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Picnic Pizza Station

Vision-guided automated pizza-assembly system: deep-learning placement and computer-vision adjustment apply sauce, cheese and toppings at 100-130 pizzas/hour.

Track Picnic Pizza Station
Manufacturer
Picnic Works
Form factor
food_service
Maturity
commercial
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
1

Overview

Vision-guided automated pizza-assembly system: deep-learning placement and computer-vision adjustment apply sauce, cheese and toppings at 100-130 pizzas/hour. Commercial; national rollout in progress.

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

Picnic Pizza Station, a vision-guided automated pizza-assembly system

Technology

Uses deep-learning placement and computer-vision adjustment

Scale

Assembles 100-130 pizzas per hour

Industry

Food-automation company

CEO

Michael Bridges

Product

Picnic Pizza Station automated assembly

Funding

51.7M total (Vulcan Capital, Thursday Ventures)

Status

Shut down 2026, assets sold

Specs

Task

pizza assembly

Autonomy

deep-learning placement + computer-vision adjustment

Availability

commercial

Autonomy type

vision-guided

Data & sources

Web sources

2

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Pricing

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

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Deployments (1)

  • Picnic Pizza Station at Seattleoperational

    The Picnic Pizza Station is deployed at MOTO in Seattle for autonomous pizza assembly under an exclusive partnership with Speedy Eats, with a national rollout planned via Roboworx.

Picnic Pizza Station on the deployment map

Where Picnic Pizza Station is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.

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 Picnic Works

Picnic Works' full demonstration of its Pizza Station, a conveyor-style line that meters and deposits sauce, cheese, and toppings onto moving crusts. An automated topping-dispensing system, not a manipulator arm.

From deployment: Seattle

Safety record

No incidents on record for Picnic Pizza Station.

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Sources (2)

  1. https://www.qsrmagazine.com/story/picnic-works-accelerates-rollout-of-pizza-automation-technology/
  2. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240523036202/en/Picnic-Works-Teams-Up-with-Roboworx-for-National-Rollout-of-Autonomous-Pizza-Stations

Common questions

What is Picnic Pizza Station?
Vision-guided automated pizza-assembly system: deep-learning placement and computer-vision adjustment apply sauce, cheese and toppings at 100-130 pizzas/hour. Commercial; national rollout in progress.
How much does Picnic Pizza Station cost?
Picnic Pizza Station's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Picnic Pizza Station from Picnic Works. 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 Picnic Pizza Station actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Picnic Pizza Station 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 Picnic Pizza Station?
Picnic Pizza Station is made by Picnic Works, based in Seattle, WA, USA, founded in 2016.
Where is Picnic Pizza Station deployed?
1 verified deployment of Picnic Pizza Station is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Seattle.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12

Verification posture

Verified

Low 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

2
unclassified
Unclassified source

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

Methodology surface for Picnic Pizza Station.

Recent coverage

Picnic Pizza Station in third-party press

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