We wanted to build the loudest speaker and create lifelong memories with our friends. So, we spent all year outside of class researching, designing, and testing in one of our family’s garages. Roskilde Festival finally opened its doors. We pitched our tents, cracked open a beer, and turned our speaker on. 20 minutes later, though, the music suddenly cut out. Turns out electronics don’t mix very well with pilsner.

2016 was defined by a bet and a trip to San Francisco. One of our friends challenged us to apply to Y-combinator, the world’s biggest startup accelerator. Bet. A few weeks later, an American number popped up on our phone. We’d been accepted. This was a defining moment in the SOUNDBOKS story. During our amazing Y-combinator experience, we launched a Kickstarter campaign, raising $784,320 and introducing us to the SOUNDBOKS community for the first time.

A lot of that is as a result of our ethos; SOUNDBOKS exists to inspire you to bring people together and create lifelong memories. By designing and innovating with that in mind, we’ve created products that define a category. Take the splash-proof coating, the silicone ball corners, and the swappable battery. Our original speaker experiencing death-by-pilsner taught us that we needed to party-proof every SOUNDBOKS.

We’re going to keep turning up and bringing people together. We can’t give too much away right now, but keep your eyes peeled for some pretty cool products, parties, and more. Bring on the next chapter of the SOUNDBOKS story.