Update #10: 97% funded, now let’s smash it 💥
Update #10: 97% funded, now let’s smash it 💥
ALSO: my goofy video on the Kickstarter homepage hahahah!!
Hey gang! This is a newsletter about Poem/1, the AI rhyming clock — telling the time with a new ChatGPT poem every MINUTE on a gorgeous e-paper screen. You’re getting this email because you subscribed for updates. If you need it, the unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. If you’re along for the ride, thank you :)
PROGRESS REPORT: 97% funded with a whole 5 days to go 🚀
In this email,
What you can do to help!
But first a ton of great news:
Featured by Kickstarter
Stretch goals
Let’s recap…
Ok let’s go.
Featured by Kickstarter 💅
Kickstarter sends out an email to like EVERYONE featuring only campaigns granted their super prestigious Projects We Love badge.
Friends, we are in the top spot.
NOT ONLY THAT:
Poem/1 is in the hero spot on the homepage, kickstarter.com.
And if you mouse over the image then my entire goofy campaign video plays for everyone to see. Ahahaha lol
Those stretch goals!
Remember these from update #9?
Ok let’s not count our chickens but I reeeeallllly want to hit these stretch goals.
That button on top of the clock has gotta be good for something.
At 101% funded we get the ability to fave and share the best poems.
👀 At 111% funded we can send notes to our clocks from the web.
Let’s not stop at funded. Let’s push through! cmon they wouldn’t call them stretch goals if they were easy.
Recap: we’ve come so far already 🏔️
It is kinda audacious to try to raise $100k without being a deep-pocketed corp or a VC-funded startup.
And yet! We’re almost there! The campaign has been covered by Fast Company, Ars Technica, Forbes, TLDR AI, been featured by Kickstarter TWICE and more.
The idea for the like+share stretch goal came from YOU.
We’ve got this far thanks to YOUR energy and support.
Now, one more push…
Here’s what you can do 🦾
I don’t know if there will be another batch of Poem/1 clocks manufactured after this one. I mean, I hope so! That’s the intention!! But I can’t guarantee it.
What I mean is:
If you’ve backed — thank you! You’re one of the lucky few. Let’s tell more people.
👉 Please post on your socials that you backed Poem/1 and link to poem.town/ks
If you haven’t backed yet — now’s your chance.
👉 Just 5 days left in the campaign.
Thank you :-)
(I’m planning to hold a few clocks back for folks not in the US/U.K., but that’ll be after this Kickstarter. There’s a bunch of complexity in global logistics it turns out. The campaign pledges will take priority over my time. I hope you understand!)
Thanks gang, we’re almost there. We’re gonna do it ✌️
Matt x