In a landmark seed funding round led by AI entrepreneurs Alex and Michael Bronstein, AKA Foods is poised to revolutionize food manufacturing with its claim of developing “the world’s first” secure AI system for food innovation.
This funding will facilitate the official launch of AKA Studio—a secure AI system and proprietary platform that consolidates the company’s extensive knowledge and ongoing research and development efforts.
According to the company, AKA Studio empowers food manufacturers to “create, optimise, and launch products much faster, smarter, and more affordably than ever before.”
The platform integrates experimental and analytical measurements related to texture, aroma, and taste sourced from dedicated sensory research facilities. AI assistants then guide the formulation and optimization process.
By combining historical and ongoing R&D data, ingredient specifications, sensory feedback, and regulatory documentation, AKA Studio drastically shortens the innovation cycle from years to weeks. Notably, formulation remains a hands-on scientific process throughout.
Moreover, AKA Studio effectively links structured digital information with sensory evidence. This capability enables companies to optimize formulations scientifically while introducing healthier and more sustainable products to the market with greater precision and security.
Crucially, the platform also supports reformulation initiatives aimed at clean labels, minimizing sugar and fat content, and enhancing supply chain resilience.
Operating as a secure SaaS (software as a service) platform, AKA Studio is managed by AKA Foods, ensuring clients have private environments for their data.
Professor Alex Bronstein, chief scientist at AKA Foods, stated: “AKA Foods is essentially bringing to market a new type of a grammar; a language for food, creating AI agents that are capable of connecting to different external data sources and then making recommendations on how to improve the recipe. This is something that a generic AI model like ChatGPT will never be able to achieve.”
David Sack, founder and CEO of AKA Foods, remarked: “The global food industry holds enormous amounts of valuable knowledge but struggles to use it effectively. AKA Studio gives companies the ability to capture, organise, and apply that knowledge securely. This investment allows us to expand deployment to enterprise clients worldwide and continue advancing the science behind how food is created.”
