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Jayalath rejects Marc Andreessen's thesis that software distinguishes hardware winners
“I kind of don't think about it in terms of that. I think people buy experiences and people want to be part of experiences.”
Athos secured seed investment from Chamath Palihapitiya within three hours of meeting
“We got here. I think we had a seed deal about three hours afterwards.”
Jayalath: Athos will focus on high school athletes market
“We're really focused on capturing and really enabling high school athletes to perform at their best. How do we do that Is going to evolve over time as we expand the market of all these high school athletes that really could use the best trainers, training them…”
Athos founders rejected signed job offers at Apple to launch startup
“Chris and I had already signed job offers to join. I was going to join Apple. Chris was going to be joining analog devices. Idea was like, let's just like make some money and work on this on the side so that, you know, we can make a better prototype and figure…”
Jayalath: No manufacturing process existed for smart clothing before Athos
“No one has ever integrated technology Into clothing the way we've done it. There was no manufacturing process when we started doing it.”