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The last time I commented on an article about Bolt Threads, it was June 4, 2015, and the articles said that Bolt expected its products to be available in 2016.
by aetherson 10y ago
The last time I commented on an article about Bolt Threads, it was June 4, 2015, and the articles said that Bolt expected its products to be available in 2016. I was skeptical.
Article here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-03/a-bay-area-startup-spins-lab-grown-silk https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-03/a-bay-are...
HN thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9659712 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9659712
I guess that technically they're just a little late, but honestly an ultra-limited run of ties without any impressive spidersilk properties makes me think that not a lot has changed in the last almost-two-years.
We'll see if Bolt can actually make a real serious product. As the article points out, there have been a lot of swings at this particular pitch.
- dmix 10y agoThey still seem to have capital to operate and seem to be following through with a sale: https://ties.boltthreads.com/ https://ties.boltthreads.com/ "5-years in the making" is a long time. But I'm not sure the entire process was a failure. They probably have some excellent domain knowledge of value to many bigger firms as a fallback.