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Top 25 Food industry AI startups based in the United States

Name: Food industry AI startups based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 244 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 244 food industry AI startups headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 62,224 professional contacts across them, including 22,399 with verified work emails. San Francisco is the largest hub.

This list covers food industry AI startups headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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62,224Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest food industry AI startups based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 244 food industry AI startups based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to food industry AI startups: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Cargill	Indirect evidence	Wayzata, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	57,955 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cargill is a family company committed to nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Deliverect	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	483 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help restaurants and retail brands scale faster and more profitably.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Encompass Technologies	Partial evidence	Fort Collins, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	179 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Encompass is the only AI-first beverage ecosystem.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Afresh	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	129 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Afresh is the AI platform for Grocery, built for how grocery actually operates, from the fresh perimeter to center store and retail to distribution centers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Nala Robotics, INC	Strong evidence	Arlington Heights, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	120 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Nala Robotics is an AI technology company that is disrupting the culinary industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Oxipital AI	Strong evidence	Bedford, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	111 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Oxipital AI is a leader in AI-enabled machine vision technologies for robotic process automation and product inspection in critical industries such as food processing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Grubmarket INC	Strong evidence	San Francisco, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	101 contacts →
	Strong evidence “GrubMarket is the AI-powered technology enabler and digital transformer of the American food supply chain industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Chef Robotics	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	92 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Chef’s mission is to empower humans by accelerating the advent of intelligent machines in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Miso Robotics	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	91 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Miso is the leading creator of AI and robotics solutions for modern restaurant, hospitality, and foodservice operators.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Kimelo	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	90 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Kimelo is a fast-growing, AI-enabled start-up that provides vertical SaaS solutions to the B2B distribution industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	NOVA	Partial evidence	San Ramon, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	79 contacts →
	Partial evidence “NOVA is an AI-native, unified restaurant operations platform for enterprise chains.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Leanpath	Partial evidence	Beaverton, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Leanpath, a Certified B-Corp, is on a mission to make food waste prevention and measurement everyday practice in the world’s kitchens.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Kalera	Indirect evidence	Aurora, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	68 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kalera is a vertical farming company headquartered in Denver Colorado.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Retech Labs, INC	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	65 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Retech Labs is rooted with global retail experience and leverages artificial intelligence, robotics, and computer vision technologies to build innovative and scalable solutions to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Dori AI	Strong evidence	Princeton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	47 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Dori is pioneering a new generation of industrial AI for the factory floor and the warehouse.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Farm To Plate	Strong evidence	Alpharetta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	45 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Farm To Plate is a smart, AI-integrated supply chain solution transforming the global food ecosystem- Delivering real-time traceability: From sourcing to logistics, with SKU-level…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Precitaste	Indirect evidence	New York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	34 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PreciTaste is an intuitive kitchen task management platform that ensures your ingredient needs are forecasted and planned to perfection.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Proxy Foods AI	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Proxy Foods \| AI-Powered Formulation & Product Development Proxy Foods is the world’s first and most advanced AI product development and recipe formulation platform-trusted by…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Marble	Strong evidence	Lincoln, NE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Marble is building intelligent, turnkey automation solutions to revolutionize food supply chains, beginning in the meat industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Science On Call	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Science On Call combines AI, automation, and human expertise to support and supercharge restaurant operations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	BORDE	Partial evidence	San Ramon, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are on a mission to make world's food supply safer, and to improve and enhance sustainability practices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Four Growers, INC	Partial evidence	Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Four Growers is a YCombinator-backed, Pittsburgh-based robotics startup that is building robots to feed the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Metafoodx	Partial evidence	San Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Metafoodx is an AI-driven foodservice technology company on a mission to help kitchens eliminate guesswork, reduce overproduction, and cut costs, while driving environmental and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	AGEYE	Partial evidence	Raleigh, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At AGEYE, we revolutionize indoor farming with AI-driven solutions, integrating advanced farm management software with state-of-the-art robotics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Ahha Labs	Strong evidence	Sunnyvale, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Strong evidence “AHHA Labs empowers industries with trusted AI and big data solutions, accelerating their journey from ‘Zero to AI’ with seamless automation and efficiency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: food industry AI startups. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names food industry AI startups.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of food industry AI startups, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name food industry AI startups. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Food industry AI startups based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

36.0%Verified-email coverage

255.0Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

11.5%Largest-city concentration · San Francisco

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

139

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 244 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among food industry AI startups, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “food industry AI startups”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names food industry AI startups), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among food industry AI startups, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 22,399 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Food industry AI startups by metro

Food industry AI startups in San Francisco28

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names food industry AI startups, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many food industry AI startups are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 244 food industry AI startups headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Cargill, headquartered in Wayzata, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most food industry AI startups?

San Francisco leads with 28 headquartered companies, followed by New York (15) and Sunnyvale (10).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 22,399 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 244 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.