Food & hospitality

Choppy!

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Founded 2022Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Keto friendly, flexitarian entrees made from plant protein combined with pure beef fat, collagen, and broth. Full of authentic flavor and ready in four minutes, Choppy! is better for you AND the planet.

The company was founded by Stanford mechanical engineers Saba Fazeli and Brice Klein:

-Saba was the first R&D engineer at Beyond Meat where he developed and scaled all of their textured proteins.

-Brice was the fourth engineer at vertical farming company Plenty where he led the commissioning of their new, multi-million dollar farm.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Previously Momentum Foods

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Saba Fazeli

Founder

Born and raised in Berkeley, CA, I spent the majority of my life in the Bay Area—attending Lick-Wilmerding High School in SF before going to Stanford, then Berkeley, to complete my degrees in mechanical engineering. I have passion for utilizing the food system to address climate change, and was fortunate to spend 5 years developing and scaling textured proteins as the first R&D engineer at Beyond Meat. I hope to make an everlasting climate impact with Momentum.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Brice Klein

Founder

Pretty good at welding, writing, and growing plants inside. Very good at citing obscure lines from The Simpsons. Trying to become great at making alternative meat people are excited to eat. 4th engineer at vertical farming company, stayed with them as they scaled 20x. Earned 25+ patents for mechanical engineering work on their grow infrastructure and automation systems then moved into technical program management and led the commissioning of their new farm in LA.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2022 · Source

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Y Combinator

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedLos Angeles, CA, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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