Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
When we talk about artificial intelligence (AI), we often speak in giant, world-shifting terms about revolutionizing a certain industry. But AI can also benefit a single person at a time. […]
Between unpredictable weather, pests, and degrading soil quality, farming is an extremely difficult way to make a living. Indoor farming, though less weather-dependent, carries its own set of burdens. Montreal-based […]
Innovative food-related gadgets and practices don’t always have to rely on things like sensors, apps, and machine learning to have a positive impact. In fact, in some parts of the […]
Tuna melts are great and all, but they can lose some of their appeal when you hear about mercury in the fish, or how dolphins sometimes get killed by being caught […]
Marketing software and data analytics platform Punchh — who counts the likes of Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen, and Del Taco amongst its customers — just closed a $20 million Series B […]
Yesterday Nutrino, the Israeli personalized nutrition company, announced the completion of its $8 million Series A funding round. Nielsen Ventures, Pereg Ventures, and Gandyr Group joined existing investors, including the […]
Stealthy startup 6d bytes came out of hiding yesterday to debut Blendid, a fully autonomous, smoothie-making robot station. Using a combination of machine learning, machine vision and robotics, Blendid promises […]
Climate-controlled indoor farms are just one element of the rising movement for real food.
If you learn one thing while covering restaurant software companies, it’s that there are a lot of restaurant software companies. Payment systems, HR, inventory management. Not to mention all of […]
Alphabet X (part of Google family of companies), said that it is exploring ways to use AI to improve food production. During the MIT EmTech Digital event in San Francisco […]
Last week we learned about Spero Ventures, a new $100 million investment fund that had been spun out of the Omidyar Network. According to Forbes, the new venture fund has […]
New Jersey-based Bowery is on track to open the world’s most technologically advanced indoor farm.
