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[[Prusa Printers]] alone is doing about $72M revenue if the 8000 printers/month figure is correct (personal conversation with Josef Prusa). | |||
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Prusa Printers is doing $33M in revenue - [https://www.forbes.com/profile/josef-prusa/#371cecdb25ff] | |||
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As of 2013, the market share of open hardware (by OSHWA definition) enterprises was about $100M, or about one millionth of the global 100 trillion dollar economy. Sparkfun was the largest open source hardware company, about $30M in revenue. Other notable enterprises include [[Adafruit Industries]], [[Arduino]], [[Raspberry Pi]], [[Lulzbot]], and [[DIY Drones]]. Many more are not open according to the OSHWA definition. | As of 2013, the market share of open hardware (by OSHWA definition) enterprises was about $100M, or about one millionth of the global 100 trillion dollar economy. Sparkfun was the largest open source hardware company, about $30M in revenue. Other notable enterprises include [[Adafruit Industries]], [[Arduino]], [[Raspberry Pi]], [[Lulzbot]], and [[DIY Drones]]. Many more are not open according to the OSHWA definition. | ||
Revision as of 17:20, 3 August 2019
2019
Prusa Printers alone is doing about $72M revenue if the 8000 printers/month figure is correct (personal conversation with Josef Prusa).
2017
Prusa Printers is doing $33M in revenue - [1]
2013
As of 2013, the market share of open hardware (by OSHWA definition) enterprises was about $100M, or about one millionth of the global 100 trillion dollar economy. Sparkfun was the largest open source hardware company, about $30M in revenue. Other notable enterprises include Adafruit Industries, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Lulzbot, and DIY Drones. Many more are not open according to the OSHWA definition.
https://www.sparkfun.com/news/599
OSE Work
OSE is working to increase the fraction of open source hardware available in the world. See Open Source Leadership Summit Presentation for current results.