Wolfepack
As Founder & CEO of Wolfepack my goal was to create an external GPU (eGPU) for laptops, specifically Macs. After raising funding from Rough Draft Ventures (General Catalyst) we designed and built the Wolfe — an eGPU built from a desktop GPU, specialized PCIe hardware, and a custom built enclosure. It delivered 5-10x more performance than the integrated GPUs in top-tier MacBooks at the time.
In the summer of 2016 I wrote and filed a pending patent for the technology and we launched a Kickstarter campaign for the Wolfe. We raised over 600% of our funding goal in the first week with 800+ backers. However, we canceled the campaign due to contractual and legal constraints from our manufacturer’s obligations to Apple.
In 2017 we were accepted into Y-combinator and invited to the Thiel Fellowship Summit. My experience at Wolfepack was invaluable and taught me many things, some of which included:
- How to go from idea to fully realized product in a short timeline
- How to test for product market fit with limited resources
- How to effectively pitch, raise capital and sell & market a product