Zume raised $400M. Appetronix did it for $1.2M. Heres how. @TechTOorg
Zume raised $400M. Appetronix did it for $1.2M. Heres how.  @TechTOorg
Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
Nipun Sharma watched every food robotics company burn through hundreds of millions and fail. So he went back to first principles and built a fully autonomous restaurant in 14 months for $1.2M. It's now running 24/7 at Columbus International Airport.

This is what going global actually looks like.

Watch the full talk on our channel. Nipun is back on our stage May 25 to go deeper on what it really takes to scale from Canada to the world → luma.com/tiequest-2026

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Zume raised $400M. Appetronix did it for $1.2M. Here's how.

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