The Food Tech News Show

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 smell...

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

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 I...

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...

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...

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 ind...