Type Private | Area served Worldwide | |
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Industry Computer hardware
Computer software
Consumer electronics
Digital distribution
Fabless manufacturing Founded 2011; 6 years ago (2011), in San Francisco, California, U.S. Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S. Key people Matt Dalio (CEO)
Marcelo Sampaio (CGO)
Richard Vignais (CDO)
Jonathan Blandford (VP, Engineering) | ||
Endless Mobile, Inc. develops the operating system Endless OS and reference platform hardware for it. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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History
Endless was founded in May 2012 in San Francisco, California by Matthew Dalio and Marcelo Sampaio. In the first three years, the company focused on designing through field research in Rocinha, the largest slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and also in Guatemala.
In April 2015, the company was launched for the general public through a campaign on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. It raised $176,538 with 1,041 backers in less than 30 days.
On November 2015, Endless started to sell computers at Claro stores in Guatemala. Before that, the product was being sold in own Kiosks. January 2016 marked the launch of Endless Mini, a white spherical PC the size of a grapefruit, costing $79 and $99.
Awards
Endless Mini was awarded CES Editors' Choice at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to Reviewed.com.
Endless Mini was selected by TechSpot as one of the best devices showcased at the 2016 Mobile World Congress.
Software
Endless OS is built on top of the Linux kernel and many other open source technologies though unlike most Linux distributions it uses a read-only filesystem managed by OSTree for OS updates and Flatpaks for application delivery and update. The user interface is based on a highly modified GNOME desktop environment.