Pop Meals
Hiring
What they do:
Pop Meals is a restaurant chain without chefs. All recipes are…
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HQ: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Top Ghost Kitchens Startups
This list has 11 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 1 of them are hiring right now. Largest teams: Pop Meals, FoodCourt, and Byte Kitchen.
11 startups
What they do:
Virtual Restaurants & Stores for Africa
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Byte Kitchen
Acquired
What they do:
Increasing restaurant profitability through our AI Operating System
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
MadEats
Acquired
What they do:
Online delivery-only restaurant group in the Philippines
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HQ: Makati, Philippines
YC S21Early stage
Nino Foods
Shut down
What they do:
Building India's fast food empire
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HQ: India
Purple Plate
Shut down
What they do:
We license brands for delivery and pick-up
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Byte
Shut down
What they do:
On-demand food delivery from dark kitchens in Pakistan.
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HQ: Lahore, Pakistan
OneStopKitchen
Shut down
What they do:
AI-Driven Tech & Space Optimization to Scale Restaurants
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mezli
Shut down
What they do:
Autonomous restaurants that make great, affordable meals.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Taste
Shut down
What they do:
Online marketplace for dinners shipped from great restaurants
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Hideout
Shut down
What they do:
A portfolio of delivery-only restaurant brands
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 11 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
1 of them are hiring right now, including Pop Meals.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Pop Meals (153 employees), FoodCourt (80 employees), and Byte Kitchen (5 employees).