The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Miso Robotics: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $133.0M raised. 7 sources back the record.
CategoryFood service
Overview
Miso Robotics is a company developing AI-powered robotic kitchen automation for commercial food preparation. Products include Flippy (burger-flipping robot) and Flippy 2. Deployed in fast food chains including White castle, Caliburger, and Wings.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundOther post-money
Key facts
Robot
Focus
Technology
CEO
Total fundingsee investors →
Key product
Flippy milestones
Acquisition
Product
Deployments
Data & sources
Patent documents
5
Web sources
2
7 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Miso Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1White Castle1× joint2 total
Most recent
- White Castle x Miso Robotics (Flippy)2020-09-01with White Castleoperating
Miso Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Miso Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Miso Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Miso Robotics, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
What are food service robots and how do they work?
What is Miso Robotics Flippy and how does it work?
Current leadership (1)
- Rich Hull CEOreported, not verified
Founders (5)
- Buck Jordancofounderfounded 2016-01-01no longer at company
- David Zitocofounderno longer at company
- Ryan Sinnetcofounderno longer at company
- James Jordancofounderno longer at company
- Robert Andersoncofounderno longer at company
Former / Previously (5)
- David Zito Co-Founder & founding CEOsecondary-verified
- Ryan Sinnet Co-Founder & CTOsecondary-verified
- James Jordan Co-Foundersecondary-verified
- Robert Anderson Co-Foundersecondary-verified
- Buck Jordan Co-founder & Chairmansince 2016-01-01secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Miso Robotics.
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)
- Miso Robotics1 deployment
Recent coverage
Miso Robotics in third-party press
Peers
144 peers across 1 segment. Every Miso Robotics 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%
- Artly Coffeedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Bear Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Blendiddirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Botristadirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Cafe Xdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Chef Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Supplied by (2)
Mechanical / contract manufacturing
- FANUC Corporationvia Miso FlippyFANUC LR Mate 200iD six-axis industrial arm (Flippy 1 / Flippy 2)suppliesclaimed
Foundation model / software
- NVIDIAvia Miso FlippyNVIDIA AI vision stack (Isaac ROS) for the new Flippy Fry Stationco-develops
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Total funding
- $133.0M
- Employees
- 87
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- elevated
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.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Miso Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- White Castle x Miso Robotics (Flippy)2020-09-01with White Castleoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1White Castle1× joint2 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Other2025-01-01
$133M(reported) · $665M post
Patent estate (5)
- US20200121125A1usptopendingassignee
- US20240415332A1usptopendingassignee
- US12135533B2usptograntedgranted 2024-11-05assignee
- US20200139554A1usptopendingassignee
- US12167817B2usptograntedgranted 2025-01-07assignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Miso Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundOther funding round
2025-01-01Other raising $133000000
Key hireBuck Jordan joins as Co-founder & Chairman
2016-01-01Buck Jordan appointed Co-founder & Chairman
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Miso Flippy AI fry station
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Miso Flippy at United States
Sources (2)
Common questions
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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.
Methodology surface for Miso Robotics.Peer companies
- Bear Robotics3 models
- KEENON Robotics2 models
- Richtech Robotics2 models
- Artly Coffee1 model
- Blendid1 model
- Botrista1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Miso Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Tech M&A Deals: Miso Robotics, Syndio, TrueFoundry - InfotechLead
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A $2 Billion Pizza Robot Dream Lives Again: A Comeback of Sorts for a Notorious Tech Failure - PMQ Pizza
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Flippy maker Miso Robotics buys Zume IP to launch pizza automation - Pizza Marketplace
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Miso Robotics Just Became the Food Industry's Largest AI and Robotics Patent Holder - QSR Web
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Miso Robotics Acquires Zume Pizza - Foodservice Equipment Reports
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Miso Robotics Acquires Zume Pizza Technology and IP to Expand Restaurant Automation Platform - Restaurant Technology News
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Maker of the Flippy Robot Buys a Software Firm and Evolves - Pasadena Now
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Restaurant AI and Robotics Leader Miso Robotics Acquires Zume Pizza’s Technology and Intellectual Property - EIN News
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AI is “One of the Largest Industries Ever”...And It’s Already Disrupting This $1T Market - Barchart
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The Convergence of Hospitality, AI, and Robotics - Part Two: Continuing the Conversation - Hospitality Net
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High hopes - Morning Brew
<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiWEFVX3lxTE5wdnJadTdnTG1MQWluYUxMS3FMczI4a0RmWU0wOE9BOThTb3UwNjRyUGVRb1lkT0o3OUlzdzVpYTBTYWFWUVBHOGExZHQ2LUpXSEVHR3NNSlY?oc=5"…
Miso Robotics’ Flippy Fry Station robot surpasses 5M baskets - fastcasual.com
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/miso-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/miso-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ed0eff92-417d-4a03-8e2b-7d74d28a5fc4
- Revision history: /companies/miso-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Bear Robotics3 models
- KEENON Robotics2 models
- Richtech Robotics2 models
- Artly Coffee1 model
- Blendid1 model
- Botrista1 model
Video
White Castle will be testing Miso Robotics' Flippy Robot-on-a-Rail at its restaurants.
Should you invest in Miso Robotics stock? Perhaps you've already invested in Miso Robotics, and the first thing to know is that shares are not publicly traded.
A first look at Flippy Fry Station (Next Gen) cooking! Watch our cutting-edge kitchen AI tech cook up some fries and onion rings. Flippy Next Gen is designed to
See Flippy in action. Miso Robotics' AI-powered robotic fry station is transforming commercial kitchens with faster throughput, consistent results, and smarter
Chef and Creator Joshua Weissman visited Miso Robotics HQ as part of his series testing the most futuristic kitchen technology available today. He put Flippy, o
Is the future of food service robotic? 🤖🍟 Miso Robotics CEO Rich Hull joins NYSE Live to discuss how the company is revolutionizing the restaurant industry wi
Flippy is an AI-powered fry station currently operating in multiple states around the US. By using AI, Flippy can auto-adapt, heal and optimize the frying proce
Hear directly from a restaurant operator running Flippy in a real commercial kitchen. No sales pitch. Just honest feedback from the people using it every day.
Miso Robotics CEO Rich Hull sits down with Justine Miller on Cheddar TV to talk about Flippy, the AI-powered fry station that is redeploying kitchen workers awa
In this episode of The Winners' Circle, Russ Fordyce sits down with Rich Hull, CEO of Miso Robotics and 2026 AI Excellence Award winner, to unpack how Flippy be
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
Miso Robotics draws attention at the 87th percentile but verifies reality at the 18th percentile among food_service robots. Hype Gap +68.4, 1st widest among food_service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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: Sep 4, 2026