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.

Robot baristas that already serve paying customers, unattended.

// Backed by Invest with us →
  • 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.

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
// Proof & press · Seven years · three stores

A proven track record of revolution.

  1. 2018
    Early Yummy Future robotic prototype inside UIUC's Advanced Digital Projects LabMilestone · Sep 2018Founded
  2. 2019
    Yummy Future robot in the year the company won the Cozad New Venture Challenge and the Alexa Prize and joined Y CombinatorMilestone · 2019Cozad · Alexa Prize · YC S19
    The Daily Illini article pageThe Daily Illini · Apr“Robot arm serves coffee to community”TVWCIA · Apr“Robot coffee stand serves drinks with a twist”
  3. 2020
  4. 2021
  5. 2022
    Side view of an early-generation Yummy Future robotic unit, the machine that ran the first storeMilestone · 2022First store
    Smile 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”
  6. 2023Smile Politely article pageSmile Politely · Oct“A robot made this latte”
  7. 2024The News-Gazette article pageThe News-Gazette · Dec“Yummy Future's second location is now open”
  8. 2025Palo Alto Online article pagePalo Alto Online · Nov“Get your matcha fix from a robot barista in Palo Alto”
  9. 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.

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 · Request quote

// 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.

// 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.

// Champaign · Campustown

Matcha HouseYUMMY  FUTURECeremonial matcha from Uji Japan

The perfect shade of green.

Ceremonial-grade matcha from Uji, Japan. Handcrafted with fresh fruit.

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Watercolor painting of three iced matcha drinks in clear cups with vertical paper labels