# Building AI for Food Scientists with Thomas Hayes, Co-Founder at Agilitas (#108) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-s-a-food-job-7044046/building-ai-for-food-scientists-with-thomas-hayes-co-founder-at-agilitas-108 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-s-a-food-job-7044046/building-ai-for-food-scientists-with-thomas-hayes-co-founder-at-agilitas-108.md Podcast: [That's A Food Job!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-s-a-food-job-7044046) Published: 2025-05-23T13:50:00+00:00 Episode link: https://foodgradspodcast.libsyn.com/building-ai-for-food-scientists-with-thomas-hayes-co-founder-at-agilitas-108 Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/foodgradspodcast/Tommy_Hayes_-_Agilitas.mp3?dest-id=2312504 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/that-s-a-food-job-7044046/episodes/building-ai-for-food-scientists-with-thomas-hayes-co-founder-at-agilitas-108 Duration seconds: 3165 ## Resource Thomas Hayes is the co-founder of Agilitas, a company building AI-powered tools to help food scientists formulate faster, smarter, and with more confidence. By transforming messy spreadsheets into an intelligent platform, Agilitas is tackling the "cold start" problem in food R&D and making it easier for teams to benchmark products, create base formulas, and retain critical institutional knowledge. In this episode of That's a Food Job!, Tommy shares his unconventional path from chemical engineering to food tech founder. He talks about building a customer-first platform, the power of feedback loops in product development, and how AI is being used to reduce trial-and-error in formulationโ€”without replacing the scientist behind the bench. We also dive into his global experiences working in Singapore and Saudi Arabia, and what those perspectives taught him about innovation, communication, and risk-taking. If you're curious about the future of food science, the role of AI in product development, or how to build something new in a traditional industry, this conversation is a must-listen. ** Shownotes Thomas Hayes : LinkedIn Agilitas: Website / LinkedIn / *** #81โ€“ Harjeet Bajaj, President and CEO of Savourmetrics *** SIGN UP FOR WEEKLY FOOD INDUSTRY CAREER TIPS โ†’ Sign up for the newsletter *** COOL THINGS TO CHECK OUT ๐Ÿ“– Explore FoodGrads Career Guides (Ebooks) ๐Ÿ“œ Get Career Advice (Blog) *** CONNECT ๐Ÿฆ Connect on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ธ Connect on Instagram ๐Ÿ’ผ Connect on LinkedIn ๐ŸŽต Connect on TikTok ๐Ÿ“น Subscribe on YouTube *** SAY THANKS ๐Ÿ’œ Leave a review on Apple Podcasts ๐ŸŸข Leave a rating on Spotify ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/that-s-a-food-job-7044046/episodes/building-ai-for-food-scientists-with-thomas-hayes-co-founder-at-agilitas-108/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-s-a-food-job-7044046/building-ai-for-food-scientists-with-thomas-hayes-co-founder-at-agilitas-108.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.