Seven years. We have been through a lot — and we have evolved into something finally ready to scale.

We started this in September 2018, inside UIUC's Advanced Digital Projects Lab — one early-generation robot, a handful of engineering students, and the thesis that a machine could pull a real drink. The company was formally incorporated in 2018. The following year we won the Illinois Cozad New Venture Challenge and the Amazon Alexa Prize, and joined Y Combinator S19.

⏸ 2019 → 2026

Growth, chaptered — garage prototype to Matcha House