Bird Buddy has finally shipped their product 2 years after their Kickstarter.
It’s a video bird feeder that sends you digital postcards from the birds that visit your feeder, with AI identification of the species, and pictures and video.
They remind me very much of Glowforge in the early days. Really cool product idea (that a bunch of companies tried to clone before they could ship) that they seemingly took forever to deliver on, but a truly delightful new user experience that made up for it, and they clearly have built a real company and great software around the hardware.
This pair of house finches has been living in my front garden for the past 2 years. I finally got to meet them up close and personal via the Bird Buddy which sends me video of them every day.
