The Journey of MUSE: From Research Lab to Scaling Down

MUSE was born out of the Incan Switch Research Lab, which focuses on improving productive and creative computing./nThe lab's research on gestures, tablet devices, and local first sync led to the development of a commercial product./nThe ambition to create tools for thought required time, talented team members, and financial resources./nMUSE aimed to find a middle ground between being an indie developer and a venture-backed company./nThe team took a small amount of investment money, charged a premium price, and aimed for customer funding./nThe team's size remained small, with only seven members after four years of growth./nThe middle ground approach didn't work, leading the team to either raise a big venture round or scale down to one person for sustainability./nPersonal reflection and further exploration of the topic are planned, potentially through an article or podcast episode.