IIRC, the Anova cooking was originally one guy at the lab devices company that saw the Nomiku or Polyscience and said, "we can do that" and started basically doing this as a side business.
I hope he got a bonus at least.
I hope he got a bonus at least.
The thing about all these products is, the fundamental technology isn't difficult. The challenge is just straightforward hardware product development and execution, the basic stuff that's hard for everyone to get right --- along with marketing and inventory and channel management.
PolyScience, on the other hand, has been doing serious equipment manufacturing for a long time.