Bolt, an Uber-like rideshare company based in Estonia, has raised €600 million
(~$713M USD) to branch out into grocery delivery, CNBC reported today. New
investors in the round include Sequoia and …
Miyoko’s Creamery, which makes plant-based cheese and butter, announced today
that it has raised $52 million in Series C funding. PowerPlant Partners led the
round, putting in $40 million, wi…
When it comes to fighting food waste, every little bit helps. So while the new
partnership between speedy delivery grocery service JOKR and food rescue app Too
Good To Go may only impact a small ge…
There’s a new cashierless checkout cafe opening at the Javits Center convention center in New York this weekend, and it’s going to be powered by Amazon’s Just Walk out technology.…
After seeing Mark Ronson’s “Watch the Sound” series on music, my 10-year-old son
is now very into drum machines and beats. And while he would love a vintage
Roland TR 808 to kick …
Something we’ve pondered here at The Spoon is how age verification might work
for vending machines that sell beer or booze. We’ve seen other automated alcohol
dispensers like Hop Roboti…
When we talk about artificial intelligence (AI) in food tech, it’s often about
the end result: Cashierless checkout, crop assessment, autonomous vehicles, etc.
But one thing that these soluti…
Plant-based meat giant Beyond Meat has filed for a trademark on the name Beyond
Milk, indicating that the company could be prepping for a move into alternative
milk category. Food Dive was first to…
Singapore-based Crown Digital announced yesterday that it will be installing its
robotic baristas at 30 Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations in that country by the
end of 2022. Dubbed “Ella,R…
One of the emerging trends we’re seeing in food robotics is the fully automated
restaurant-in-a-box-style kiosk. These are big, standalone devices that store
ingredients and cook up a variety…
Let’s not bury the lede here. After spending the past four years covering food tech startups, I’m leaving The Spoon to start my own (more on that in a minute). This is a completely amic…