GoodBytz

The company's core product is a modular robotic kitchen assistant capable of preparing up to 3,000 meals per day, or 150 meals per hour. This system utilizes robotic arms, advanced sensors, and digital precision control to perform various culinary functions, including baking, cooking, and frying. It features refrigerated storage for 24 to 72 different ingredients, food assembly modules, and a cooking zone. A key selling point is its user-friendly interface, which allows chefs and operators to customize recipes and meal preparations via a touchscreen without needing programming skills. The system also automatically stores data for HACCP protocols, ensuring food safety standards. The business model operates on a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) basis, where clients pay a fixed monthly service fee for the hardware, supplemented by a per-dish production cost.

GoodBytz serves a broad market, including restaurants, ghost kitchens, school canteens, hotels, company cafeterias, hospitals, and care homes. The company has already deployed its robots with clients like Sodexo in France and has established partnerships with system suppliers Palux and Winterhalter. A notable achievement includes operating a ghost kitchen for the delivery service Lieferando, where the robot-prepared meals ranked in the top 15% of restaurants based on customer reviews, with customers unaware their food was made by a robot.

Financially, GoodBytz has demonstrated significant traction, securing €4 million in a 2022 seed round just months after developing its first prototype in November 2021. This was followed by a substantial Series A funding round of €12 million in October 2023, led by Oyster Bay and Block Food AG, bringing its total funding to over $15 million. The company has outlined ambitious growth plans, aiming to produce over 100 robotic assistants by 2025 and expand internationally beyond Europe.