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Matias Muchnick Reflects on Being Ten Years Early to the Food AI Party
Back in 2015, when Mattias Muchnick was contemplating the vision for his new company, he imagined building an AI-powered engine that would help big FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) brands bring […]
Join Us Today as We Explore Future Scenarios of an AI-Powered Food System
Ever think about all the different scenarios that AI could ultimately unleash on our food system? Us too, so we decided to invite noted food futurist Mike Lee to talk […]
Trump, RFK Jr., and the FDA Overhaul: A Food Truths Deep Dive with Helena Bottemiller Evich
In a recent episode of the Food Truths podcast, host Eric Schulze sat down with Helena Bottemiller Evich, longtime food policy and food system journalist, to discuss the changes taking […]
Fast-Growing Restaurant Chain MOTO Pizza Is Building an End-to-End Pizza Robot
Last month in Las Vegas, we sat down with one of our favorite restaurateurs, Lee Kindell of MOTO Pizza, to discuss his vision for the future of restaurants. Lee was […]
Jack Bobo: Don’t Let Your Ideology Muddle The Message About Your Food Product
In the second episode of Food Truths on our newly announced Spoon Podcast Network, Eric Schulze sits down with Jack Bobo, Executive Director of the Rothman Family Institute for Food […]
A New Report Details Promise (and Challenges) of Canada’s Food & Ag Tech Ecosystem
The Canadian food and agtech ecosystem is experiencing significant growth, according to a new report published today by the Canadian Food Innovation Network. The report, which dives deep into specific […]
Bonsai’s Announcement Shows Momentum for ‘Physical AI’ in Food & Ag Continues Post-CES
While NVIDIA’s taken a beating the last couple of weeks with the industry-shaking release of DeepSeek, company CEO Jensen Huang’s talk at CES about how AI models are now extending […]
FirstBuild’s Latest Funky Kitchen Gadget is a Device Which Feeds & Manages Your Sourdough Starter
In a world where many kitchen appliance brands have downsized or eliminated their innovation arms, FirstBuild, the device innovation and incubation for GE Appliances, is generating (and building) more ideas […]
After More Than a Decade, Wireless Power For The Kitchen Is Set to Become a Reality
It has been almost a decade since we at The Spoon began covering efforts to establish a wireless power standard for the kitchen. Our coverage started when the Wireless Power […]
CES 2025 Food Tech Preview
Welcome to The Spoon’s CES 2025 Food Tech Exhibitor Preview! We’ve scoured through the exhibitor guide and press releases to find some of the products that will be on display […]
This Japanese Snack Company is Selling Personalized Granola Based a Person’s Microbiome
Last month in Tokyo at the Smart Kitchen Summit Japan, we learned about a new personalized cereal offering from Japanese snack and breakfast food company Calbee. Called Body Granola, the […]
Lee Kindell on His Journey from Hostel Operator to Building a Fast-Growing Robot-Powered Pizza Chain
Lee Kindell, founder of MOTO Pizza, Seattle’s fastest-growing restaurant chain, never intended to be a restaurateur. In fact, starting a small local pizza joint was more of a retirement plan […]
The Idea of Food ‘Teleportation’ Isn’t New—But AI Is Finally Making Distributed Digital Food Replication a Reality
Over the past decade, there’s been no shortage of attempts to better understand, map, and recreate food and its properties with the click of a mouse. From new data ontologies […]
A First Look at Roku Shoku, Sony’s Culinary Recording System to Capture and Replicate Chefs’ Recipes
This past week in Japan, Sony unveiled a project they’ve been developing in secret called Roku Shoku, a culinary recording system designed to capture exactly how a chef prepares a […]
Three Days of Food Innovation & Discovery in Tokyo: Scenes From SKS Japan 2024
In January of 2017, little did I know that a chance meeting in the Venetian in Las Vegas would eventually lead to the creation of Japan’s most influential and well-attended […]
GFI: Fermentation Fuels Q3 2024 Alt-Protein Investments, While Cultivated Meat Lags
This week, the Good Food Institute released its quarterly alt-protein investment update, so I thought it’d be a good time to check in and see which way things are trending. […]
Ome CEO Akshita Iyer Talks Second-Generation Smart Stove Knob
Last month, smart kitchen startup Ome launched its second generation smart knob, a retrofit device that gives gas or electric stoves the ability to be turned off remotely. The new […]
Serve Robotics Partners With Drone Delivery Specialist Wing To Pair Sidewalk With Aerial Delivery
Serve Robotics Inc. and Wing Aviation announced a pilot program this week that will combine their delivery methods to extend the reach of restaurant deliveries across densely populated urban areas. […]
Food AI Bulletin: Google’s Robot Breakthrough & Wendy’s Spanish-Speaking AI Drive-Thru Bot
While it’s mid-summer, and while most of Europe (and a good chunk of the American workforce) is taking some well-deserved time off, the AI news hasn’t slowed down one bit. […]
Food Tech News Show: Blackbird Launches Pay, DoorDash Delivers Big Numbers
This week on the Food Tech News Show, we are joined by Kristen Hawley, long-time restaurant tech journalist who writes for Fast Company, Eater and her own site, Expedite. Blackbird […]
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