Radical transparency

Every part. Every dollar.

THE ACTUAL BILL OF MATERIALS · FOUNDER'S BATCH BUILD · PRICES AS PAID, AUGUST 2026

Nobody publishes their BOM. Here's ours — every part in the box and what it actually costs, because you can price a Pi 5 in your sleep anyway, and because "what's the markup?" is a fair question that deserves numbers instead of vibes.

PARTS · ONE UNIT

compute

Raspberry Pi 5 · 8 GB

display + shell

10.1″ 1920×1200 IPS touchscreen case (the body of the device)

storage

256 GB A2 microSD, burn-in tested per unit

power

Official 27 W USB-C supply

microphone

USB condenser mic (push-to-talk voice)

keyboard

Mini wireless keyboard + touchpad (the TAB key is your talk button)

rtc battery

Real-time-clock cell — the box keeps time with zero network

packaging

Foam-lined case, box, printed doc kit on cardstock

parts total

$409.95 — as paid, August 2026, receipts on file

The honest margin

WHERE $549 GOES

sale price

$549 · one-time · no subscription, ever

parts

− $409.95 (above)

card fees

− ≈ $16 (payment processing)

shipping

− ≈ $25 (free US shipping is not free for us)

what's left

≈ $95–100 per unit — before the hours of assembly, per-unit burn-in, spare stock for warranty swaps, and everything else

Prices move — this table is what we actually paid for the founder's batch, updated when reality changes. If a later batch costs more to build, the price ladder will be announced with this same table, not hidden in it.

So: roughly a hundred dollars a unit, hand-built, burn-in tested, numbered and signed. If that reads as a ripoff, we'd genuinely rather you build your own — the parts list is right there, and the product is designed to outlive us either way. This price exists so the person building them can keep building them.