04 Oct 2023 --- New Zealand-based Scentian Bio has secured US$ 2.1 million in funding for making smell and taste digitization a reality by harnessing the potential of insect-level smell and taste sensitivity with its biosensor platform. Using AI, it can process and interpret signals to mimic the neuronal network insects use to decipher smell for applications like food and flavor quality control, food-pathogen detection, sustainable farming and environmental and wellness monitoring.