Miso Robotics Acquires Zume Pizza

Miso Robotics, offering AI and robotics to the foodservice and hospitality industries, has acquired Zume Pizza’s technology and intellectual property. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

Zume, started in 2015, has a portfolio of more than 300 patents covering innovations in robotic food preparation, delivery, sustainability and packaging. In the release, Miso states that adding Zume’s intellectual property will allow it to speed up adding new features to its existing platform, expanding its platform into adjacent products, and strengthening its position in the market through patent licensing and enforcement.

“Zume created the most important portfolio of technology in food robotics’ first wave,” says Rich Hull, Miso’s CEO. “Now combined with Miso’s existing technology related to AI and robotic frying, grilling, and beverages, this transaction creates the food industry’s largest AI and robotics patent portfolio.”

Miso’s Zume transaction follows its recent acquisition of restaurant operations software company Zignyl. Meanwhile, in 2025, it announced a partnership with robot field service organization Roboworx.