From SpaceX to Pizza Robots on Wheels: The Story of Stellar Pizza
In 2019, Benson Tsai left his job building rockets for SpaceX to start a company building a different type of technology-powered vehicle: a truck with a pizza robot inside that […]
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Instant Brands and Vorwerk Invest $20 Million in Smart Kitchen Specialist Fresco
Smart kitchen startup Fresco announced today that it had raised $20 million in Series B funding from kitchen appliance mainstays Instant Brands and Vorwerk, the company behind Thermomix. According to […]
UPSIDE’s New Investment Dollars Pushes The Company To the Front of the Cultivated Meat Line
Picture this: It’s late 2023, or perhaps 2024. Renowned Austin pitmaster and entrepreneur Aaron Franklin finishes up tending to his smokers after a long night of preparing to feed the […]
Food Fight! Motif Looks to Invalidate Impossible’s Patent as It Fights Back Against Lawsuit
The Impossible vs. Motif legal tussle is heating up. Last month, Impossible Foods filed a lawsuit against Motif Foodworks, claiming the company’s HEMAMI protein derived from precision fermentation infringed on Impossible’s […]
Instacart Brings Caper’s AI-Powered Checkout to Fenway as It Transforms Into a ‘Retail Enablement Platform’ Company
Last fall, Instacart acquired smart checkout startup Caper AI as it looked to bulk up its technology solutions to offer retailers who want to enable contactless checkout. This week, the […]
Rebellyous Develops Patent-Pending Production System That Puts Plant-Based Meat at Price Parity With Animal Meat
Seattle-based plant-based meat startup Rebellyous Foods has announced they have developed a new patent-pending production system prototype that can produce plant-based meat at price parity with traditional meat. The company […]
The LuckyBot Turns Your Ordinary 3D Printer Into a Chocolate Printer
If there’s one type of food that excels when it comes to 3D food printing, it’s chocolate. Chocolate melts easily and works well with 3D printhead extruders, allowing you to […]
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Investment in Alternative Seafood Startups Totaled $175 Million in 2021, Up 92% From Previous Year
According to a new report published by the Good Food Institute, investment in alternative seafood companies totaled $175 million in 2021. The total represented a 92% jump over 2020. GFI’s […]
Podcast: Talking Food as Medicine With NourishedRX’s Lauren Driscoll
NourishedRX provides meals, groceries, and meal kits to individuals, tailored for their individual needs and preferences. The company, which recently raised $6 million in seed funding, has developed an AI […]
OneRare and Honeybee Burger Partner to Bring Plant-Based Food to the Metaverse
OneRare, the first dedicated food metaverse platform just announced a collaboration with LA-based Honeybee Burger to make plant-based food “more desirable, accessible and available everywhere.” The vegan burger, founded by […]
Mikuna Foods Hopes Its New Funding Will Take Its Superfood Chocho To New Heights
If there’s a category of superfoods that has the potential to surpass super, Mikuna’s line of chocho protein products aspires to claim that title. The competition is intense, but the […]
Food Robot Roundup: Beewise Comes to the Rescue, Banana-Peeling Robot
Welcome to the food robot roundup, where we look at some of the most interesting stories in food robotics from the last couple of weeks. Last month, Beewise, a robotic […]