Puri: The $1,000 June smart oven's AI features are complete overkill
Shaan Puri · The $70M/yr Sports Bar + Sleepy Industries Worth $100M · Sep 11, 2024 · at 18:16
Shaan Puri discusses why smart consumer appliance startups struggle to find mass-market appeal despite clever tech features.
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“I have the June oven and I gotta say, it's good, but it's complete overkill, and so I think the hard part of this is like, I don't know if you've ever used it, but there's a camera inside of it, so you put a bagel inside, and it just says, wait, wait, wait, I got it, Bagel. And I'm like, yeah, cool. Still gonna push toast. Like the fact that this camera was in here that recognized the bagel is like a cool demo, but ultimately like not that important of a feature compared to, you know, just like not being a thousand dollars, right?”
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