teaBOT

teaBOT is a Toronto-based hardware startup (Y Combinator, Summer 2015) that builds an automated loose-leaf tea-making robot offered to offices, showrooms, and lounges as an amenity-as-a-service. For a flat monthly fee, teams use the companion teaBOT app to explore premium teas and dispense a custom-blended cup in under 30 seconds, which companies such as Google, HubSpot, and McKinsey use as a workplace recruiting and retention perk. Founded by robotics PhD Rehman Merali, teaBOT runs a physical-product and mobile-app business and does not currently publish a public developer API, SDKs, or OpenAPI surface.

teaBOT is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Hardware, Robotics, Food Service, and Tea.

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8.9/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyHardwareRoboticsFood ServiceTeaOffice AmenityConsumerY Combinator

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 8.9/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

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Access & Security 1

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Commercial 1

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Company 1

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Website
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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: teabot
name: teaBOT
description: teaBOT is a Toronto-based hardware startup (Y Combinator, Summer 2015) that builds an automated loose-leaf tea-making
  robot offered to offices, showrooms, and lounges as an amenity-as-a-service. For a flat monthly fee, teams use the companion
  teaBOT app to explore premium teas and dispense a custom-blended cup in under 30 seconds, which companies such as Google,
  HubSpot, and McKinsey use as a workplace recruiting and retention perk. Founded by robotics PhD Rehman Merali, teaBOT runs
  a physical-product and mobile-app business and does not currently publish a public developer API, SDKs, or OpenAPI surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/teabot/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://teabot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/teaBOT_machine_black.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-founded: '2013'
x-yc-batch: Summer 2015
x-location: Toronto, Canada
x-founders:
- Rehman Merali
x-industry:
- Food Service
- Robots & Machines
- Hardware
- Robotics
x-api-surface: none
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Hardware
- Robotics
- Food Service
- Tea
- Office Amenity
- Consumer
- Y Combinator
apis: []
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
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common:
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  url: security/teabot-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
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- FN: Kin Lane
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