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Sigh. It Looks Like Misinformation is Coming For Food Waste Technology Too
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how misinformation has real potential to harm the nascent cultivated meat industry. As it turns out, meat grown in bioreactors is not the […]
Four Years After CES, Breadbot’s Robotic Breadmaker is Dishing Out Loaves at Grocery Stores
For robot startups seeking to make a splash at CES, there are a few options: holding a large press conference, making it weird and creepy, or serving cocktails. However, one […]
Home Are Still the Biggest Source of Food Waste (44M Tons), and It’s Only Getting Worse
Last week, ReFED released its latest edition of the Food Waste Monitor, which is part of the ReFED Insights Engine, an interactive tool that tracks food waste sources, solutions, capital, […]
2023 Restaurant Tech EcoSystem: Nourishing the Bottom Line
In collaboration between TechTable and Vita Vera Ventures, we are pleased to share an updated 2023 Restaurant Tech Ecosystem map. We all saw that the pandemic brought a wave of […]
Meticulous Espresso Machine Appears on Track to Become Most Funded Food-Related Kickstarter
The heyday of hardware Kickstarter may be behind us (Coolest Cooler anyone?), but occasionally, a project emerges with the right blend of a captivating promotional video, impressive specs, and promise […]
Sepura Gets $3.7M Seed Round For Its Under-Sink Food Waste Device
While cooking tech startups have had a hard time of it lately when it comes to raising funding, it appears investors aren’t shying away from products that help consumers manage […]
Vow Debuts The Mammoth Meatball, Made With Protein From The Extinct Species
When Nathan Myhrvold talked about recreating meat from long-extinct species at Smart Kitchen Summit, he went back as far as the dinosaur period. While Vow hasn’t quite done that (yet), […]
French Fries & Bananas Top The List of Popular Drone-Delivered Items
So what items flew off the shelves last year when it came to drone delivery? According to Flytrex, a company specializing in backyard drone delivery, the most popular item ordered […]
Verneek Launches Generative AI Platform to Assist Food Shoppers
Today Verneek, a New York-based generative AI startup, came out of stealth with the debut of its first product, Quin Shopping AI. The product is the first to utilize the […]
Fresco Introduces Complete Refresh of KitchenOS Platform, With Aim of Delivering True Multi-Brand Device Contol
Today, Fresco announced the launch of its KitchenOS platform, a ground-up refresh of its smart kitchen software suite. As part of the announcement, the company revealed that Instant Brands, the […]
GoodBytz Unveils Modular Robotic Kitchen That Can Make up to Three Thousand Meals Per Day
GoodBytz, a robotic kitchen startup based in Germany, debuted its new kitchen robot last week in its hometown of Hamburg at the INTERNORGA 2023 trade fair. The GoodBytz food robot […]
(UPDATE): Betterland Foods, Maker of Candy & Milk With Animal-Free Whey, Is Seeking a Sale
UPDATE: A spokesperson for Betterland reached out to The Spoon with the following statement: “betterland foods™ is not closed down. It is currently being prepared for sale and is in talks […]
Food Tech Founders Navigate Turbulence of SVB Collapse & Subsequent Fed Intervention
If you’ve ever traveled overseas when big news happens at home, it can feel disorienting. I felt that to a certain degree last week when The Spoon team was in […]
‘It’s Tough for Robotic Companies’: VCs Talk About the Funding Landscape for Food Automation
It’s not a secret that the tech industry is going through a challenging time when it comes to venture capital. The food tech sector is no exception, and, according to […]
Food Tech Weekly: Restaurant Subscriptions, DeSci + Food, Microreactor-Powered Unagi
Is it me, or does every restaurant have a subscription program nowadays? Some, like Panera, have been at it for years, but last year seemed to be when restaurants caught membership fever. Taco Bell […]
Podcast: How the DeSci Movement Will Change The World of Food
Do you know what DeSci is? Don’t feel bad if you don’t, especially if, like me, food is your primary focus. A16Z’s publication Future describes DeSci as a movement in […]
After Years of Building His Robot, Stellar Pizza Founder is Having Fun Dishing Pies to USC Students
Back in 2019, Benson Tsai decided to attend a food robotics conference. The engineer had spent the last five years working for Elon Musk’s company SpaceX, applying what he had […]
CloudChef Wants to Capture a Chef’s Knowledge in Software to Recreate High-Quality Cuisine Anywhere
What if you could digitally record the best chefs in the world as they make their culinary masterpieces? And what if you took that knowledge and encoded it into software […]
Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurants in Japan Will Soon Use a Fry-Cooking Robot
TechMagic, a Tokyo-based restaurant robotics startup, has signed a development deal with Kentucky Fried Chicken in Japan to build a robot to automate the entire process of cooking french fries. […]
Flytrex & CAU Plot Nationwide Roll Out Drone Food Delivery After Getting FAA Approval
Drone delivery startup Flytrex and partner Causey Aviation Unmanned (CAU), announced today they had received Standard Part 135 Air Carrier Certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) according to an […]
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