Cody and Austin Jones hit their Kickstarter goal in less time than it takes to get a pizza delivered. Twenty-seven minutes, to be exact.
The brothers are the cofounders of Amoeba One, an “anti-social media company” that’s building a small, keychain-style phone designed for calls and texts (plus maps, rides, music, and banking) with one key component missing: addictive social media feeds. After launching on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter on October 13 and raising $25,000 in less than half an hour, Amoeba One has gone on to raise an additional $256,000—and there’s still a month left in the campaign.
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