The Confetti launch story

We’re two UPenn CS dropouts who love building. Between us, we’ve won nine hackathons, conducted research at Stanford and Wolfram Research, and published at ICML. Confetti is the tool we wished we had when we started building hardware ourselves.

You have ideas for things that would make your life better. Something for your desk, your kitchen, your garden, a friend. Something you wish existed, built just the way you want it. But today, it takes layers of experience just to get started. You need to learn modeling software, find compatible components, design enclosures, figure out wiring and firmware, and understand how to get everything made and sent to you.

We experienced this firsthand while prototyping a home AI device we wanted to build. Every step opened up more questions. Which connector did we need? Would the components fit inside the case? Where could we buy the parts, and when would they arrive? Were they compatible? We spent so much time figuring out the process before we could make progress on the thing itself. We don’t think that should be the price of admission. Making things should be for everybody.

We believe we’re entering an age of personal hardware, where we can decide how the things around us are shaped by our habits, surroundings, and the people we care about. We envision a world where more people can experiment, solve their own small problems, and make something that wouldn’t otherwise exist. A useful invention doesn’t have to be something a million people need. It can be made just for you.

With Confetti, more people can experiment, solve their own problems, and make personalized things that otherwise wouldn’t exist.

We would love to hear from you, what you want to build, and any ideas for what you hope to see from Confetti in the future!

Happy making!