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  • The State of All Things AI in 2025 (Part 1)

    The State of All Things AI in 2025 (Part 1)
    2025/10/19
    This episode features a wide-ranging conversation between The Spoon's Michael Wolf and his old friend, long-time veteran tech journalist Derrick Harris, about the state of AI in 2025. Topics discussed include: The evolution from the early cloud and big-data era to today’s generative-AI boom How Nvidia became dominant on the training side How inference is becoming the true infrastructure bottleneck, Why ChatGPT was a consumer inflection point How the AI ecosystem is stratifying between foundation-model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google) and an emerging wave of vertical and agentic applications built on top Derrick's belief that infrastructure players will sell “picks and shovels” while domain experts own the higher-order use cases. We'll have a part 2 with another AI expert in just a couple of weeks. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 分
  • Behind The Scenes at the Good Housekeeping Appliance Lab

    Behind The Scenes at the Good Housekeeping Appliance Lab
    2025/10/16
    This week, we catch up with Nicole Papantoniou, the Director of the Good Housekeeping Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab. We hear from Nicole about what it's like running one of the preeminent testing labs for kitchen appliances in the world, her personal journey to her current position and what she's excited about in terms of kitchen innovation. Enjoy the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 分
  • Are Food Companies Really Embracing AI?

    Are Food Companies Really Embracing AI?
    2025/10/06
    In this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Mike welcomes Shiru CEO Jasmin Hume to the podcast to catch up on where things sit within the AI and food space in the context of Shiru's own evolution over the past couple of years. The highlights include: Talking about how VCs and entrepreneurs talk differently about how AI is being embraced in food Who will own the foundation models for food in the future How Jasmin and Shiru have evolved their company and how they talk with food brands about integrating AI How Jasmin would advise young food scientists to move forward in an era of AI It's a fun and interesting conversation, so take a listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 分
  • The Good (and Bad) of AI-Powered Food Tracking Systems

    The Good (and Bad) of AI-Powered Food Tracking Systems
    2025/08/14
    In this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Mike talks with Steve Statler, CEO and co-founder of AMB.AI, about the rise of ambient AI and energy-harvesting Bluetooth beacons could transform the supply chain. Steve shares his journey from pioneering Bluetooth beacons at Qualcomm to envisioning a future where everyday items like food, medicine, and clothing are connected and continuously monitored for location, temperature, and even freshness. The conversation explores the potential for reducing food waste, enabling dynamic expiry dates, and creating “demand chains” that respond in real time, while also tackling the privacy challenges and brand impacts of AI-driven purchasing. Steve balances excitement about the technology’s climate and efficiency benefits with caution about its role in feeding increasingly powerful AI systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 分
  • A Conversation With Mark Cuban

    A Conversation With Mark Cuban
    2025/08/02
    In this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Michael Wolf sits down with Mark Cuban for a wide-ranging conversation recorded live at the SKS 2025. Mark and Mike discuss the transformative power of AI, exploring why Cuban believes it's more disruptive than the internet, mobile, or streaming, and how it's already reshaping education, jobs, and entrepreneurship. Cuban shares his views on the broken U.S. healthcare system, his motivations behind launching Cost Plus Drugs, and how GLP-1s might reshape food and wellness. They dive into the changing innovation landscape, the future of hardware and robotics, and why Cuban stepped away from Shark Tank and sold majority control of the Mavericks. You won't want to miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 分
  • From Reality TV Producer to Recipe AI Entrepreneur with Babette Pepaj

    From Reality TV Producer to Recipe AI Entrepreneur with Babette Pepaj
    2025/07/29
    In this episode, Mike catches up with Babette Pepaj, founder of Bakespace and the new AI-powered platform BakeBot. Babette shares her journey from reality TV producer to social media pioneer, launching one of the first food-focused social networks in 2006. She reflects on the rise of food bloggers, the shifting digital landscape, and how she’s using AI to create more responsive, accessible, and personalized cooking tools for home cooks. Babette will be at Smart Kitchen Summit. Head over to smartkitchensummit.com and use code PODCAST for 15% off your tickets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 分
  • From Surfer to Robot Delivery CEO With Coco's Zach Rash

    From Surfer to Robot Delivery CEO With Coco's Zach Rash
    2025/07/21
    This episode's guest is Zach Rash, the co-founder and CEO of Coco Robotics. Mike talks to Zach about his journey from aspiring professional surfer to becoming of a robot delivery company backed by OpenAI's Sam Altman. Zach shares how he and his co-founder started building robots out of their UCLA dorm room during the pandemic, why they focused on human-piloted delivery over full autonomy, and how Coco has grown into a multi-city operation. Zach will speak at Smart Kitchen Summit. You can get your ticket for SKS at www.smartkitchensummit.com. Use discount code PODCAST for 15% off tickets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 分
  • Why It's So Hard to Build Hardware in America

    Why It's So Hard to Build Hardware in America
    2025/07/11
    On this episode of The Spoon podcast, catches up with with longtime food tech innovator and friend of The Spoon Scott Heimendinger about the hidden challenges of U.S. manufacturing, the future of kitchen robotics, and why tooling expertise has all but disappeared in America. Scott shares insights from his stealth startup Seattle Ultrasonics and his experience navigating domestic vs. overseas prototyping. The two also explore whether a new wave of robot-ready kitchen appliances is coming, what makes Thermomix a surprise hardware juggernaut, and how AI is powering everything from sous vide to smart food storage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 分