# Mashgin

> Mashgin builds an AI-powered self-checkout kiosk that recognizes items by sight - no barcodes, no scanning, no line. The Palo Alto company uses computer vision and deep learning to ring up an entire tray of food, drinks, or merchandise in a few seconds, and is deployed in over 800 locations across stadiums, airports, convenience stores, ski resorts, and corporate cafeterias.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founders:** Abhinai Srivastava (Co-founder & CEO), Mukul Dhankhar (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~120 employees
- **Products:** Mashgin Touchless Kiosk, Custom Item Learning, Real-Time Analytics
- **Notable:** Reached unicorn status with $1.5B valuation in 2022, Profitable - rare for hardware-AI startups at its stage, 35M+ transactions processed

## Products & services

- **Mashgin Touchless Kiosk** — A self-service kiosk with multiple 3D cameras that identifies items placed on its tray simultaneously using computer vision and deep learning - no barcodes required.
- **Custom Item Learning** — Train the system to recognize new menu items, including hot food, in minutes by showing it a handful of examples.
- **Real-Time Analytics** — Operator dashboard for transaction data, item velocity, inventory signals and shrink reduction.

## Achievements

- Reached unicorn status with $1.5B valuation in 2022
- Profitable - rare for hardware-AI startups at its stage
- 35M+ transactions processed
- $310M+ in GMV processed through Mashgin kiosks
- Deployed in 800+ live locations
- Y Combinator alum

## Latest updates

- **2023-04** — Multi-tray functionality rolled out at Palisades Tahoe ski resort
- **2023-10** — Circle K customer-experience campaign across rollout
- **2022-05** — Closed $62.5M Series B at $1.5B valuation, led by NEA

## Links

- Website: https://mashgin.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mashgin
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Mashgin
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mashgin
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashgin/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/mashgin/

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Last updated: 2026-05-28