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Bear Robotics is looking for a helping hand as it seeks to strengthen its position in the food robotics space and beyond. It just got one by acquiring Kinisi Robotics, a startup that makes wheeled humanoid robots. The company announced this week that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kinisi, a Bristol-based startup…
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When Brava shut down earlier this year, it marked the end of one of the more ambitious experiments in cooking technology of the past decade. For nearly nine years, Travis Rea helped build the company from an ambitious startup with a novel idea—using high-powered light instead of traditional heating elements to cook food—to a respected…
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Another pizza robot startup has bit the dust. And sadly, this isn’t just any pizza robot startup, but the company that, in many ways, had been the most successful in the space, gaining traction through partnerships with restaurant operators big and small. The news of Picnic’s bankruptcy was first reported by GeekWire, which uncovered a…
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Food robotics startup Appetronix has acquired fellow Canadian food automation company Cibotica, adding robotic makeline technology to its growing portfolio of autonomous restaurant systems. Appetronix CEO Nipun Sharma told The Spoon the acquisition gives the company an entry point into a segment it had previously chosen not to pursue on its own: robotic makelines designed…
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Here at The Spoon, we’ve been following pretty much every robot restaurant concept for the past decade, and have watched dozens of company ideas and hundreds of millions of dollars come and go in this space. One company that has gone and appears to be coming back again is Creator. For those new to the…
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Another smart oven company is saying goodbye. Brava, which makes countertop ovens that cook with light, announced today it would be shutting down. In a post shared on its Facebook and LinkedIn pages, Brava said it ceased operations on March 6. According to the announcement, the company will no longer sell new ovens, and no…
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At both IFA last fall and this year’s CES in Las Vegas, there was one big trend everyone seemed to be talking about: the rise of humanoid robots from science fiction fantasy to a powerful, multifunctional tool for work and home. Whether it was folding clothes, pouring drinks, or cooking a meal, the past year…
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For much of the past decade, CookUnity has operated as a subscription-based prepared meal service built around a network of professional chefs. This week, the company made its first major move beyond its own platform through a partnership with Airbnb, allowing guests to order chef-prepared meals directly through Airbnb as part of their short-term rental…
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For much of the past couple of decades, talk of the future kitchen at CES has conjured tech-forward images of robotic arms sautéing vegetables, humanoids flipping burgers, and, more recently, AI-powered assistants hovering over the stove. But during a conversation I had with a panel of kitchen insiders a couple of weeks ago in Las…
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Walk into almost any grocery store and, chances are, what you see in the fish case is not at peak freshness. You wouldn’t think it’d be that way, especially in places like Seattle, where I live, because such care is given to getting the fish to market quickly. But according to a new venture-backed startup…
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Nearly two decades ago, Eliot Horowitz launched a company with a couple of cofounders that would be pivotal in the early days of big data, helping to create more scalable solutions, lower costs and also reducing the need for deep technical expertise needed in setting up big and messy databases. The company, which would eventually…
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Last month I was in New York City, so I decided to drop and visit the Good Housekeeping Institute. I went to visit Nicole Papantoniou, the director of the Kitchen Appliances Lab at Good Housekeeping, who had promised to give me a tour of the place. If you haven’t visited Good Housekeeping Institute, it’s great…
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