The Food Tech News Show

Join the Spoon crew and guests as they talk about the food tech news of the week.

Episodes

Is Smell-O-Vision Ready for Primetime? - FTNS #6

August 24, 2024 • 31 mins

This week, Mike and Carlos discuss the following stories: Osmo is trying to digitize the world of smells and use AI to finally help us create Smell-O-Vision The company’s The Principal Odor Map (POM) created by Osmo’s model, outperformed human panelists in predicting the consensus scent of molecules, marking a significant advancement in olfactory science and demonstrating that AI can predict smells based on molecular structure bett...

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Counting Your Calories With AI & Apple's Home Robot - FTNS #5

August 17, 2024 • 26 mins

On this week's Food Tech News Show: AI Wants to Count Your Calories Apple’s Home Robot Comes Into Focus Rivian Introduces a Travel Kitchen Meet the new Tiny Dishwasher Called th $299 Capsule Solo If you haven't subscribed, you can do so here on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Blackbird Launches Pay, DoorDash Delivers Big Numbers - FTNS #4

August 2, 2024 • 28 mins

This week we’re excited to welcome Kristen Hawley, long-time restaurant tech journalist. This week's stories: Blackbird Launches Blackbird Pay Andrew Simmons Says His Pizza Automation Experiment has Come to an End DoorDash Sees Digital Orders Surge Despite Industry Headwinds Taco Bell and Other Yum Brands Going to Expand Voice AI to Hundreds of Locations in 2024 Amazon Gives a Peak Under Hood of Its New Just Walk Out AI Model ...

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The Clock is Ticking on Amazon's Smart Kitchen Timer - FTNS #3

July 26, 2024 • 30 mins

Today on the Food Tech News Show: Beyond Meat launches a new product that is, for the first time, not trying to replicate meat. Juicy Marbles Releases Product Complete With Edible Bones Amazon is getting impatient with its “smart kitchen timer” Virtual restaurant models seem to hit consumers as a form of purposeful deception New Food Delivery Robot that Travels To Your Place in the Bike Lane All that and more on today's food...

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Gene Edited Tomatoes & Rethinking Robots Restaurants - FTNS #2

July 20, 2024 • 31 mins

On this week's episode of the Food Tech News Show, longtime podcaster, former host of Marketplace, and all-around nice person Molly Wood joins Carlos and Mike to discuss the food tech stories of the week. On this week's episode, we talk about: Tomatoes are thirsty crops. Here’s how CRISPR gene-editing could help them thrive with less water Food recycler Mill unveils pilot study results Meatly gets nod to sell cultivated meat in ...

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Food Tech Funding Drops in 1H 2024 - FTNS #1

July 12, 2024 • 41 mins

Join hosts Michael Wolf and Carlos Rodela as they welcome Peter Bodenheimer, a longtime food tech investor and operator, to discuss the current state of food and ag tech funding. In this episode, they delve into: The decline in agrifoodtech investments in the first half of 2024, with startups raising $7 billion across 427 deals, a significant drop from H1 2023. Upside Foods’ recent layoffs and industry challenges due to legislati...

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