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ATOMS, MACHINES and SOFTWARE

Systems live at the intersection of all three.

Building robots, systems, and world models to accelerate food abundance.

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Youhanna Meleka

CairoHappy ValleyCaliforniaIthacaFicio
Scene ICairo, Egypt
Engraving of the pyramids of Giza in Egypt, with a radiant sun, clouds, and a palm tree by the Nile

ORIGINS

Born and raised in Egypt, in the shadow of the pyramids, where I learned to navigate ambiguity and to make much from little.

Scene IIHappy Valley, PA
Engraving of the Nittany Lion shrine crouching on its pedestal before Beaver Stadium and its floodlights at Penn State

FOUNDATIONS

Industrial and Systems Engineering at Penn State. The Nittany Lion and a Beaver Stadium Saturday taught me what it looks like when 100,000 people move as one system.

Scene IIICalifornia
Engraving of a Tesla Cybertruck before a factory with a smoking stack and a lightning bolt, for the California years

SCALE

Global supply chains at Tesla. Strategic sourcing, investment diligence, and operational efficiency across the value chain, at the speed the machines demanded.

Scene IVIthaca, NY
Engraving of McGraw Tower at Cornell University above the hills of Ithaca, its base dissolving into semiconductor circuit traces

DEPTH

A Master's in Semiconductors and Quantum Materials Engineering at Cornell University, going a layer deeper to the atoms that compute.

Scene VWhat comes next
Engraving of a robotic arm tending a sheaf of wheat over a conveyor with an apple, for Ficio, robotics for food

FICIO

Ficio is robotics for food. Multiplying human capacity, starting with how the world eats.

LET’S build

I love connecting with builders, investors, and anyone betting on a future of abundance for humanity through technology.

ymeleka1@gmail.com