---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-086535"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001822145"
company_name: "Presto Automation Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T14:40:41.899428+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Presto Automation appoints Xavier Casanova as CEO; Krishna Gupta returns to Chairman

## Summary
- Krishna Gupta resigned as interim CEO effective July 30, 2023; remains Chairman of the Board.
- Xavier Casanova appointed CEO effective August 1, 2023; previously COO and CPO.
- Stanley Mbugua appointed Interim CFO effective August 1, 2023; continues as Chief Accounting Officer.
- Ed Scheetz appointed Lead Independent Director; Scott Raskin remains a director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-086535
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001822145
- company_name: Presto Automation Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822145/000110465923086535/0001104659-23-086535-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822145/000110465923086535/tm2322640d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-086535
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-086535.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stanley Mbugua was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Presto Automation Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 1, 2023, the Board appointed Stanley Mbugua to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822145/000110465923086535/0001104659-23-086535-index.htm
- Executive change
  Xavier Casanova was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Presto Automation Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On August 1, 2023, the Board appointed Xavier Casanova to serve as Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822145/000110465923086535/0001104659-23-086535-index.htm
- Executive change
  Krishna Gupta resigned as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Presto Automation Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On July 30, 2023, Krishna Gupta tendered his resignation as interim Chief Executive Officer of Presto Automation Inc. (the “Company”) effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822145/000110465923086535/0001104659-23-086535-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ed Scheetz was appointed as Lead Independent Director at Presto Automation Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Lead Independent Director
  source text: On August 1, 2023, the Board appointed Ed Scheetz, an independent member of the Board, to serve as the Company’s Lead Independent Director, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822145/000110465923086535/0001104659-23-086535-index.htm

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