, and a thesis: a machine could pull a real drink.

  2. Yummy Future robot in the year the company won the Cozad New Venture Challenge and the Alexa Prize and joined Y Combinator
    2019
    Cozad · Alexa Prize · YC S19

    The Illinois Cozad New Venture Challenge, the Amazon Alexa Prize, and Y Combinator S19, all in one year.

  3. Side view of an early-generation Yummy Future robotic unit, the machine that ran the first store
    2022
    First store

    Green Street, Champaign, on the old machine. A local paper's headline: "A robot is now serving coffee."

  4. Yummy Future cup at the Palo Alto storefront
    OCT 2025
    Palo Alto opens

    Second state. Same robot, new counter.

  5. Champaign store relaunched as a dedicated matcha shop
    MAR 2026
    Champaign relaunches

    Same hardware and software, new brand and recipe. Concept to live in under a week.

240,000+ cups served$7,245 best single day at one store · Apr 11, 20264.8★ across 623 Google reviews

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Full disclosures live in our Form C filing.

// Network

Three flagships.
More coming.

Inside Yummy Future Bay, Palo Alto: the counter and the robot bar
Palo Alto, CA · 01

Yummy Future Bay

170 University Ave · Palo Alto, CA 94301
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Yummy Future Matcha House storefront on Green Street at night
Champaign, IL · 02

Yummy Future Matcha House

401 E Green St, Suite B · Champaign, IL 61820 · Campustown
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Yummy Future Original storefront with the blue awning on Green Street
Champaign, IL · 03

Yummy Future Original

609 E Green St · Champaign, IL 61820
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This is a plan, not a promise. None of the planned markets is open, and the markets, timing and number of stores may change.

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