Aniai Alpha Grill

Aniai is a kitchen robotics company with an address in New York that makes robotic kitchen automation for commercial kitchens. Its flagship product is the Alpha Grill, a robotic grill station that automates high-volume grilling.

The Alpha Grill runs programmed recipes with set temperature, thickness and cook time, cooks double-sided, outputs 200+ items per hour and offloads and scrapes automatically with a built-in robotic spatula. It is managed through Alpha Cloud OS. Target segments are quick-service and fast casual restaurants, convenience stores, hotels and resorts, and schools and universities.

• Programmed recipes: Set temperature, thickness and cook time.
• Double-sided cooking: Single platen grills both sides of the product.
• High throughput: 200+ items per hour, proteins ready in under 3 minutes.
• Automated offloading: Built-in robotic spatula offloads and scrapes the surface.
• Alpha Cloud OS: Cloud software for managing the grill.
• Safety listings: UL certification and Intertek ETL Sanitation listing.

A Vietnamese burger or fast-food chain could automate patty grilling at central outlets. A hotel or resort kitchen could use it for breakfast and banquet peaks. A university or factory canteen could standardise grilled protein output.

Standardises cooking quality through programmed recipes. Output of 200+ items per hour with proteins ready in under 3 minutes lets kitchens serve peak demand with fewer staff on the grill. A customer testimonial on the site reports a 40% reduction in cooking time. The unit carries UL and Intertek ETL Sanitation listings.

Restaurants face labour shortages and rising wages, which drives adoption of kitchen robotics for repetitive stations such as grilling. Burger and grill-based quick-service chains are the first targets. Vietnam's growing fast-food and hotel sectors may adopt similar automation as labour costs rise.

Address in New York, NY. Received 4 million USD from Korea Development Bank in January 2026, bringing total funding to 19 million USD according to coverage; earlier investors include InterVest, SV Investment, Capstone Partners, Ignite Innovation and Lotte Ventures. Winner of the Kitchen Innovations Award in 2023 and 2024. The site has a Korean version.