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Steric
Steric is a Culver City, California technology company that uses low-energy electromagnetic fields to adjust wine and spirits at a molecular level in seconds - improving flavor, aroma and mouthfeel without adding, filtering or aging. Its patent-pending, software-driven systems let distillers and winemakers rescue flawed batches, lock in batch-to-batch consistency, and polish premium products while preserving ABV and color. The company won the 2023 DISCUS Innovation Showcase and closed a $3.5M seed round in October 2025.
Preferabli
Preferabli is an AI-driven B2B2C product discovery and recommendation software platform for wine, beer, spirits and other sensory consumer products. Formerly Wine Ring, the company pairs proprietary, patented machine-learning models with the world's largest assembled group of Masters of Wine and Master Sommeliers to predict what an individual will actually like - then plugs that prediction into retailers, hotels and merchants across roughly 100 countries.