Agápe Automation

Name

Agápe Automation

Legal name

Agápe Automation

Website

https://agapeautomation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Kitchen Automation Equipment

NAICS

Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, Nec (3569)

akta.pro primary industry

Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid) (IMAHAOAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pizza QSR (THAFAAAB)

Keywords

• Commercial kitchen automation
• Tabletop pizza equipment
• IoT food service machines
• Restaurant topping dispensers
• Smart kitchen robotics

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Smart Kitchen Equipment Sales: Agápe Automation sells Sm^rt machines - tabletop pizza-making automation equipment for restaurant kitchens that perform repetitive tasks and drive operational efficiency. Products include SM^RT SAUCER, SM^RT PEPP, and SM^RT RINGS, manufactured in partnership with Antunes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Agápe Automation designs and sells IoT-connected tabletop pizza-making automation equipment for commercial restaurant kitchens. Its product portfolio consists of three branded Sm^rt machines—SM^RT SAUCER (pizza sauce dispensing), SM^RT PEPP (pepperoni dispensing), and SM^RT RINGS (onion ring dispensing)—that perform repetitive topping tasks, interoperate via IoT, and collect operational data, and are manufactured and distributed in partnership with Antunes.

Product overview

Agápe Automation is a food-tech innovation company that creates the automated Sm^rt Kitchens of the future through a portfolio of three tabletop pizza-making products: SM^RT SAUCER, SM^RT PEPP, and SM^RT RINGS. These Sm^rt machines are tabletop equipment that integrates into restaurant kitchens to perform repetitive tasks (described as 'dirty, dangerous, and dull tasks'). The products are IoT-connected, allowing them to 'talk' to each other and work in unison, and are data-rich to collect actionable data. The three products are manufactured in partnership with Antunes and are positioned as tools to drive efficiency and exponential growth for pizza operators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SM^RT SAUCER Tabletop IoT-connected pizza sauce dispensing automation equipment designed to perform repetitive sauce-application tasks in commercial restaurant kitchens. The machine integrates into the kitchen line, interoperates with other Sm^rt machines, and collects actionable operational data, and is sold to pizza operators through the Antunes partnership.
• SM^RT PEPP Tabletop IoT-connected pepperoni dispensing automation equipment designed to perform repetitive topping tasks in commercial restaurant kitchens. The machine integrates into the kitchen line, interoperates with other Sm^rt machines, and collects actionable operational data, and is sold to pizza operators through the Antunes partnership.
• SM^RT RINGS Tabletop IoT-connected onion ring dispensing automation equipment designed to perform repetitive topping tasks in commercial restaurant kitchens. The machine integrates into the kitchen line, interoperates with other Sm^rt machines, and collects actionable operational data, and is sold to pizza operators through the Antunes partnership.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AntunescoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerAntunes is the world-class manufacturing partner for Agápe Automation's Sm^rt product line, including SM^RT SAUCER, SM^RT PEPP, and SM^RT RINGS. Antunes manufactures these tabletop pizza automation products, with sales information available through their website. The partnership enables Agápe to leverage Antunes' manufacturing capabilities and established distribution channels for the SM^RT product family.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Picnic Works: Picnic builds automated pizza assembly stations for commercial kitchens, competing head-to-head with Agápe's Sm^rt machines in the same pizza-prep automation niche and serving overlapping pizza operator customers.

Emerging players

• Hyper Food Robotics: Hyper Food Robotics develops fully automated robotic pizza kiosks and kitchen units, putting it in the same pizza automation category as Agápe though with a more self-contained kiosk format.
• Piestro: Piestro is developing automated pizza kiosks for retail and ghost-kitchen settings, addressing the same pizza QSR labor and consistency pain points from a different (fully automated kiosk) angle.
• Zume: Originally known for pizza robotics automation, Zume pioneered robotic pizza assembly and remains an adjacent automation peer in the pizza QSR category Agápe targets.
• Stellar Pizza: Stellar Pizza deploys mobile, robot-assisted pizza kitchens and competes for the same labor-automation narrative in pizza operations, even though it is more vertically integrated end-to-end than Agápe's tabletop approach.
• Basil Street: Basil Street operates automated pizza-making units for non-traditional venues, targeting the same operator pain points (labor, consistency, throughput) that Agápe's tabletop automation is designed to address.
• xRobotics: xRobotics builds modular pizza-topping robotics for restaurants, directly overlapping with Agápe's automated topping dispensing concept and targeting the same pizza QSR pain points.

Broad incumbents

• Middleby Corporation: Middleby is the largest commercial kitchen equipment OEM and offers overlapping pizza prep and dispensing solutions as part of a broad foodservice portfolio, representing the dominant incumbent Agápe must sell against.
• Welbilt: Welbilt (now part of Middleby) is a long-established commercial foodservice equipment OEM whose dispensing and prep equipment overlaps with Agápe's product category and customer base.

Others

• Antunes: Agápe's manufacturing and distribution partner; Antunes is an established foodservice equipment maker with a broader cooking/dispensing product line and directly comparable QSR customer relationships, making it both a partner and an adjacent peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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