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Minority-Owned · Jersey City, NJ

From a Garage in Jersey City
to the Future of Food

What started as a weekend engineering experiment became the world's first autonomous burger restaurant — and then an AI-powered operating system for an entire industry.

I wanted to prove that a Jamaican immigrant with a laptop and a dream could condense a full restaurant into something that fits through a doorway.
— Audley Wilson, CEO & Inventor
RoboBurger co-founders Audley Wilson, Dan Braido, and Andy Seigel at Fiserv Forum

Co-founders Audley Wilson, Dan Braido & Andy Seigel at Fiserv Forum

The Journey

A Timeline of Firsts

2019 — The Spark

Built in a Garage

Audley, Dan, and Andy begin prototyping in a two-car garage in Jersey City, NJ. The idea: squeeze a full commercial kitchen into the footprint of a vending machine.

2020 — Foundation

RoboBurger Inc. Founded

Company incorporated in New Jersey. First working prototype cooks a burger start-to-finish. Five patent applications filed for dispensing, thermal, and assembly systems.

2021 — Certification

NSF International Certified

The world's first hot food vending machine certified under NSF/ANSI Standard 25. Independent lab validation of refrigeration, cooking, and automated cleaning systems.

2022 — Launch

First Public Deployment

RoboBurger placed into service at its first public location. Thousands of burgers served. Press coverage explodes — Tonight Show, CNET, Fox, USA Today, AP News.

Customers lined up at RoboBurger's first public deployment
2023 — National Stage

Shark Tank Season 15

Featured on ABC's Shark Tank. Lori Greiner and Michael Rubin invest. The segment becomes one of the season's most-shared clips — millions of views across social media.

2024 — Expansion

Multi-Site Operations

RoboBurger scales to multiple locations with cloud-connected IoT monitoring, predictive maintenance, and real-time inventory management. From single prototype to distributed fleet.

2025 — Scale

Franchise-Scale Deployment

RoboBurger enters franchise-ready mode — turnkey deployment, remote monitoring, and standardized operations. The autonomous burger kitchen is ready for venues nationwide.

The Vision

Where We're Going

The robot was always just the beginning. The real product is intelligence.

6

Patents

Dispensing mechanisms, thermal management, autonomous assembly, and cloud-connected operations — original IP protecting every innovation inside the machine.

13+

Executive Dashboards

Real-time board-ready reporting across P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, fleet performance, and investor metrics. Investor-grade output, every day.

99%

Kitchen Reduction

A 1,200 sq ft commercial kitchen compressed to ~10 sq ft. Full restaurant economics with a fraction of the real estate, labor, and overhead.

10 sq ft

Full Restaurant

Complete burger restaurant in a vending format. No kitchen, no chef, no overhead — just fresh burgers on demand.

Heritage

Built Different

RoboBurger is a certified minority-owned business. Founded, invented, and led by a Jamaican immigrant who believes the American Dream can fit through a doorway.

🌎 Immigrant-Founded

Built by a first-generation Jamaican immigrant. From Kingston to Carnegie Mellon to a garage in Jersey City — proof that big ideas don't need big budgets.

Audley Wilson — CEO and inventor of RoboBurger

🎓 Carnegie Mellon

Audley Wilson graduated from CMU's Tepper School of Business (2000–2005). The analytical rigor shows — from patented robotics to AI-powered financial operations.

🛠️ Garage-Built

No Silicon Valley accelerator. No corporate lab. Just a two-car garage, three people with complementary skills, and a belief that food deserves better technology.

💡 6 Patents

Dispensing mechanisms, thermal management, assembly systems, and autonomous operations. Original IP that powers every RoboBurger unit in the field.

The Story Is Still Being Written

We're looking for operators, partners, and franchisees who want to be part of what comes next.

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