{"city":"Pasadena","name":"Miso","slug":"miso","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"revenue_band","value":"<1m","source":"Utility Dive"},{"date":"2026-06-01","type":"ownership_change","value":"Acquired Zume's pizza technology and IP","source":"pitchbook.com"},{"date":"2026-05-19","type":"partnership","value":"Backed by Ecolab","source":"Miso"},{"date":"2026-05-19","type":"funding_round","value":"Investment opportunity","source":"Miso"},{"date":"2026-05-19","type":"funding_round","value":"Investment at $5.48 per share","source":"Miso"},{"date":"2026-05-07","type":"funding_round","value":"Second investment","source":"Miso"}],"peers":[],"stage":null,"state":"California","aliases":[],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Miso develops and sells Flippy robotic fry stations that automate kitchen operations for fast-food and restaurant customers. Its products are purpose-built service robots for commercial hospitality environments.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":43,"domain":"Robotics","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":7,"firepower":1,"commercial":2,"deployment":4,"production":4,"technology":4},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-05","header":"MISO proposed a 120-day fast-track study process for large loads and co-located generation.","outlet":"Utility Dive"},{"date":"2026-09-29","header":"Specialized AI assistants emerging for travel and email domains.","outlet":"a16z"},{"date":"2026-09-14","header":"MISO proposes reliability requirements targeting large and computational loads, including data centers.","outlet":"Utility Dive"},{"date":"2026-09-09","header":"MISO proposes zero-injection fast-track for colocated large loads","outlet":"Utility Dive"},{"date":"2026-06-25","header":"Miso acquired Zume’s robotics technology and intellectual property.","outlet":"Miso"},{"date":"2026-06-25","header":"Miso is expanding its product portfolio into pizza robotics.","outlet":"Miso"}],"website":"misorobotics.com","category":"Robotics · Systems","categories":[{"name":"Service & hospitality","domain":"Robotics","parent":"Robotics · Systems"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:18:47.108753+00:00","facts_total":26,"positioning":"Miso Robotics (Pasadena, CA; founded 2016) builds Flippy, an AI-powered robotic fry station for quick-service restaurant kitchens, and positions itself as the market leader in fry-station automation. It launched a redesigned third-generation Flippy (Nov-25) that it claims is twice as fast and half the size, and made two 2026 acquisitions (Zignyl restaurant AI, Zume's 300+ patents), but audited 2025 net revenue was only ~$514.8K with just 10 third-gen units deployed by Mar-31-26. The open question is whether it can convert marquee pilots (White Castle) into standardized, profitable installations, given an auditor's going-concern doubt.","sub_category":"Service & hospitality","signals_total":14,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/miso","title":"Miso · robotics, Pasadena, California, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Miso develops and sells Flippy robotic fry stations that automate kitchen operations for fast-food and restaurant customers. Its products are purpose-built service robots for commercial hospitality environments. Robotics watchlist (score 43) 14 signals and 26 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}