Viktor Sartakov-Korzhov

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Interviews

SMEY: “We Are Building Synthetic Food Systems — From the Molecule Up”

Viktor Sartakov-Korzhov is a food industry entrepreneur and techbio innovator with over a decade of experience in industrial food production and fermentation technologies. In 2021, he founded SMEY, a company pioneering sustainable cultivated oils through precision fermentation and AI. Viktor’s mission is to create resilient, sustainable alternatives for the food, beauty, and industrial sectors, reshaping ingredient sourcing and supply chains. In this exclusive interview, Viktor discusses how SMEY is revolutionizing …

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SMEY Neobank of Yeasts

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Software / AI

SMEY Launches AI-Driven ‘Neobank of Yeasts’ to Speed Up Creation of Cultivated Oils

SMEY, a biotech company based in France and Germany, has launched NOY (Neobank of Yeasts), a digital databank of yeast fatty acid profiles designed to streamline the development of sustainable cultivated oils. The platform enables manufacturers to quickly identify yeast strains that naturally produce specific oils, drastically reducing the research and development time for creating tailored oils for use in food, cosmetics, and industrial applications. Traditionally, producing a new oil …

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