Gambit Robotics
AI-powered kitchen assistant device using computer vision and thermal sensing to guide and automate home cooking in real time.
Gambit Robotics is a New York City-based consumer technology company founded in the spring of 2025 by Eliot Horowitz (former co-founder and CTO of MongoDB) and Nicole Maffeo (former AI researcher at Google). The company builds an AI-powered physical device designed to guide and eventually automate the home cooking experience through real-time computer vision, thermal sensing, and voice interaction.
The core product, Gambit, is a compact rectangular device that magnetically attaches beneath the range hood or microwave above a home stovetop. The device integrates a computer vision system, thermal sensors capable of measuring dish temperature with high precision, and on-device AI processing. Users can input any recipe by pasting a URL or photographing a dish, and the Gambit device continuously monitors what is happening on the stove, tracking heat distribution, food doneness, color, and texture, then delivers step-by-step voice guidance through a built-in speaker and a companion smartphone application.
The device targets novice and intermediate home cooks rather than professional chefs, with the goal of making consistently good results accessible to everyday users with minimal stress. Gambit is paired with a monthly subscription model, expected to be priced between $9 and $15 per month, with the hardware retailing at approximately $500.
Gambit Robotics launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the device and targeted Q3 2025 for initial consumer shipping. The company was built with technology infrastructure provided by Viam, the robotics platform, and operates from Manhattan, New York. The company's approach to physical AI positions it at the intersection of consumer electronics, robotics sensing, and large language models deployed in an edge hardware context.
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Gambit AI Cooking Assistant
- Model: Gambit
- Launch Year: 2025
Magnetic stovetop AI device with computer vision and thermal sensors that gives real-time voice guidance for home cooking.
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