Bear Robotics is looking for a helping hand as it seeks to strengthen its position in the food robotics space and beyond. It just got one by acquiring Kinisi Robotics, a startup that makes wheeled ...

Appliance giant Whirlpool has let its entire Yummly team go. According to industry sources, the company recently laid off all the employees for the recipe and cooking app and website. These sources ...

For the past half-decade, former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has been endeavoring to reimagine how restaurants operate by building a nationwide network of ghost kitchens under a business called ...

Cana, the company which was building an appliance that they claimed could create and customize virtually any beverage, shut down last week, The Spoon has learned. According to numerous Linkedin posts ...

When most people talk about food waste, they’re usually referring to the food we throw into the garbage or food waste bin, whether that’s a wilting head of lettuce or a bruised banana. But what about ...

Last week, I was in Rome at the Vatican for a workshop on the ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence and automation in our food system. The workshop was part of an ongoing ...

If you’re like me, you’ve probably bought a beaded ice cream at your local ballpark or fairgrounds during the dog days of summer. You know the kind, that ice cream that comes in tiny cryogenically ...

Creator, the San Francisco restaurant made famous by its burger-making robot, was among the thousands of restaurants shut down by the pandemic (even though it engineered an awesome germ-free airlock ...

For robot startups seeking to make a splash at CES, there are a few options: holding a large press conference, making it weird and creepy, or serving cocktails. However, one method stands out above ...

Since the early 1900s, the entertainment industry has been attempting to pair the experience of smell with video entertainment. In 1916, the Rivoli Theater in New York City introduced scents into the ...

Food-tech company NotCo has developed a novel generative AI model, the Generative Aroma Transformer (GAT), capable of creating new flavor and fragrance formulations. The model, which the company ...

Last week, grocery AI startup Afresh announced it is expanding beyond its original focus on the fresh food aisles to manage inventory, ordering, and replenishment across the entire store. The company ...