I think the first email was ~8 months ago, but I don't know how long the Pico launch has been brewing for.
'whiskers seems to be active on HN, so maybe he'll stumble upon this thread!
Oh, is he the CEO? Didn't know that, thanks!
Yeah, I've surprised myself that I remembered this, but he posted on some Raspberry Pi threads back in the day, and I noticed because I usually buy my raspis from them.