The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Artly Coffee: 1 model, 5 deployments across 3 regions, $8.3M raised. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryFood service
Overview
Artly Coffee is a Seattle-based robotics company developing AI-powered robotic barista kiosks. Founded by Yushan Chen and Meng Wang (both PhDs in computer science from Boston University), Artly has deployed 40+ robots and served 1M+ cups of coffee, raising .3M in funding.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 5 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundOther post-money
Key facts
Robot
Technology
Focus
Product
Industry
CEO & Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Fundingsee investors →
Robots deployed
Cups served
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Artly Coffee on the deployment map
View the global map5 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jun 2025. Explore where Artly Coffee's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalArtly Barista Bot at Lathrop, California, USA →West Coast · verified Jun 2025
- operationalArtly Barista Bot at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada →North America · verified Jun 2025
- operationalArtly Barista Bot at New York, New York, USA →Northeast · verified Jun 2025
- operationalArtly Barista Bot at Portland, Oregon, USA →West Coast · verified May 2023
- operationalArtly Barista Bot at Seattle, Washington, USA →West Coast · verified Jan 2022
View the full Artly Coffee deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Yushan Chen CEO & Co-Founderreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Yushan Chencofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Artly Coffee.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Artly Coffee5 deployments
Recent coverage
Artly Coffee in third-party press
Peers
144 peers across 1 segment. Every Artly Coffee competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
- Bear Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Blendiddirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Botristadirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Cafe Xdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Chef Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Dexai Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names Artly Coffee.
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $8.3M
- Employees
- 20
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- Other2022-09-28
$8M(reported) · $42M post
Timeline
Every recorded move in Artly Coffee’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundOther funding round
2022-09-28Other raising $8300000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Artly Barista Bot
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 16, 2025
Artly Barista Bot at New York, New York, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 16, 2025
Artly Barista Bot at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 16, 2025
Artly Barista Bot at Lathrop, California, USA
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
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- KEENON Robotics3 models
- Richtech Robotics2 models
- Blendid1 model
- Botrista1 model
- Cafe X1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Artly Coffee from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/artly.md
- RSS feed: /companies/artly/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/de646ec4-a7ed-4cd4-94bf-23b9f30a4fe5
- Revision history: /companies/artly/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Bear Robotics3 models
- KEENON Robotics3 models
- Richtech Robotics2 models
- Blendid1 model
- Botrista1 model
- Cafe X1 model
Video
Today we are checking out the newest coffee shop in Seattle... run by a robot! This is the Artly coffee shop in downtown Seattle. I got a chance to talk to the owner of Artly, Joe Yang, about how they made the robot, ho
🚀 The new Barista Bot is here — taking up just 48" × 48" of space. A future-ready coffee shop in one compact square. Even your office Roomba might have to take
Jarvis learns from the coffee champion to master the art of pouring adorable bunnies into your cup of coffee. Please visit our page for more info! https://artly
At NeurIPS, the AI-powered Artly Barista Bot stole the show! From flawless latte art to premium nonstop coffee service, it's redefining the future of event cate
Country of origin: USA Year of launch: 2020 Arms used: UR 3 (Denmark), 2 pcs. Type of coffee machine: La Marzocco Existing locations: 24+ locations across US P
Where design meets caffeine - coffee, reimagined through tech 🤖 Watch till the end to see how it’s made 👇 #roboticcoffee #baristabot #coffeetechnology #smart
Y’all, this robot barista just out barista-ed me 🤯 Visited @artly.coffee today and watched tech meet coffee perfection!! Smooth lattes, crazy cool vibes, righ
In this video, I visit Artly Coffee, Seattle’s first artificial intelligence-powered coffee shop, where cups are prepared by robot baristas. Artly Coffee is loc
Artly robotic Barista, California
... How cool is this!? Random encounter with Artly’s Robotic Barista at Muji in Portland, of all places! I'm SO glad the universe somehow made this happened
Founded in 2020, the Seattle-based robotic startup Artly, has opened locations across Washington, Oregon, and California. It opened its first shop inside Muji i
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Artly Coffee draws attention at the 97th percentile but verifies reality at the 92nd percentile among food_service robots. Hype Gap +5.3, 7th widest among food_service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 5 verified deployments. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 49 months ago.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 19, 2026