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Stellar Pizza, a mobile pizza restaurant powered by robots, has secured $16.5m in a funding round led by venture capital firm, Marcy Venture Partners.

Colombian premium rum brand, Dictador, has announced the hiring of the "first world-ever" artificial intelligence robot as a CEO of a global company.

Israeli start-up Better Juice has partnered with GEA to launch a new pilot facility for juice manufacturers to test their sugar-reduction technology.

Sustainable food-tech company Hyfé Foods has secured $2m in a pre-seed funding round led by venture capital firm The Engine.

Digital payments company, Cantaloupe, has expanded its ePort series with the introduction of a new all-in-one card reader for autonomous retail.

Food and agriculture data infrastructure company, Leaf, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by S2G Ventures.

Nexira has increased its acacia processing capacity by 20% at its Normandy, France, facility and invested over $10 million in industrial facilities.

BioBetter is exploring the potential of the Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) plant in overcoming challenges of scaled production in cultured meat.

Soft drinks giant PepsiCo has introduced a new addition to its SodaStream's portfolio of sparkling water makers, called the Art.

UK scientists have obtained stem cells from livestock, a discovery that paves the way for "manufacturing cell cultured meat & breeding enhanced livestock".

Arla Foods Ingredients (AFI) has developed a patented method of separating milk into its different protein components, called milk fractionation.

Biotech company Microphyt plans to construct what it claims will be the world’s first fully-integrated microalgae biorefinery at its headquarters in France.