How AI Is Changing Food Innovation with Justin Shimek

About this episode

Laurette Rondenet and Justin Shimek discuss how AI is enhancing creativity in food innovation.

What if AI is not here to replace creativity, but to expand it? In this episode of Owning Your Legacy, Laurette is joined by Justin Shimek, CEO of Mattson, to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping food and beverage innovation. Justin shares his journey from food science to leadership, the role of curiosity in building a career, and how Mattson helps companies imagine what is coming next in food. The conversation dives into AI as a creative thought partner, not an answer machine, ...

People in this episode

Host: Laurette Rondenet

Guest: Justin Shimek

Topics covered

• AI in food innovation
• creativity and technology
• food science
• leadership
• curiosity in careers

Keywords

• AI
• food innovation
• creativity
• food science
• leadership
• Mattson

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Organizations: Mattson

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