☕ Cafe X — Robotic coffee bars backed by Jason Calacanis & Khosla Ventures

$6M+ revenue 2020-21 | Shipping to Fortune 100 customers with $0 spent on marketing   New Deal Launch ~/AAQRxQA~/RgRmBYi_P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly9yZXB1YmxpYy5jb20vY2FmZS14P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9cmVwdWJsaWMuY28mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249b2ZmZXJpbmdzJTJGbGF1bmNoX2Fubm91bmNlbWVudF9tYWlsZXIub2ZmZXJpbmdfbGF1bmNoZWQmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9Y2FmZS14X2FsbF9jYWZlLXgmdXRtX3Rlcm09Y2FmZS14VwNzcGNCCmQhvwMjZO8WbAhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAABzg~~   Cafe X launches on Republic Fully-automated café systems, each serving up to 600 orders per day ~/AAQRxQA~/RgRmBYi_P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly9yZXB1YmxpYy5jb20vY2FmZS14P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9cmVwdWJsaWMuY28mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249b2ZmZXJpbmdzJTJGbGF1bmNoX2Fubm91bmNlbWVudF9tYWlsZXIub2ZmZXJpbmdfbGF1bmNoZWQmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9Y2FmZS14X2FsbF9jYWZlLXgmdXRtX3Rlcm09Y2FmZS14VwNzcGNCCmQhvwMjZO8WbAhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAABzg~~ ~/AAQRxQA~/RgRmBYi_P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly9yZXB1YmxpYy5jb20vY2FmZS14P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9cmVwdWJsaWMuY28mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249b2ZmZXJpbmdzJTJGbGF1bmNoX2Fubm91bmNlbWVudF9tYWlsZXIub2ZmZXJpbmdfbGF1bmNoZWQmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9Y2FmZS14X2FsbF9jYWZlLXgmdXRtX3Rlcm09Y2FmZS14VwNzcGNCCmQhvwMjZO8WbAhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAABzg~~   [View Cafe X on Republic](~/AAQRxQA~/RgRmBYi_P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly9yZXB1YmxpYy5jb20vY2FmZS14P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9cmVwdWJsaWMuY28mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249b2ZmZXJpbmdzJTJGbGF1bmNoX2Fubm91bmNlbWVudF9tYWlsZXIub2ZmZXJpbmdfbGF1bmNoZWQmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9Y2FmZS14X2FsbF9jYWZlLXgmdXRtX3Rlcm09Y2FmZS14VwNzcGNCCmQhvwMjZO8WbAhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAABzg~~)   THE PITCH Cafe X has entered the quick-serve coffee arena with a fully-automated, completely unattended robotic coffee bar that can make up to 600 beverages per day — perfectly, every time. PRODUCT Each Cafe X Robotic Coffee Bar can prepare up to seven drinks at a time! They’ve sold 600,000+ drinks to date, and are trusted by specialty coffee roasters such as Onyx, Intelligentsia, Equator, and Ritual. Cafe X machines at the SF airport serve hundreds of customers per day — replacing and outperforming a prior coffee vending machine at the exact same location. TRACTION The company has sold and continues to sell machines to Fortune 20–100 companies. In 2022, Cafe X shipped their first five machines to B2B customers. Read [the traction section on their page](~/AAQRxQA~/RgRmBYi_P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly9yZXB1YmxpYy5jb20vY2FmZS14P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9cmVwdWJsaWMuY28mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249b2ZmZXJpbmdzJTJGbGF1bmNoX2Fubm91bmNlbWVudF9tYWlsZXIub2ZmZXJpbmdfbGF1bmNoZWQmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9Y2FmZS14X2FsbF9jYWZlLXgmdXRtX3Rlcm09Y2FmZS14VwNzcGNCCmQhvwMjZO8WbAhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAABzg~~) for more recent sales and revenue figures. TEAM Founder Henry Hu is a Thiel Fellow and Forbes 30 under 30 honoree. Hu grew up in Hong Kong; he dropped out of college to build Cafe X, and launched the first prototype in San Francisco in 2017. FUNDING Cafe X has raised $17M to date from investors such as David Sacks of Craft Ventures, Jason Calacanis of Launch, Chamath Palihapitiya of Social Capital, Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures, Aydin Senkut of Felicis Ventures, Antonio Gracias of Valor Equity Partners, and Peter Thiel of the Thiel Foundation.   ~/AAQRxQA~/RgRmBYi_P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly9yZXB1YmxpYy5jb20vY2FmZS14P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9cmVwdWJsaWMuY28mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249b2ZmZXJpbmdzJTJGbGF1bmNoX2Fubm91bmNlbWVudF9tYWlsZXIub2ZmZXJpbmdfbGF1bmNoZWQmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9Y2FmZS14X2FsbF9jYWZlLXgmdXRtX3Rlcm09Y2FmZS14VwNzcGNCCmQhvwMjZO8WbAhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAABzg~~   [View Cafe X on Republic](~/AAQRxQA~/RgRmBYi_P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly9yZXB1YmxpYy5jb20vY2FmZS14P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9cmVwdWJsaWMuY28mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249b2ZmZXJpbmdzJTJGbGF1bmNoX2Fubm91bmNlbWVudF9tYWlsZXIub2ZmZXJpbmdfbGF1bmNoZWQmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9Y2FmZS14X2FsbF9jYWZlLXgmdXRtX3Rlcm09Y2FmZS14VwNzcGNCCmQhvwMjZO8WbAhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAABzg~~)   Highlights are derived, and based entirely upon the Issuer’s representations. 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