It was started out as a lifestyle hack in order to save time and money on cooking and eating (something that many busy people don't want to worry about ALL the

It was started out as a lifestyle hack in order to save time and money on cooking and eating (something that many busy people don't want to worry about ALL the time, including tech folks). They also crowdfunded millions of dollars worth of orders, another aspect of the tech industry that gets people on Hacker News interested. Personally, as someone who is very into fitness, I've been looking for something like this that is healthy compared to all the meal replacements in the store (which are not very healthy in big doses for a variety of reasons and aren't neutral-tasting enough to consistently eat). I've enjoyed my Soylent experience a lot despite not loving the ingredient mix 100%.