Eridale
Physical AI
Robotics-first fast-casual restaurants where the kitchen and the menu are engineered together.
Eridale builds fully automated fast-casual restaurants, treating the menu and the machine as one system rather than retrofitting robots into kitchens designed for human versatility. Its robotics and software are designed together to deliver speed, consistency and a less stressful guest experience: repetitive, labour-heavy cooking tasks are automated so staff can focus on hospitality, quality and problem-solving. The company's stated thesis is that most restaurant automation fails because it ignores how kitchens actually work, so Eridale rebuilds the kitchen architecture from first principles with reliability, service speed and unit economics treated as a single design problem. Eridale raised a $13.5M seed led by Founders Fund, with the OpenAI Startup Fund and SV Angel among other disclosed investors.
Research mapping
Physical AI / Autonomy Software, Fleet Platforms & End Markets (L10) / Seed
Evidence boundary
Original analysis and independent corroboration remain under development. Commercial scale and durable technical advantage remain under review.
What makes it defensible
Menu and machine engineered as one system - automating the kitchen itself rather than selling robots into kitchens built around human versatility.
Position in the stack: Owns the full restaurant operating stack from kitchen robotics to software and menu design. The position is hard to copy because the advantage compounds through operating data from restaurants the company runs itself.
Who buys it
Unknown
Founding team
Ylan Richard — Founder and CEO — Repeat robotics founder; founded Eridale to build fully automated fast-casual restaurants; educated at ESME-Sudria in mechanics and electrical engineering
SourceFinancing detail
- Last round
- Seed
Investors: Founders Fund (lead, $4M), OpenAI Startup Fund, SV Angel, Buckley Ventures, Entourage
Mapped funds and investors
Direct relationships supported by published evidence.
Reported holdings as-of
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Disclosed investment history
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Showing up to four relationships in each group. ETF weights describe the fund’s portfolio, not ownership of this company. Private investment history does not establish current ownership.
Evidence & media
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Eridale 2026 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors
What this source supports: PitchBook: Eridale, NYC robotics/AI food-service developer, early-stage VC-backed.
What it does not establish: Directory profile; no funding amount, customers, or product proof.
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Eridale — aVenture Company Research
What this source supports: Eridale builds robotics-enabled fast-casual restaurants (founded 2025, NYC).
What it does not establish: Directory profile; not independently verified.
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