Update Thursday,Randy Spears Archives April 20, 2017, 5 p.m. EST:
Juicero CEO Jeff Dunn hit back at Bloomberg's report in a Medium post published Thursday.
The company again argued that releasing the juice packets by hand is much messier and less effective than doing so with its $400 press.
It even offered its own video as proof, though whoever is being filmed doesn't actually make any attempt to squeeze the bag like Bloombergdid.
Dunn insisted that the packages contain "nothing but fresh, raw, organic chopped produce, not juice" (in the video it looks to be at least semi-liquified).
He also raised the specter of a hypothetical spinach recall that the machine's QR code reader would help customers navigate. Such events are usually well-publicized through news reports and other information channels.
"The value of Juicero is more than a glass of cold-pressed juice. Much more," Dunn wrote.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Nonetheless, the company is offering a full refund to anyone who wants to return their Juicero machine in the next month.
Original story below:
--------
As HBO's Silicon Valleyreturns to skewering the tech world this week, the real Silicon Valley is here to remind us that no writer's room could ever match the tech industry's ridiculous antics.
For the past couple years, investors have been pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into a startup called Juicero.
SEE ALSO: Theranos is wrapped in scandal but goes hard to change laws to its advantageThe company makes a "smart home" device that squeezes disposable packets of liquified fruits, vegetables, and other ingredients into cups. It was billed as the Keurig of the pressed juice market — a curious goal considering that company has floundered for months — and hailed as one of the hottest hardware ventures in the valley.
That is, until Wednesday, when Bloomberg reporters brought up a simple question: Why does one need a web-connected device with a $400 price tag to empty a drink from a bag?
It turns out the Juicero containers can be just as easily prepared by hand as with the dispenser — in fact, sometimes more quickly.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
When the Bloombergreporters confronted the company -- or rather, "a person close to the company" -- with the product's seeming irrelevance, the source pointed to the machine's QR code reader as proof of its usefulness.
The feature scans a unique image on each packet and syncs with an online database to determine whether ingredients have spoiled or been recalled.
That's definitely a must-have function, and not at all something that can be learned from a quick glance at the expiration dates printed on the packages.
The company was also apparently already aware of the flaw but it argues that the manual option is messy and inconsistent. That doesn't seem to be the case in the video Bloombergshot of both processes.
Investors who spoke anonymously with Bloombergseem to have also noticed the obvious redundancy. They grumbled that the founder had promised a more groundbreaking invention capable of tackling solid chunks of fruits and veggies.
But a working prototype was never presented when venture capitalists poured $16.5 million into the company in 2014, according to the report. Nor were these shortcomings a deal-breaker when Juicero pulled in another $100 million over the course of two subsequent funding rounds.
It's certainly not the first time hyper-competitive investors have pulled out their checkbook before being entirely sure that the concept they are backing is actually plausible.
HBO's Silicon Valleyreturns Sunday.
'Severance' puts a spin on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth in its Season 2 finale
What is Babe? Meet the site that published the Aziz Ansari allegation
Hugh Grant explains his issue with the 'Love Actually' dancing scene
Dude uses drone to give a huge bear the gift of flight
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K deal: Get 40% off
Sharon Stone's response to a sexual harassment question is the best
Google to construct new undersea cables to connect U.S., Asia, Europe
Scary video shows Prius 'bobsledding' down a powerful mudslide
Watch how an old Venus spacecraft tumbled before crashing to Earth
OnePlus issues statement as some buyers complain of credit card fraud
The fat bears are already extremely fat
Mark Zuckerberg wants Current Facebook to go back to being Old Facebook
Bae creeping on their ex's Instagram? They could be 'micro
Harry Potter to get new U.S. covers designed by Brian Selznick
10 Tech Predictions for 2017
Oprah's Golden Globes speech is the newest addition to Spotify's MLK Jr. playlist
A meteor brightened the night sky above Michigan, freaking people out
Cryptocurrency prices fall on Korea uncertainty, 'Bitcoin Bank' freeze
Best smartwatch deal: Save 44% on CMF Watch Pro for $38.90 at Amazon
'Solo: A Star Wars Story' movie's official synopsis is...concerning
Instagram is down in parts of the U.S., South America, and Europe'Plus One' is the romNuro autonomous vehicles will deliver Domino's pizzaApple's Tim Cook urges Stanford students to take responsibilitySamsung Galaxy Fit is now available in the U.S. for $99Elon Musk 'deletes' Twitter account after bizarre video game fan art scandalTwitter mocks Donald Trump for 'unpresidented' spelling mistakeMichael Sheen quits acting to fight the farThis remarkable Greenland photo highlights extreme Arctic meltingEverything coming to (and going from) Hulu in July 2019Instagram makes it easier to take back hacked accountsWoman rescues her attacked pup with a tip she learned on RedditXbox at E3 2019: Game Pass PC subscribers won't need Xbox Live Gold27 times J.K. Rowling was the hero we all needed in 2016Union Square 'Subway Therapy' wall will be preserved'Toy Story 4' justifies its own existence by questioning it: ReviewWhat to stream with your dad Father's Day weekend 2019Nintendo confirms Mr. Resetti lost his job thanks to 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons'Black Lives Matter website hit with more than 100 DDoS attacks this yearAdult toy store employees fight off armed robber by throwing dildos at him Huawei launches its own iPad Pro, calls it MatePad Pro Millions of Twitter and Facebook users may have had their personal information compromised 'Climate emergency' is Oxford Dictionary's 'word of the year' for 2019 Take 50% off toasty outdoor apparel at Columbia Sportswear Denny's tweets pretty clever, internet Sacha Baron Cohen and Neil Young slam Facebook Baby Yoda toys and other merchandise will arrive in time for Christmas Why this Indian state banned Pepsi and Coke and then revoked it Saint George Michael to watch over LGBTQ community at Mardi Gras pride parade High school basketball team loses game in worst way possible Make your Tesla Cybertruck even uglier with these vinyl skins Company of software engineer held at JFK hits back on LinkedIn Sean Spicer mistakenly announced Donald Trump as the new HUD secretary Japan is planning toilets for all genders at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Amazon blames Trump for its lost JEDI contract in Pentagon lawsuit Celebrate numbers, patterns, and trippy visuals on Fibonacci Day Are foodie millennials really fueling food waste? Hacker steals $49 million worth of cryptocurrency from Upbit exchange Turkeys ritualistically circling a dead cat is as beautiful as it is frightening Despite a rocky launch, Google thinks Stadia has a bright future
1.6624s , 10133.4375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Randy Spears Archives】,Evergreen Information Network