Forbes’ Middle East released its 2019 “Arabs 30 under 30 List” featuring seven Egyptian’s who dominated their field. The young 27-year-old co-founder of Spyce Michael Farid landed a spot on the list with when he and his friends created a robot that disrupted the culinary industry. “We were four really hungry MIT students and water polo teammates tired of spending USD 10 on take-out lunches and dinners,” Micheal Farid, Kale Rogers, Luke Schlueter and Brandy Knight wrote on their website. “Our athletic appetites required better nutrition but our student budgets didn’t allow for that kind of expense. While we ate our bland chopped salads and stir-frys, we dreamed of an alternative: a robot that cooked tasty and nutritious meals, served them, and cleaned up after.” The four are robotics-obsessed engineers and decided to build a solution from their fraternity’s basement. Two years later, their restaurant ‘Spyce’ was open in Boston, USA. Their menu consists of a variety of vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, gluten free and regular bowl options that range from Lebanese to Korean. Over at the East Coast is another Egyptian who topped the list with his educational mobile app. Naguib…
