Our Story · 2018 → 2019

It started with a robotic coffee trailer.

The Robot × Coffee trailer parked on the UIUC campus, 2018

2018 · UIUC

A student buys coffee at the trailer window while the robot arm works inside

2019 · In service

Both founders on the Y Combinator S19 Demo Day stage

2019 · YC S19

The Robot × Coffee trailer at UIUC · center photo Mark Capapas / The Daily Illini, Apr 2019 · right — Y Combinator S19 Demo Day

Our story began with a robotic coffee trailer at UIUC in 2018 — one window, one robot, real customers. It validated the prototype and proved the service concept. In 2019 we won the Illinois Cozad New Venture Challenge and the Amazon Alexa Prize, and joined Y Combinator S19.

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