Meet Posha: A “personal chef” robot that emerged from stealth with $8M from Accel

Many people spend hours each day planning meals, shopping for ingredients, preparing food, cooking, and cleaning up. Posha, the innovative company behind the AI-driven kitchen robot of the same name, claims to reduce this daily kitchen time by up to 70%, allowing users to spend as little as 10–20 minutes daily on meal-related tasks.
Today, Posha has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round was led byAcceland participated in by existing investors, including Xeed Ventures, Waterbridge Ventures, Binny Bansal (co-founder of Flipkart), Asha Jadeja Motwani, Samay Kohli, and Akash Gupta (founders ofGreyOrange).
The funding will accelerate Posha’s mission to transform how families approach healthy eating by enhancing AI capabilities, expanding the recipe database, and improving the user interface.
Posha, formerly known as Nymble, was founded byRaghav GuptaandRohin Malhotra. The company began its journey in Bengaluru, India, in 2017, with the founders sharing a vision to transform home cooking. “Our motivation came from the need we saw,” said Raghav Gupta, Co-Founder of Posha. “I grew up in a culture where love was expressed through home-cooked meals. We wanted to create a solution that doesn’t force people to sacrifice their professional careers or health for freshly cooked meals.”
Gupta recognised that many urban households face a challenge: preparing fresh, healthy meals daily while juggling busy schedules and limited time. This issue is especially significant in developed countries like the United States, where high labour costs make alternatives like frequent takeout or personal chefs unaffordable for most people.
To solve this problem, Gupta and Malhotra developed a countertop kitchen robot powered by artificial intelligence, computer vision, and robotics. Their device independently manages ingredients, adjusts heat and spice levels, and prepares various dishes with minimal user intervention. Based on customer feedback, the company evolved from a robotic arm design to a more practical, user-friendly countertop appliance. Gupta relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, closer to Posha’s core market and customers.
Posha’s mission is to make healthy, home-cooked meals accessible and convenient for busy people everywhere. The device supports over 500 recipes and offers a subscription service for customised meals, accommodating various dietary preferences and tastes. The company aims to make its robot as essential as a microwave or dishwasher, redefining how modern households approach daily cooking.
Posha stands out in the kitchen robotics market through its advanced automation, real-time AI-driven cooking intelligence, and deep personalisation.
The core innovation is Posha’s built-in high-resolution camera and computer vision AI. It monitors food as it cooks by analysing visual cues like colour changes, consistency, and ingredient size. This system makes precise, chef-like decisions in real time — adding ingredients, adjusting heat, or extending cooking time — ensuring consistent, high-quality results that mirror an experienced cook’s instincts. The robot can recognise when onions are caramelising or chicken is perfectly roasted, adjusting its process accordingly.
Unlike competitors offering limited recipe libraries or rigid meal kits, Posha provides customisable access to over 1,000 recipes from more than 10 global cuisines. Through the companion app, users can swap ingredients, adjust spice levels, or modify the thickness and doneness of dishes to match their dietary needs and preferences. The app also lets users plan, schedule, and monitor meals remotely, while providing feedback that helps the robot refine future preparations.
After initial setup, Posha delivers truly hands-off cooking. Once ingredients are loaded into separate containers (up to six), the robot handles cooking, dispensing ingredients, stirring, and managing heat precisely. Cleanup is streamlined with dishwasher-safe components and a five-minute routine, solving a common frustration with kitchen gadgets.
Unlike earlier concepts that required significant user intervention, Posha’s compact countertop design fits easily under kitchen cabinets and prioritises practicality and ease of use. The company’s dedication to customer feedback has created a device that appeals to home cooks seeking to save time without compromising quality or flexibility.
While other kitchen innovations often demand precise measurements or proprietary meal kits, Posha offers flexibility with ingredient quantities. Its multi-zone induction cooking system and automated ingredient dispensing set it apart from basic multicookers or smart ovens, delivering sophisticated automation rarely seen in consumer products.
“Posha is tackling a persistent problem in modern households: how to get a healthy, home-cooked meal on the table when time is short,” saidPratik Agarwal, Partner at Accel. “Their AI-driven approach is practical, well-designed, and represents one of the first tangible examples of AI directly addressing a genuine human need in a meaningful way.”