Our Story · 2018 → 2019

It started with a robotic coffee trailer.

One robot in a campus trailer proved the concept. In 2019 we won the Illinois Cozad New Venture Challenge and the Amazon Alexa Prize, and joined Y Combinator S19.

The two co-founders in matching YC tees under the Y Combinator sign, summer 2019 2019 · Y Combinator S19
The two founders on the trailer bed with the white robotic coffee kiosk, UIUC campus The trailer · UIUC
Both founders flanking the prototype at a UIUC demo night, Alexa placard on the rig UIUC demo night
Both founders on the Y Combinator S19 Demo Day stage, screen reading Robotic coffee shop YC Demo Day

On the demo rig: “Try saying — Alexa, launch YummyFuture” · right — Demo Day stage, S19 · photos Mar–Aug 2019