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Spyce Infinite Kitchen

Automated salad/bowl makeline (~500 bowls/hour).

Track Spyce Infinite Kitchen
Manufacturer
Spyce (Infinite Kitchen)
Form factor
food_service
Maturity
commercial
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
1

Overview

Automated salad/bowl makeline (~500 bowls/hour). vvc: SCRIPTED hopper-and-conveyor assembly, not vision-guided manipulation. Operated by Sweetgreen (first location Naperville IL, May 2023; ~20 of 300+ stores); tech now Wonder-owned.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
Verified deployments
1 deployment on file
Sources on file
2 sources, view all

Key facts

Robot

Infinite Kitchen automated makeline using scripted hopper/conveyor assembly, not vision-guided manipulation

Stage

Acquired by Sweetgreen in 2021 for ~$70M, then sold to Wonder in Nov 2025 for ~$186M

Focus

Food automation

Origin

MIT-founded

Founders

Michael Farid, Kale Rogers, Brady Knight, Luke Schlueter (MIT alumni)

Acquired by

Sweetgreen (2021, $70M), then Wonder (2024, $186.4M)

Product

Infinite Kitchen automated cooking system

Specs

Task

salad / bowl assembly

Autonomy

hopper/conveyor dispensing (no adaptive vision)

Availability

commercial (Sweetgreen locations)

Autonomy type

scripted automation

Data & sources

News coverage

1

Web sources

1

2 sources backing this record.View all →

Pricing

No verified price is on record for Spyce Infinite Kitchen. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

How DEPLOY tracks pricing

Deployments (1)

  • Spyce Infinite Kitchen at Chicagooperational

    Sweetgreen's Naperville, Illinois location became the first Infinite Kitchen site in May 2023, using an automated bowl and salad makeline.

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Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

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Deployment-verified media (1)

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Sweetgreen

Sweetgreen's footage of its Infinite Kitchen at Naperville, where bowls travel on a conveyor under ingredient hoppers that portion, dress, and spin-mix salads. Scripted conveyor-and-hopper portioning, not autonomous manipulation, and not human-free (a host greets guests and a worker adds final toppings).

From deployment: Chicago

Safety record

No incidents on record for Spyce Infinite Kitchen.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (2)

  1. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/24/inside-sweetgreens-first-automated-location-plans-to-take-tech-nationwide/
  2. https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/sweetgreen-sells-spyce-to-wonder-186-million/804959/

Common questions

What is Spyce Infinite Kitchen?
Automated salad/bowl makeline (~500 bowls/hour). vvc: SCRIPTED hopper-and-conveyor assembly, not vision-guided manipulation. Operated by Sweetgreen (first location Naperville IL, May 2023; ~20 of 300+ stores); tech now Wonder-owned.
How much does Spyce Infinite Kitchen cost?
Spyce Infinite Kitchen's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Spyce Infinite Kitchen from Spyce (Infinite Kitchen). Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Spyce Infinite Kitchen actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Spyce Infinite Kitchen is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
Who makes Spyce Infinite Kitchen?
Spyce Infinite Kitchen is made by Spyce (Infinite Kitchen), based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, founded in 2018.
Where is Spyce Infinite Kitchen deployed?
1 verified deployment of Spyce Infinite Kitchen is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Chicago.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12

Verification posture

Verified

Medium confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: food_service

Sources by quality tier

1
secondary-established-publication
Established publication
1
unclassified
Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Spyce Infinite Kitchen.

Recent coverage

Spyce Infinite Kitchen in third-party press

Sweetgreen to sell Spyce to Wonder for 86.4 million

Jan 1, 2025