Soylent (VC: $22.3mm) and Vessyl (VC: $3mm) are two titans of the Liquids-as-a-Service economy.

These companies are also bitter rivals with polar opposite views on matter caught between the gaseous and solid phases. Soylent militantly opposes any human consumption of a liquid other than its extremely viscous namesake. Vessyl promises to reveal the inner lives of all liquids to you, can you just give us a little longer? Can these mortal enemies make nice?

This thing slices, quite possibly dices. It also squeezes a pre-filled packet so hard that goop you drink falls out. Prototypes exploded. In this economy that equals big VC money for Juicero (VC: $120mm).