Salad chain Sweetgreen has agreed to divest its robotics business Spyce to mealtime platform Wonder for $186.4m.

Spyce, the developer of automated Infinite Kitchen makelines, was acquired by Sweetgreen in 2021 for $70m.

Since then, the Spyce team developed and commercialised the Infinite Kitchen makelines, which are now deployed in more than 20 Sweetgreen restaurants across the US.

The Infinite Kitchen system uses AI-driven robotic technology to automate assembly of food bowls, allowing front-of-house staff to concentrate on hospitality and fresh food preparation.

Sweetgreen stated that the sale will enable it to reinvest in key priorities and sharpen its focus on growth and profitability.

Sweetgreen will receive $100m in cash, and Series C Preferred Stock in Wonder with an implied value of $86.4m based on the price per share in Wonder’s most recent equity financing.

Sweetgreen and Wonder have entered a supply and licence agreement that will permit Sweetgreen to continue deploying Infinite Kitchens across its restaurants after the sale, preserving access to the technology.

38 Spyce engineers and support staff will move to Wonder, including Spyce co-founders Michael Farid, Kale Rogers, Brady Knight and Luke Schlueter.

For Sweetgreen, the disposal comes amid three straight quarters of fall in same-store sales.

In the third quarter of fiscal 2025, same-store sales fell 9.5% year-on-year, driven by an 11.7% decline in traffic and product mix. Net losses widened to $36.1m from $20.8m a year earlier.

The deal supports Wonder’s shift from a vertically integrated, multi-restaurant operator into a technology-led food platform that owns both robotics and infrastructure.

Wonder currently operates more than 80 locations offering delivery, pick-up and dine-in service.

In 2025, it completed the purchase of Grubhub from Just Eat Takeaway.com for an enterprise value of $650m.