What Shape Will Food Robots Take?
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Which Smart Vending Startup Will Be Acquired Next?
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DoorDash Acquires Salad Robot Maker Chowbotics
Third party delivery service DoorDash has acquired Chowbotics, the company behind salad-making robot Sally. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Chowbotics had raised nearly $21 million in funding since […]
The Delivery Robot Market Report
Allowing robots to handle the last mile of these deliveries could do much to make restaurant and grocery delivery faster, enable those deliveries to occur around the clock, and bring […]
Should Food Robot Startups Build Their Own Food Brand or Borrow One (or Do Both)?
One question I ask food robot companies, especially the startups that build meal-making robots, is whether they are a food company or a technology company. The answer to that question […]
PizzaForno Bringing its Pizza Vending Machines to the U.S. Next Month
Like so many other startups in the space, PizzaForno doesn’t like to call its product a “vending machine.” That term carries with it a lot of baggage, conjuring up coils […]
Some of Our Food Tech Predictions for 2021
While 2020 was a dumpster fire of a year in so many ways, it was actually something of a banner year for food tech, and there was a lot to […]
Will 2021 Be a Big Year for Food Robots? (Yes!)
Two years ago, I predicted that 2019 would be a breakout year for food robots. Let’s just say that I was a little premature with that particular prognostication. In my […]
My 2020 Prediction Scorecard: Equity Crowdfunding (✅) and Pop-Up Retail (❌)
Before unceremoniously kicking 2020 to the curb, as an industry watcher, I have to make the yearly mental trek backwards to revisit the predictions I made for this year. This, […]
Robot Smoothie Company Blendid Launches Equity Crowdfunding Campaign
Blendid, a company that produces standalone robotic smoothie-making kiosks, is running an equity crowdfunding campaign through MicroVentures with the goal of raising up to $5 million. Blendid sent word of […]
Meet Bobacino, the Boba Tea Making Robot
Let’s just get this out of the way: “robo-boba” is fun (if slightly difficult) to say out loud. But it’s a phrase you could be saying it a lot more […]
Merlot-M-G! The WineCab Wine Wall is a Robot+AI Sommelier
What do you get for the person who has everything? How about an artificially intelligent robot sommelier that can securely store, manage and suggest wines from your collection? The Winecab […]
