# Shin Starr Presents Corp.

> Shin Starr Presents Corp. is a Korean-American foodtech company building autonomous, AI-powered robotic kitchens. Its 'Autowok' system - a modular, Lego-block robotics platform - cooks Korean BBQ and seafood with minimal human intervention, including inside moving OLHSO food trucks that finish dishes 'en route' so meals arrive minutes after cooking. Founded in 2019 by Kish Shin and Jay Shin, the company operates OLHSO branded trucks and a San Mateo restaurant in the San Francisco Bay Area and is targeting airports, campuses, and corporate cafeterias for expansion.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Seoul, South Korea (US operations in the San Francisco Bay Area)
- **Founders:** Kish Shin (Co-Founder & CEO), Jay Shin (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~12 employees
- **Products:** Autowok, SPACE+ Technology, OLHSO Express (robotic food truck), OLHSO House, OLHSO Micro-Restaurant
- **Notable:** Built what it calls the first U.S.-certified unmanned robotic mobile kitchen., Filed 9 patents, with 5 already issued., Averages 3.39 minutes from cooking completion to customer delivery via 'cook-en-route.'

## Products & services

- **Autowok** — A modular, AI-powered robotic wok system that retrieves ingredients, cooks in a tilting cylindrical heated canister, plates the dish, then cleans and sanitizes itself for the next order.
- **SPACE+ Technology** — A spatial platform integrating in-house robotics and networking into a unified autonomous kitchen system, using a 'Lego-block' modular design.
- **OLHSO Express (robotic food truck)** — An autonomous Korean BBQ & Seafood food truck that cooks 'en route,' finishing meals as the truck drives to the customer for peak-freshness delivery.
- **OLHSO House** — A brick-and-mortar dine-in Korean BBQ restaurant in San Mateo, CA, powered by the same robotic kitchen platform.
- **OLHSO Micro-Restaurant** — A compact, 24/7 unattended robotic kitchen designed for airports, hotels, hospitals, and campuses.

## Achievements

- Built what it calls the first U.S.-certified unmanned robotic mobile kitchen.
- Filed 9 patents, with 5 already issued.
- Averages 3.39 minutes from cooking completion to customer delivery via 'cook-en-route.'
- Reported Samsung order of 31 robotic kitchen systems after a 4-unit trial.
- Selected for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Startup Battlefield 200.
- Raised approximately $35.63M in total funding, including a $22.13M Series B.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Food On Demand reports OLHSO is building a multi-format Korean BBQ platform spanning trucks, dine-in, and micro-restaurants.
- **2025-10** — Debuted the robotic food truck serving Korean BBQ at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 as part of Startup Battlefield 200.
- **2025-05** — Raised a $22.13M Series B round.

## Links

- Website: https://shinstarr.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/shinstarr
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFNq0llZUa0
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olhso.official/

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Last updated: 2026-07-10