Mike Lee

Founder of The Future Market and Innovation Consultant

Food innovation entrepreneur and futurist exploring tomorrow's food.

The lessons the food industry can offer conversational AI

Robb and Josh welcome food futurist Mike Lee for a sprawling and fascinating exploration of the surprisingly similar worlds of food safety and technology regulation.

Mike Lee is the Co-founder and co-CEO of Alpha Food Labs, a food innovation company that helps companies create innovation strategies and new products that are better for people, planet, and palate. Mike is also the Founder of The Future Market, a futurist food lab that explores what our food system could look like in the next five to 25 years.

Mike’s experience in food design and innovation has covered a wide range over the past 13 years. Prior to Alpha Food Labs and The Future Market, Mike led product development initiatives on the Innovation & New Ventures team at Chobani.

Mike focused on building out their savory platform and drove food design from consumer insights to ideation, to food and brand development, to business planning and production. Mike is a frequent speaker on food innovation and has been featured in many conferences, including evokeAG 2020, and publications such as CNBC, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Natural Products Expo, The Fancy Food Show, The Culinary Institute of America, The National Restaurant Association, PSFK, and more. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for the Partnership for a Healthier America.