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DoorDash acquires Chowbotics
DoorDash acquired Chowbotics, maker of the Sally salad robot, to bring food preparation automation in-house. Chowbotics was valued at $46M in 2018. DoorDash shut down Chowbotics operations on Aug 31, 2022, after Sally robots failed to meet internal benchmarks, resulting in ~35 layoffs.
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- investment
- Status
- Concludedoperating
- Announced
- 2021-02-085.8 years ago
- Start
- 2021-02-085.8 years ago
- End
- 2022-08-314.2 years ago
- Duration
- 1.6 years
Who’s involved
DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) is an on-demand local delivery marketplace founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco. Its autonomous arm, DoorDash Labs, develops last-mile delivery robotics. In September 2025 DoorDash unveiled Dot, an in-house autonomous delivery robot that operates across bike lanes, roads, and sidewalks, with early-access testing in the Phoenix metro area. DoorDash also works with third-party robotics operators, including a 2025 agreement to use [Serve robotics](/companies/serve-robotics) sidewalk robots for deliveries in Los Angeles.
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Chowbotics was an American food robotics company, founded in 2014, that developed Sally, an automated kiosk that assembled salads and bowls from up to 22 ingredients. DoorDash acquired Chowbotics in February 2021, when more than 100 Sally robots were in hospitals and universities, and shut it down effective August 31, 2022, after Sally did not meet internal benchmarks.
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