We solve the problem of our planet's screwed up food system, which is unhealthy and unsustainable.
This system overproduces calories in the form of chemically modified
raw foods; it uses unsustainable forms of production; it injects food
products with chemicals at all stages from farm to fork; it games the
government labeling/dietary regulations and successfully lobbies for the
industry's own benefit.
As a result it minimizes costs of
production and uses a large chunk of operating margin to bombard
consumers with heavy propaganda aimed at depriving them of free will to
choose food for consumers' own benefit rather than for the benefit of
the food producers.
Contemporary food system is motivated to keep
people alive to consume cheap calories; it is motivated to chemically
produce those calories at a minimum cost, which ensures high profit
margins.
It is not motivated to produce natural, nutritious,
minimally processed foods, which is necessary for the long-term
healthiness of the world population.
Our Solution:
Governments in many countries have made a lot of progress in
the food industry labeling and other regulations (top to bottom
approach);
The problem of the food system can't be solved with the
top to the bottom approach only: governments are too slow and dependent
on food lobbyists, while the food industry is very fast to adapt and
game the regulations;
We see the solution in adding the bottom-up
approach: enabling people to make their own independent and
knowledgeable food choices;
We are developing a simple-to-use AI
tool, which helps people navigate through their daily food choices while
shopping in physical or online groceries, eating out in restaurants,
selecting what to cook at home — will help people make their own choices
independent of the food industry propaganda.
This tool is based
on the underlying matrix of structured food information, which is being
collected by our intelligent algorithms.
Our team includes 3 co-founders and 10-peson (and expanding) team of AI, back-end, front-end developers and designers.