Follow The Spoon, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/the-spoon Sun, 26 Mar 2023 05:01:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG1js-rpJ5qB5gm0QkxGtqLL The wave of ChatGPT integration announcements is just getting started, and this week Instacart debuted its first effort to tap into the generative AI zeitgeist with the debut of its […]]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:57:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG1js-rpJ5qB5gm0QkxGtqLL https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG1CvDhbhGR1TqgHTd9OkkKt Today Verneek, a New York-based generative AI startup, came out of stealth with the debut of its first product, Quin Shopping AI. The product is the first to utilize the […]]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 22:25:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG1CvDhbhGR1TqgHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG2ep8-eUZCjtioxzwoq1nFt Today, Fresco announced the launch of its KitchenOS platform, a ground-up refresh of its smart kitchen software suite. As part of the announcement, the company revealed that Instant Brands, the […]]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:41:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG2ep8-eUZCjtioxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG37ZCAaLWbekm0dX84dnP8Y Today chef/entrepreneur David Chang and his team announced they had raised $17.5 million in growth funding for his packaged goods brand, Momofuku Goods. The company, which sells “a line of […]]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:09:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG37ZCAaLWbekm0dX84dnP8Y https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG0PBzxHUyoacUZPHFZJLI3I GoodBytz, a robotic kitchen startup based in Germany, debuted its new kitchen robot last week in its hometown of Hamburg at the INTERNORGA 2023 trade fair. The GoodBytz food robot […]]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:49:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG0PBzxHUyoacUZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG0wOMScYivT2O9WSSr4-0sP I first encountered SideChef’s CEO Kevin Yu at a rooftop party during CES in March 2015. At the time, SideChef was in its early stages, having been founded just a […]]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:16:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG0wOMScYivT2O9WSSr4-0sP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG36VdfnUwTEF6vLeqE6yv18 This week Kroger announced a collaboration with Gatik, a company specializing in autonomous middle-mile logistics, to utilize autonomous box trucks in Dallas, Texas. According to the announcement, the partnership aims […]]]> Thu, 16 Mar 2023 21:01:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG36VdfnUwTEF6vLeqE6yv18 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG2YiHgsyc2G7t6jHbRcHw3s Turtletree, a startup using cellular agriculture to create bioactive ingredients such as animal-free milk proteins, has announced they will debut its precision-fermentation derived lactoferrin, which has the commercial name of […]]]> Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:08:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG2YiHgsyc2G7t6jHbRcHw3s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG0ae_WHLZeTZBtLdxSOwF-n The growth of aquaculture has been one of the big stories in the fishing industry over the past couple of decades, as fish raised in farms has grown from about […]]]> Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:49:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG0ae_WHLZeTZBtLdxSOwF-n https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG1O5GQONSNkyqgHTd9OkkKt It appears that Betterland Foods, a startup launched last year to create dairy and chocolate using Perfect Day’s precision fermented animal-free whey, has closed its doors, The Spoon has learned. […]]]> Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:41:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG1O5GQONSNkyqgHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG3Fimt4Fu0c8lT72x6uxjiK If you’ve ever traveled overseas when big news happens at home, it can feel disorienting. I felt that to a certain degree last week when The Spoon team was in […]]]> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:37:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG3Fimt4Fu0c8lT72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG0YwZVtjDkGoh-xWH3zZqEA It seems almost a lifetime ago when, in 2021, a gaggle of ultra-fast grocery store startups with interesting names like GoPuff and Gorillas raised gonzo amounts of cash. We all […]]]> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:07:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG0YwZVtjDkGoh-xWH3zZqEA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG19_NNTbhJh8tKEpFgimKzx We also heard from entrepreneur and restaurant operator Andrew Simmons, who is reinventing his neighborhood restaurant with digital technology and robotics. Atish Aloor told us how his company CloudChef is […]]]> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 15:38:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG19_NNTbhJh8tKEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG344Q5BC4Wgv7b9ICM-PHur It’s not a secret that the tech industry is going through a tough time when it comes to venture capital. The food tech sector is no exception, and, according to […]]]> Thu, 02 Mar 2023 23:18:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG344Q5BC4Wgv7b9ICM-PHur https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG24whADG8FCwAaB2UxGNFpJ Is it me, or does every restaurant have a subscription program nowadays? Some, like Panera, have been at it for years, but last year seemed to be when restaurants caught membership fever. Taco Bell […]]]> Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:56:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG24whADG8FCwAaB2UxGNFpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG0vvXYk8MTzsCVCAQLB0bf5 Triplebar, a biotechnology company, and Umami Meats, a cultivated seafood company, have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on developing cell lines for sustainable cultivated seafood, starting with the […]]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:46:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG0vvXYk8MTzsCVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG3q3xlzQ6kBu8fGo0LrnZNO Andrew Simmons and Wayne Stadler acquired Mamma Rosa’s Italian restaurant in January 2020. The two, which cofounded a restaurant delivery service startup called Orange Crate, had learned through social media […]]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2023 22:35:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG3q3xlzQ6kBu8fGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG1S4qucNrjrg31d0VB8z-7c Do you know what DeSci is? Don’t feel bad if you don’t, especially if, like me, food is your primary focus. A16Z’s publication Future describes DeSci as a movement in […]]]> Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:26:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG1S4qucNrjrg31d0VB8z-7c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG2o26VRmDKYKLmyhX6zo8SW Back in 2019, Benson Tsai decided to attend a food robotics conference. The engineer had spent the last five years working for Elon Musk’s company SpaceX, applying what he had […]]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2023 18:19:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG2o26VRmDKYKLmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG1SBKEOeuhROiuZukmJ4mr4 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that he plans to start developing Japan’s cellular agriculture industry with the aim of producing cultivated meat and fish, according to a story published […]]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:33:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/L62WtUhSRG1SBKEOeuhROiuZukmJ4mr4