Krim: Casper Employs 50 R&D Staff in San Francisco Casper Labs
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Philip Krim, co-founder and CEO of Casper, details how the company develops non-mattress sleep products through an internal R&D unit.
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“They're actually in our San Francisco office working on bringing next generation of products to market that impact sleep. And it's a group of about 50 folks we call the Casper Labs program”
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