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Zimplistic has Sold Roughly 40,000 Rotimatics

by Chris Albrecht
October 5, 2018October 7, 2018Filed under:
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It looks like Zimplistic can lay claim to having the most popular food robot in the world. In a recent interview with The Spoon’s Mike Wolf, Zimplistic CEO, Rishi Israni said that his company has sold approximately 40,000 Rotimatics, and while we haven’t conducted a massive global audit, we can’t think of another food robot that even comes close.

Of course, it kind of depends on what you define as a “robot” and what you think of as an appliance. The Rotimatic is a countertop device that does one thing: makes rotis and other flatbread. And while the Rotimatic doesn’t have articulating arms and gripping hands, Israni and his wife, Pranoti Nagarkar Israni, the mechanical engineer who invented the Rotimatic, definitely consider it a robot.

The rotimatic takes raw ingredients: oil, flour and water, and turns them into rotis. A lot of rotis, actually. Israni said that so far that people have made more than 25 million rotis with the device, and that many people who purchase the Rotimatic make rotis every day. But it’s how the Rotimatic handles those basic inputs: water, flour and oil, that makes it a robot, according to Israni.

Part of the appeal of the Rotimatic is that people add their own inputs. This makes the rotis fresher, and negates the need for preservatives or other alterations (like sugar), which would make the rotis less healthy. Whereas something like a dishwasher will follow a straight path to getting your dishes clean, the Rotimatic pays attention to what’s happening inside the machine and adjusts accordingly. It is this ability to adjust to variable inputs that makes the Rotimatic a robot, said Israni.

Big, commercial robots like Flippy may grab headlines, but Rotimatic is quickly grabbing marketshare. At $1,000 a pop, Rotimatics are not cheap, but the company has tapped into a basic building block to cuisines around the world. Almost every culture has their own version of flatbread: rotis, tortillas, pitas, etc. Therefore, the market for Rotimatic is truly global.

Others see the value of Zimplistic’s vision as well. The company raised $30 million earlier this year, bringing its total funding to $48.5 million. With nearly 40,000 Rotimatics sold, the company has already generated revenues of roughly $40 million in sales.

I’ll actually be chatting on-stage with Israni next week at our Smart Kitchen Summit in Seattle. He’s part of an amazing panel we’ve put together on The Food Robot Evolution. There’s still time to buy your ticket, but we’ll also be recapping our conversation here on The Spoon, so stay tuned.

Here’s the full interview between Mike and Rishi:


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  1. Samantha Tomar says

    October 16, 2018 at 4:20 am

    I have a Rotimatic myself and I would vouch for it. I has really solved my problem of cooking rotis and spending time in the kitchen.

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  2. Sumeet Vishwas says

    October 22, 2018 at 4:57 am

    The kitchen robot is currently the need of the hour, everyone wants food with just a click of the fingers. We really wanted machines that could give us the authentic Indian food here so far in Auckland. Thanks to the entire team of Rotimatic for doing this.

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  3. Sarika Mills says

    November 16, 2018 at 2:59 am

    Being a Rotimatic owner I can honestly tell that Rotimatic has come a long way. There were so many glitches when I had bought it but the machine keeps on receiving weekly/ monthly technical updates which helps getting rid of bugs and machine starts to function very softly. Artificial intelligence and IoT has really made the machine so different and better then others.

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  4. Karishma says

    November 27, 2018 at 11:05 pm

    Can you please tell me which all updates has the rotimatic machine received?

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  5. Srinidhi Rao says

    December 16, 2018 at 11:35 pm

    Is it available in Ohio? My aunt lives there and wants to purchase it. Is any discount available?

    Reply
  6. Kusum Lal says

    June 25, 2020 at 12:26 am

    I’m ready to get rotimatic but on the website it’s out of stock? How and when I get get one?

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