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Mitgo Launches Takefluence Collaboration Platform For MENA

The new platform connects content creators with brands, leveraging the booming worldwide influencer market.

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3 years ago

January 31, 2024

mitgo launches takefluence collaboration platform for mena

Global tech firm Mitgo has unveiled Takefluence, a groundbreaking platform that fosters connections between content creators, social media enthusiasts, and brands in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The platform has set an ambitious target of attracting 1-3 million users within the next 1-2 years.

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Archie Rudyuk, CEO of Takefluence, explained: “As we venture into the MENA market, the growth potential is immense. The region’s vibrant landscape and the unique blend of creators and brands create an exciting opportunity for Takefluence. We already witnessed a surge of interest in Takefluence from creators and local brands. They sign up for an annual partnership, launch their ambassador programs with us, and start getting first results”.

The idea of Takefluence is to create an ecosystem where content creators discover and engage with prominent brands while reaping the rewards of various incentives. Users can earn from campaigns, benefit from discounts during online and offline shopping, and enjoy a hassle-free withdrawal process.

The platform differentiates itself by providing content creators with a streamlined experience using promotional codes, participation in brand campaigns, and swift withdrawal options. Takefluence also offers hybrid earnings, an Ambassador Program, and an extensive array of brand choices and promotions.

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For brands, Takefluence will use a performance-based approach, encompassing pay-per-post, pay-per-reach, fixed, gifting, and branding campaigns based on reach. All of these are seamlessly facilitated through content creators and user-generated content.

Takefluence has already established partnerships with over 150 brands, including industry leaders such as Noon, Namshi, YallaHub, Truegamers, Lifemost, ToysBrand, Geardoor, GetOutfit, The Luxury Closet, NiceOne, SharafDG, and more. The company is now primed to onboard more online and offline brands, including shopping malls and marketplaces, event organizers and even emerging artists, enabling them to effectively engage with their audience and customers in content creation initiatives.

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Abu Dhabi’s Robot Kitchen Is Serving Up Biryani, Not Burgers

Circus SE wants to put a tiny automated factory inside the buildings where Gulf residents live and work, bypassing part of last-mile delivery.

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6 days ago

October 20, 2026

Nour Nasir

abu dhabi's robot kitchen is serving up biryani not burgers

Circus SE

The most telling thing about a new autonomous kitchen now running in Abu Dhabi’s Marina Square is what it won’t cook:

“We don’t do fast food,” says Nikolas Bullwinkel, Founder and CEO of Circus SE. “We’ve actively decided not to build a machine that can only do burgers”.

Instead, the CA-1 system is built around pot-based cooking: curries, pastas, soups and rice dishes. After experimenting with highly personalized recipes, Circus deliberately leaned back toward recognizable food. “We’re going with a chicken biryani because you know it,” Bullwinkel says of the AED 40 dish.

circus se ca-1 robot system

The Germany-based robotics and food technology company operates across eight countries, and Abu Dhabi is its first deployment outside Europe. More locations are expected there and in Dubai.

In Germany, its units can be placed in supermarkets, gas stations, airports and hospitals. In the Gulf, Bullwinkel wants them inside residential and office buildings, replacing some of the complexity of last-mile delivery. “We’re basically bringing a very tiny factory a few square meters into your building,” he says. Catering company Royal Prestige supplies the ingredients and knowledge of local tastes.

The CA-1 manages up to 36 refrigerated ingredient silos alongside automated induction cooking, robotic plating and a self-cleaning dishwasher. Two robotic arms move ingredients through the system with minimal human intervention. It can produce up to 120 hot meals an hour, and a meal such as rice and curry can take around three to four minutes.

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Five cameras and multiple sensors monitor heat, temperature and consistency, an attempt to approximate what a chef perceives. “You can hear something gets burned, you can smell it, you can see it at some point,” Bullwinkel says. CircusOS, the company’s operating system, adjusts recipes in real time.

You might think of the platform as a threat to kitchen staff, but Bullwinkel frames Circus as a way for chefs to develop recipes and distribute them at scale. With that being said, rising labor costs and shortages are also part of his case for automation.