Meet the Founder
Renato Chaves Ferraz is the creator of Brazilly Philly — a dreamer, a doer, and a time travel theorist who believes sandwiches can save the world.
Brooklyn-born to Brazilian parents, Renato grew up juggling music, BMX, skating, and sci-fi-fueled curiosity. While driving Lyft in Philadelphia in 2018, he fell in love with the city's cheesesteak culture — and had a wild thought:
“What if Philly’s most iconic sandwich collided with picanha, robots, and clean energy?”
From that question, Brazilly Philly was born — not just as a restaurant, but as a future-forward robot-friendly environment designed for global innovation partnerships.
It’s a real-world robotics test bed, where bots from different companies work side-by-side in a live environment — cooking, cleaning, protecting, or just vibing — all under 24/7 audio-video monitoring to help developers push boundaries and spark breakthroughs.
