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A Week in Rome: Conclaves, Coffee, and Reflections on the Ethics of AI in Our Food System
May 13, 2025 Michael Wolf

May 6, 2025

How ReShape is Using AI to Accelerate Biotech Research

April 30, 2025

How Eva Goulbourne Turned Her ‘Party Trick’ Into a Career Building Sustainable Food Systems

April 29, 2025

Combustion Acquires Recipe App Crouton

February 1, 2025

A Conversation With Bear Robotics’ John Ha on LG Deal and The Future of The Company

The Food & Retail AI Rollup Continues as Crisp Buys Shelf Engine

March 28, 2025 Michael Wolf

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Crisp, a New York-based retail data company, has acquired Seattle-based startup Shelf Engine. Founded in 2016 by Stefan Kalb and Bede Jordan, Shelf Engine specializes in using machine learning to […]

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How Tariffs Are Impacting Canadian Food Companies (and What They’re Doing About It)

March 26, 2025 Michael Wolf

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Last week, I caught up with Dana McCauley, CEO of the Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN), to discuss some of the challenges facing Canadian food manufacturers amidst the abrupt and […]

Bridge Appliances Deploys Egg-Making Robot at First Customer

March 25, 2025 Michael Wolf

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Five years ago, the cofounders behind Bridge Appliances stood in line at a busy breakfast cafe. As minutes ticked by, frustration turned into inspiration. They wondered: What if the preparation […]

Soul to Table: Chef Ryan Lacy Talks With Thom Curry About How He Built Temecula Olive Oil Company

March 24, 2025 Tiffany McClurg

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On this debut episode of “Soul to Table,” Chef Ryan Lacy sits down with Thom Curry, co-founder of Temecula Olive Oil Company, to talk about Thom’s journey that began 22 […]

The Spoon Discusses The Current State of AI Workflows With AI for Humans’ Gavin Purcell

March 21, 2025 Carlos Rodela

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In this latest edition of the Spoon Full of AI Podcast – the podcast where I talk to leaders who are using AI to transform their business (in food and […]

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SKS Returns in 2025 With Global Virtual Summit

March 20, 2025 Michael Wolf

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The Smart Kitchen Summit, the pioneering executive summit focused on the digital transformation of the food world, is excited to announce its return in 2025 with a brand-new format. This […]

Dispatches from Future Food Tech 2025: After the Alt-Protein Boom, a New Realism Takes Hold

March 20, 2025 Michael Wolf

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Last week, I headed down to San Francisco to check out the Future Food Tech conference, one of the leading gatherings in food innovation, where investors, startups, and big food […]

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Less Robots, More Meat: Chipotle Founder’s Big Pivot

March 19, 2025 Michael Wolf

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Just over a year ago, Steve Ells, the founder of Chipotle, opened Kernel in New York City—a vegan restaurant concept featuring a large robotic arm in the kitchen to assist […]

Smart Tea Infuser Teforia Comes Back From the Dead Seven Years After Shutting Down

March 18, 2025 Michael Wolf

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When it comes to zombies, you never know when they’ll spring back to life. As we learned this past month, the same goes for zombie products. Teforia, the eponymous smart […]

Matias Muchnick Reflects on Being Ten Years Early to the Food AI Party

March 18, 2025 Michael Wolf

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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 […]

Marine Biologics Debuts SuperCrudes, the ‘World’s First Programmable Biomass’

March 12, 2025 Michael Wolf

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This week at Future Food Tech, Marine Biologics will showcase its technology—a platform that digitally maps the biochemistry of seaweed and its properties – which the company claims has created […]

AI-Powered CPG Trend Forecaster AI Palette Gets Gobbled Up

March 12, 2025 Michael Wolf

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AI Palette, a company that uses AI to help CPG brands anticipate consumer tastes ahead of market trends and better predict new product success throughout their lifecycle, announced today it […]

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