Cue Chef Innovation Launches Cube O1: The World's First Thermal-AI Cooking Assistant

A palm-sized device that watches your pan, learns your style, and guides you to consistent results—no screens, no voices, just beeps and light.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A New Era of Intuitive Cooking Begins

For many, the joy of cooking is often overshadowed by anxiety. A new recipe can feel like a high-stakes experiment: the fear of incorrect heat, mistimed steps, or overcooked ingredients is all too real. Even confident home cooks approach unfamiliar dishes with trepidation, while beginners can feel utterly overwhelmed.

This universal kitchen dilemma is now being solved. Cue Chef Innovation, a pioneering new brand at the intersection of culinary art and applied technology, today unveils Cube O1, its debut product. More than a gadget, Cube O1 is a palm-sized, cyberpunk-inspired culinary companion with a built-in brain. Think of it as a thermal vision expert and a tiny neural network, sitting discreetly by your stove. It quietly observes the heat, analyzing the cooking process in real-time, and delivers perfectly timed guidance. No voice assistant, no disruptive chatter, just clean, intuitive beeps and gentle light cues designed to keep you effortlessly in the flow of creation.

Philosophy: Redefining the Human-AI Partnership in the Kitchen

At Cue Chef Innovation, we believe technology should augment human capability, not replace it. Cube O1 embodies a "Jarvis-like" collaborative model for the kitchen, where AI acts as a supportive extension of the cook's own senses and intuition.

• Human-Centric AI: We move beyond automation to assistance. Cube O1 is designed to help home cooks explore further, master intricate techniques, and replicate their best results with confidence. It turns personal culinary flair into a tangible, repeatable personal cookbook.
• The "Event Stream": Cooking as Data Science: We introduce a novel "cooking event stream" paradigm. Cube O1 transforms real-world variables—precise pan temperature, action timing, duration—into a structured sequence of events and actions. This allows cooking to be recorded, analyzed, and optimized like never before. It's about cooking the data to perfect the dish.
• Inclusive by Design: We are committed to "frictionless" assistive technology. Cube O1 is designed for universal accessibility, ensuring that the pleasures and rewards of cooking are available to everyone, regardless of their technical proficiency or experience level. In the world of food, exploration should be an equal opportunity.
• The Soul of Cooking: Cooking is more than sustenance. It's a language of love, a therapeutic ritual, and a passport to global cultures from your own kitchen. Cube O1 helps codify that feeling, transforming ephemeral moments into repeatable, shareable, and passable experiences living cookbook powered by your personal journey.

The Cube O1 Experience: Precision, Privacy, and Community

1. Cue: Capturing Your Culinary DNA
When you cook a dish with Cube O1, it captures the recipe's essential fingerprint—the exact time, temperature, and key transition points. This "Cooking DNA" liberates your recipe from being tied to one specific pot or stove. Recreate your perfect steak or sauce in any kitchen with identical timing and heat profiles and achieve the same excellent results.

2. Chef: Kitchen-First Design
Every detail of Cube O1 is crafted for the kitchen environment:

• Magnetic Mounting: Securely attaches to range hoods, refrigerators, or any metal surface for optimal viewing.
• Splash-Resistant Build: Withstands the inevitable splatters and steam of an active kitchen.
• Ambient Light UI: Communicates through an intuitive system of colored lights and pulses, delivering information briefly without interrupting your focus.

3. AI: On-Device Intelligence for Real-Time Responsiveness

• Self-Contained & Offline-Capable: The core AI runs directly on the device, ensuring instantaneous response without requiring a constant internet connection.
• Privacy-First Data Handling: All processing prioritizes user privacy. Personal cooking data is anonymized and dissociated from identity.
• "Split-Brain" Architecture: The "little brain" (on-device) processes real-time thermal and sequential data for immediate cues. The optional "big brain" (cloud) handles abstracted, anonymized data for long-term pattern learning and community features, offering the best of both worlds.

4. Club: A Global Kitchen Community
Your personal expertise and unique taste become a shareable cookbook. Cue Chef Club is a vibrant platform where you can publish your "heat-mapped" recipes, discover and try creations from cooks worldwide, and elevate your skills beyond the confines of your own kitchen. Great taste should flow freely, no longer trapped in the imprecise "spellbooks" of traditional recipes.

Core Features at a Glance:

• Recorder: Captures your entire cooking flow—sear duration, flip moment, true pan temperature—turning your best dish into a reproducible pattern, not a happy accident.
• Editor: Transforms the recorded pattern into a clear, shareable recipe. Add ingredients, seasoning notes, and step-by-step descriptions.
• Replayer: Guides you through recreating any dish with step-by-step cues. Gentle beeps and lights signal when to act, eliminating constant video checks or guesswork about heat levels. Just cook, glance, and proceed.
• Club: Connect, share, and explore within a community dedicated to precision cooking.

The Team Behind the Vision

Cue Chef Innovation is powered by a passionate cross-disciplinary team of engineers, designers, and food enthusiasts. Our expertise spans artificial intelligence, embedded systems, thermal imaging, and user-centric design. We thrive where cutting-edge innovation meets the authentic, human experience of cooking. We see cooking as simultaneously an art, a science, and a powerful form of cultural exchange. With Cube O1, our mission is to bridge kitchens and cultures worldwide by making personal technique structured, shareable, and accessible to all.

Availability

The Cube O1 will launch soon via a Kickstarter campaign. For more information, updates, and to be notified at launch, please visit www.cuechef.com.

About Cue Chef
Cue Chef Innovation is dedicated to creating intelligent kitchen assistants that empower people to cook with greater confidence, creativity, and consistency. By harmonizing advanced sensor technology with intuitive design, we aim to make professional-level cooking precision accessible in every home.

Email: contact@cuechef.com
Website: www.cuechef.com

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Cue Chef Innovation Launches Cube O1: The World's First Thermal-AI Cooking Assistant

Cue Chef Innovation Launches Cube O1: The World's First Thermal-AI Cooking Assistant

HONG KONG, March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Newborn Town Inc. (Newborn Town or the company, stock code: 09911.HK), a leading global social entertainment company, issued a positive profit alert for the year ended December 31, 2025, reporting solid revenue growth and a significant increase in profits.

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, total revenue is expected to range between RMB6,760 Million and RMB7,000 Million, representing year-on-year growth of approximately 32.8% to 37.5%.

Net profit attributable to owners of the Company is expected to be between RMB900 Million and RMB940 Million, reflecting year-on-year growth of 87.5% to 95.8%.

Adjusted EBITDA is projected to range from RMB1,180 Million to RMB1,220 Million, up approximately 22.5% to 26.7% compared with the previous year.

AI Integration Strengthens Social Product Portfolio

According to the announcement, Newborn Town's strong performance growth was primarily driven by the continued integration and optimization of AI technologies across its business operations, which supported the steady growth of its diversified social product portfolio.

In 2025, Newborn Town's social networking business delivered robust growth and remained a key contributor to the Company's profits. Social gaming platform TopTop sustained growth in both user scale and monetization performance. Meanwhile, live-streaming platform MICO and voice-based social platform YoHo maintained their positions within niche segments, contributing stable revenue and profit.

During the year, the Company's flagship products continued to expand in key markets including the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

In 2025, TopTop further strengthened its user reach and monetization performance, with downloads and revenue ranking among the leading titles in its category.

Recognizing its innovation and growth in the "social + gaming" segment, TopTop was named "Best Social Game Platform" at the Sensor Tower APAC Awards, which recognize leading mobile apps and games in the Asia-Pacific region.

The platform has also expanded its presence in new markets. Leveraging its differentiated product positioning and localized strategy, TopTop entered the top tier of Japan's App Store charts.

At the technology level, the Company continued to deepen the integration of AI across its business operations. Its self-developed multimodal algorithm model, Boomiix, has undergone ongoing iterations, driving improvements in key operating metrics such as payment conversion and ARPU, thereby enhancing the long-term monetization potential of its core social products.

Newborn Town also launched Siyu AI, an internal data intelligence platform designed to streamline operational workflows, enabling faster access to comprehensive data insights within 15 minutes and improving efficiency in processes such as data queries, anomaly detection and report generation.

Meanwhile, its proprietary AI-powered design platform KIVI continued to evolve, supporting key creative functions including the production of virtual gifts and marketing assets, and further enhancing operational efficiency across the platform.

The Company's diverse-audience social networking portfolio also continued to develop steadily in overseas markets. Through enhanced user lifecycle management, iterative product features and ongoing optimization of its content ecosystem, the platforms saw improved user engagement and deeper interaction among communities.

HeeSay, the flagship product of this business segment, further strengthened its presence in key markets through branding and social responsibility initiatives such as HeeSay GALA and HeeCares.

Innovative Businesses Gain Momentum, Emerging as New Growth Drivers

In 2025, alongside the continued expansion of its core social networking business, Newborn Town's innovative business segment also achieved strong growth. Revenue from the segment reached approximately RMB730 Million to RMB770 Million for the year, representing year-on-year growth of 55.7% to 64.2%, and becoming an increasingly important contributor to overall business growth.

Since first generating revenue in 2024, the Company's quality games business has entered a profitability phase. Its flagship titles have transitioned into long-term operation, providing stable profit contributions.

At the same time, the deeper integration of AI across R&D and operations, together with the gaming team's accumulated experience, has improved development efficiency. The Company's pipeline of new game titles is also progressing steadily.

In addition, the Company's social e-commerce segment continued to expand through service upgrades, diversified product offerings and enhanced user acquisition efforts. In 2025, Heer Health further strengthened its presence in the fields of HIV prevention and sexual health services, while accelerating the expansion of its product portfolio.

In June 2025, Newborn Town officially established its global headquarters in Hong Kong, further strengthening its international footprint. The Hong Kong headquarters serves as a coordination hub, working closely with the Company's global R&D and operations centers to support continued overseas expansion. Through technological innovation and localized operations, the Company aims to create positive emotional value for users worldwide.

During the year, the Company conducted share repurchases totaling approximately HK$260 million. The Board stated that the buyback reflects its confidence in the Company's business outlook and long-term prospects, and is expected to enhance shareholder value.

Alongside its strong financial performance, Newborn Town has also seen growing attention from the capital markets.

On February 13, 2026, Hang Seng Indexes Company announced the results of its quarterly review, under which Newborn Town was included in the Hang Seng Composite Index, reflecting the market's recognition of the Company's business growth, development potential, and investment value. 

Looking ahead, potential eligibility for the Stock Connect program could attract broader participation from southbound investors, which may further enhance the stock's liquidity and market visibility.

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AI-Powered Growth Lifts Newborn Town's 2025 Net Profit Attributable to Owners by Over 87% YoY