German company Circus SE has completed its previously announced acquisition of FullyAI, an agentic AI company, to advance solutions for the foodservice sector.
The announcement was made in January 2025.
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The acquisition is now set to transform FullyAI into the cognitive core of the Circus SE ecosystem.
This acquisition signifies a significant step in Circus SE’s goal to create a cohesive intelligence layer throughout its robotics and software systems.
The integration of FullyAI will begin with an AI-driven voice ordering terminal and extend to include real-time operational decision-making and predictive maintenance.
FullyAI will leverage several data points from its CA-1 meal supply robots and provide a self-improving intelligence layer that links software process and all robots in real-time.
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By GlobalDataThe integration of FullyAI with Circus SE’s proprietary systems will allow the ecosystem to understand context, demand and behavioural patterns by analysing multiple data streams.
These include customer profiling, inventory and procurement systems, and real-time robot operations.
This continuous flow of insights is poised to establish a global nutrition intelligence network, enabling Circus SE systems to forecast demand, adapt and globally scale precision nutrition.
The physical AI-robotics layer (CA-1), the operational layer (CircusOS) and the intelligence layer (FullyAI) are now designed to function in unison.
Circus SE CEO and founder Nikolas Bullwinkel stated: “With the acquisition of Fully, we are also expanding our growing stack of proprietary IP [intellectual property] in the field of global nutrition autonomy for humans.”
FullyAI’s engineering team and management have been integrated into Circus SE.
Niklas von Weihe, formerly associated with Meta’s advanced AI teams, has been appointed as Circus’ director of AI.
Minh Dao, who previously worked with clients such as Tesla, Google and McDonald’s, joins as vice-president for growth, responsible for overseeing new product verticals and brand expansion initiatives.
The acquisition was finalised based on the terms set out in the ad hoc announcement in January, which included the issuance of 400,000 new shares subject to a 36-month lock-up period.
Subsequent company law procedures to finalise the acquisition will be completed by the end of June 2025.
