What if the next revolution in French baking came from San Francisco? That is the bet behind Baguette.ai, a new spot preparing to open in the Mission District, with a bold promise: to produce French-inspired breads and pastries entirely powered by artificial intelligence.
The startup, founded in 2023 by Julien Morel (former Google Brain) and Sarah Nguyen (formerly an engineer at OpenAI), has just announced a $12 million seed round, led by the fictional California fund Golden Crust Ventures, with participation from several French Tech business angels based in the Bay Area.
At the heart of the project is a proprietary model called CrumbNet™, designed to model the complex dynamics of fermentation, hydration, and gluten development…