About Lucas Czekaj
Lucas Czekaj is the founder and technical leader of Peppermint Engineering, a health technology company based in San Francisco and Las Vegas. Peppermint builds AI-powered tools that make nutrition effortless, replacing manual food logging with passive grocery data capture.
Current Work
Lucas is currently building Peppermint, which includes two main products:
- Peppermint Platform - B2B food data infrastructure for health coaches, dietitians, and GLP-1 programs. The platform captures real-world grocery data passively and delivers coach-ready nutrition briefs.
- Nom - A consumer app that grades fast food nutrition from A to F, helping people make healthier choices at 17+ restaurant chains with AI-powered menu search.
Expertise
- Health technology and digital health
- Nutrition data and food informatics
- AI and machine learning applications
- Full-stack software development
- Startup founding and product strategy
Background
Before Peppermint, Lucas architected and led Fresh Funds at Instacart — the backbone of Instacart Health — supporting programs with Kaiser Permanente and Michelle Obama's Partnership for a Healthier America. He is a named inventor on 8 patents for AI-driven recommendations and has shipped work across checkout, order feedback, notifications, and health. With nearly twenty years in product and platform roles, Lucas brings fast, grounded judgment at the intersection of engineering and product.
Contact and Links
Lucas can be reached through LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/lukaszczekaj or on X/Twitter at @0xLCZ.
- Company: peppermint.engineering
- Platform: peppermint.food
- Consumer App: nom.now