Q So tell me, how were you able to design the, the vending machines? I am, are either of you engineers, or how did you figure that out?
A No, no engineering background between the two of us, other than just something that we would like to use or that we thought was fun and modern in an industry that had been really outdated. So it just started with different sketches and designs and thinking we want it to be curved because right now everything is like pointy and sharp and metallic. And so we want it to look different and we want it to look clean, but not too clean that it's like hospital-like or kind of scary or icky to use. So I think one of the best things that helped us come to life is when we thought about the name and the branding and what we wanted it to represent. So we wanted the machine to be something that was like a friend, someone who was there for you to help you when you needed it. We also wanted it to be a play on the word ally. So an ally that's there with you when you need it, and kind of like your friend Ali, who's there and has a tampon for you when you're out of one. So kind of thinking about the brand and the mission and the voice that we wanted to represent along with the look and feel was where we got started. And there was a lot of trial and error. You know, at first we thought we didn't need a screen or we didn't need it to be touch screen. And We slowly started learning that that was the route we wanted to go, so just chatting with manufacturers and experts in the industry is really what…
AI assessment note: “No, no engineering background between the two of us... chatting with manufacturers and experts”