Category: Smart Home
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It may have been a short week (at least for some of us), but it still feels good to reach the weekend finish line. Let’s celebrate with some food tech news, shall we? We’re still riding a high from the announcement of the FoodTech 25: twenty five companies we think are changing the way we grow, source,…
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You know that searing anger and frustration you feel when you think you have one more coffee pod (or energy bar, or teabag) left, but instead you’re greeted with an empty container? Meaning you either have to a) do without, or b) hightail it to the store and hope you’re not late for work? WePlenish wants to…
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We’ve got a brand new Q&A in our series to introduce this year’s talented crop of startup showcase finalists for Smart Kitchen Summit Europe. Next up is Thomas Cooper, founder of Pantri. They’ve developed a platform that connects your smart kitchen appliances to online retailers to optimize grocery replenishment. (So you’ll never run out of olive oil or…
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We’ve got a brand new Q&A in our series to introduce this year’s talented crop of startup showcase finalists for Smart Kitchen Summit Europe. Next up is Michael Setton, CEO of connected indoor grow system TipCrop. They’ve developed a smart lighting tool which lets growers — like chefs, urban farmers, and anyone with a spare bit…
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Since we announced the 8 finalists in our SKS Europe Startup Showcase last week, we’ve launched a series of Q&A’s to introduce this year’s talented crop of food innovators. Next up is Anindya Roy, COO of Lecker Labs, producer of Yomee. Lecker Labs got their start at the food tech accelerator program FoodX and before launching a hugely…
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This was a pretty thrilling week for food-related innovation in big data and AI. We wrote about a patent that lets Facebook see inside your fridge and recommend personalized recipes. Google debuted its Duplex technology, which allows it to hold freakishly realistic-sounding phone conversations (listen to it make a restaurant reservation, it’s insane). Perhaps most importantly of…
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SideChef, a smart kitchen app and software platform startup, is growing its executive ranks. I learned this week that the company is adding execs from both Anova and Vitamix in an expansion of its core team. The company, which is based in Shanghai, China, recently added Anova’s former head of retail, Michael Tankenoff, as head…
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Google is holding its big I/O Developer conference this week, where it’s been debuting forthcoming new features, bells and whistles around its products. Google Assistant, the company’s virtual assistant, was no exception, getting a big bell that drew lots of whistles about its conversational capabilities, as well as some new smart home controls. The Internet…
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Facebook was issued a new patent today outlining a system that would allow users to access and control networked devices in the home through their mobile app and enable the social network to serve up ads based on the contents of a person’s fridge or other data gathered from inside the home. The patent, called…
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Over the past few years, appliance brands large and small have begun to stake their claim on the smart kitchen market. One that’s been especially active is Electrolux; in 2015 the company launched a smart steam oven with a connected camera, and they acquired sous vide company Anova in February of 2017. In preparation for SKS Europe this June…
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Zimplistic, the company behind the Rotimatic, has raised a $30 million Series C round, according to the Economic Times. The round was led by Credence Partners and EDBI, which is part of Singapore’s Economic Development Board, and brings Zimplistic’s total funding to $48.5 million. The Rotimatic is, as the name implies, an automated roti maker.…
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We at The Spoon have long been fans of Ashlee Clark Thompson, Associate Editor at CNet and hilarious twitter poster. (You may have seen her on stage at last year’s Smart Kitchen Summit talking about the future of food.) Like us, Thompson is fascinated by the smart kitchen market. “The kitchen has become the center of the home,”…
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