We're making the checkout invisible.

Founded in 2019, VisioLab aims to eliminate the checkout counter bottleneck in food service using AI. We create AI-driven visual self-checkout systems for university canteens, stadiums, corporate campuses, and hotels globally.

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A note from our founders.

OUR FOUNDERS

"Checkout lines are a solved problem. The technology exists – what was missing was a product simple enough to deploy in minutes. That's VisioLab."

Tim Niekamp

CEO of VisioLab

"Champions don't wait – and neither should your fans. Live events deserve a buying experience that matches the energy in the room. That's what we're building at VisioLab."

Iwo Gernemann

COO of VisioLab

AI self-checkout at scale – by the numbers.

Founded

2019 – Osnabrück, Germany

Venues

120+ venues live across 3 continents

Team

25+ people across Europe and the US

Backing

Backed by top-tier European VCs

Markets

Operating in EU, US, APAC, and expanding

Accuracy

99%+ AI item recognition accuracy

OUR VALUES

How we work.

Excellence

We ship things that work. On time, under pressure, in venues that can't afford downtime.

Simplicity

Our AI self-checkout sets up in under 10 minutes. If it's complicated, we haven't finished building it.

Drive

We're a small team that has deployed food service automation across 3 continents. We're not done.

VisioLab in the press.

New 2025 College Football Stadium Data: VisioLab Self-Checkout Cuts Gameday Wait Times by 80%

Shorter Lines, Increased Revenue with AI-Based Self-Checkout

University Cafeteria in Hannover, NFL Stadium in Atlanta: How a Startup from Lower Saxony is Making Payments Smarter

CAREERS

Join the team building AI self-checkout for food service.

The product is live. The customers are real. The opportunity ahead is limitless — and we're adding the people who want to help scale it right.

Want to see it in action?

Explore how VisioLab works, or get in touch with the team directly.

See how it works