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Overview
Picnic Works is an American food robotics company based in Seattle, developing the Picnic Pizza Station automated pizza assembly system. The company raised approximately $50M but shut down in 2026 and sold its assets, after being backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's Vulcan Capital.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
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View all models →Safety record
No incidents on record for Picnic Works.
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 →
Recent coverage
Picnic Works in third-party press
Peer companies
- Bear Robotics3 models
- KEENON Robotics2 models
- Richtech Robotics2 models
- Artly Coffee1 model
- Blendid1 model
- Botrista1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- 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.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Review status verifiedVerifiedJun 19, 2026
unreviewed -> reverified
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Picnic Pizza Station full demo
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Picnic Works?
- Picnic Works is an American food robotics company based in Seattle, developing the Picnic Pizza Station automated pizza assembly system. The company raised approximately $50M but shut down in 2026 and sold its assets, after being backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's Vulcan Capital.
- What does Picnic Works make?
- Picnic Works has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Picnic Pizza Station (Picnic Works builds physical robots).
- Is Picnic Works publicly traded?
- No. Picnic Works is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Who competes with Picnic Works?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Picnic Works building in the same form factors include Bear Robotics, KEENON Robotics, Richtech Robotics, Artly Coffee.
- How can I invest in Picnic Works?
- Picnic Works is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.
- Where is Picnic Works headquartered?
- Picnic Works is headquartered in Seattle, WA, USA.
- Who owns Picnic Works?
- Picnic Works is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.
- Where does Picnic Works operate robots?
- Picnic Works is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Picnic Works a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Picnic Works ranks in roughly the top 50% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Picnic Works founded?
- Picnic Works was founded in 2016.
- Is Picnic Works safe?
- Picnic Works has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-07
Verification posture
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Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-07
Sources by quality tier
- 2
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- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Picnic Works.Peer companies
- Bear Robotics3 models
- KEENON Robotics2 models
- Richtech Robotics2 models
- Artly Coffee1 model
- Blendid1 model
- Botrista1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Picnic Works from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
AgriFood Signals: Elbit acquires Bluewhite, more funding for virtual fencing, Anheuser-Busch awards $80k grant
Plus: Pizza-making robot company Picnic closes up shop. The post AgriFood Signals: Elbit acquires Bluewhite, more funding for virtual fencing, Anheuser-Busch awards $80k grant…
As Picnic Shuts Down and Sells Assets, Others Look to Fill Their Shoes
Another pizza robot startup has bit the dust. And sadly, this isn’t just any pizza robot startup, but the company that, in many ways, had been the most successful in […]
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/picnic.md
- RSS feed: /companies/picnic/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/d9902f72-2410-4d27-8374-15b724ad8076
- Revision history: /companies/picnic/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
Reality vs attention
Picnic Works draws attention at the 55th percentile but verifies reality at the 46th percentile among food_service robots. Hype Gap +9.5, 5th widest among food_service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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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: Jul 21, 2026