Two weeks ago at CES, Michael Wolf of The Spoon hosted a conversation titled “Robot vs Chef: Will AI Augment or Replace the Cook?” The panel featured the founders of Gambit Robotics and Serve Robotics alongside Bay Area-based chef Tyler Florence. Gambit dubs itself an “AI sous chef” that mounts to a kitchen range hood to watch you cook, track temperatures, and guide you through any recipe. The startup is co-founded by the former co-founder and CTO of MongoDB ($MDB) Eliot Horowitz and ex-Google AI researcher Nicole Maffeo. This coming Tuesday, it will launch its Kickstarter campaign for the $349 device, which will also include a nominal monthly subscription for added features like real-time voice guidance and recipe personalization. While on the surface this looks like a mere tool for preventing your steak from overcooking, it just might be one of the first physical interfaces between AI and daily life. This week, HNGRY sat down with Maffeo to better understand the intersection of specialized robotics, hardware, and AI to power the smart kitchen of the future.