Startups train computers to sniff out bombs, Covid, and spoiled milk [AngelList Logo]( [View Online]( Looking for your next opportunity? Check out our [thousands of job postings]( from startups all over the world. Salary and equity is shared upfront. [Startups train computers to sniff out bombs, Covid, and spoiled milk]( Photo by [Fulvio Ciccolo]( Computers can make sense of the physical world around them through vision (think Tesla) and sound (think Alexa)âbut can they smell? It turns out [they can]( thanks to recent breakthroughs in so-called olfactory (relating to the sense of smell) tech that are attracting a bouquet of investment from VCs and Fortune 500s alike. [Researchers]( and a handful of startups across the globe are developing âdigital nosesâ that do everything from detecting bombs and health conditions to preserving food and brewing better beer. Mountain View, Calif.-based [Aromyx Corp.]( recently raised a [$10M Series A]( to develop a digital nose that reacts in the presence of a variety of diseases, including pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, and malaria. The company, which was founded in 2013, hopes to shrink its sensor to the size of a pregnancy test and train it to detect the presence of cancer and Covid-10. Thatâs a feat Montreal, Quebec-based [Stratuscent]( already claims to have achieved with its newest product, Noze. The 6-year-old startup used $500k in seed funding and an exclusive patent license from NASA to develop â[a first line of defense against the transmission of the coronavirus by air]( Other use cases include detecting signs (or, rather, smells) of [spoilage in crop shipments]( milk freshness, and integrating into smart kitchen appliances to help people determine when their food is perfectly cooked. The company also hopes to embed its tech in smart home ventilation systems and air purifier to monitor air quality. [Aryballe]( based in France, [recently rolled out]( its latest digital nose, NeOse Advance, which is [small enough to be built into consumer appliances]( and integrates into smart sensor networks. The 7-year-old company got funding from car maker Hyundai to leverage the tech to notify drivers about the interior condition of their car. Tokyo-based [Aroma Bit]( founded in 2014, recently [announced new funding]( for its low-cost, compact digital sensor that can [detect pretty much anything that has a smell](. The company claims a wide range of applications, including the food, agriculture, daily commodities, industrial machinery, mobility, healthcare, robotics, mobile information service, home electronics, and IoT industries. San Rafael, Calif.-based [Koniku]( landed [several major partnerships]( for its âliving, breathing machineâ thatâs roughly the size of a car steering wheel and mounts to a wall. The worldâs biggest beer maker, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, uses the device to measure how a beverageâs aromatic notes are perceived and experienced by the nose; sensor manufacturer Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. uses it to detect traces of marijuana on people suspected of driving under the influence; and Airbus plans to put it to work detecting bombs in airports. The question still remains, however, if computers can smell [what The Rock is cooking](. [View Story]( Hot startups hiring now ð¥ [Cogniac]( - Drag & Drop Visual AI. [Explore 4 jobs](. [Polymer Labs]( - Building the fabric of web3. [Explore 2 jobs](. [Alt]( - Increasing the transparency and liquidity of alternative assets. [Explore 16 jobs](. 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