We came together in late March 2026. Since then: scope locked, the first PCB designed and fabbed, every component sourced, and the board now in transit to us. Here's where we are, where we're going, and what's next.
Scope is locked. The first PCB is designed and fabbed, every component is sourced and in-house, and the board itself is in transit to us. Our internal test environment is built and running on synthetic data, so the day the board lands we can power it on and start bring-up. The mid-July pilot still stands, as long as the board passes that first power-on. Outreach to SoCal academies and trainers is underway, with the first design partner conversations happening now.
Karl, Ryan, and Kai come together around a shared idea: a youth basketball performance tracker that doesn't cost $800 a unit. Three founders, one thesis: the analytics pro teams pay for shouldn't be the only option for the next generation of basketball.
Basketball-first scope committed. Session Load Score defined as the hero metric. Upper-arm compression sleeve locked as the form factor, the cultural fit for basketball. Ryan and Kai deep into PCB design, schematics, and firmware. Luna on the health-data side. Aaron driving trainer and coach outreach across LA County.
PCB v1 designed and sent to fab at JLCPCB. Full component set sourced and received. The board is in transit. Our internal test environment is built and running on synthetic data, so bring-up can start the day the board lands. The first assembled units depend on that bring-up passing, with mid-July the target. Trainer conversations are deepening toward design partner commitments.
5 design partner pilots with basketball trainers, AAU programs, and coaches in LA County. First real athletes wearing the pod. First real data at volume. Build continues in public.
Pilot results documented. First testimonials captured. Pricing model for Year 2 grounded in what the summer pilots actually convert at. Summer lessons feed Year 2 product direction.
10–15 paid programs onboarded across SoCal basketball. Pre-seed fundraise opens. Second pilot cohort goes live. The beginning of a real company.
Multi-sport expansion begins. A software layer launches on top of the hardware. Product-market fit signal established. Slingshot grows from a summer pilot into a platform.
We're running our first pilots this summer. If you train or coach basketball in LA County, this is the moment to get in. Priority access, direct input into the product, and founding pricing.
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