“At the time, ground traffic wasn’t great either.” “People didn’t know what it was,” he said, explaining that is a separate entity from the brick and mortar stores. However, Davis admits the product was not a success.
After raising an additional $150,000 through Indiegogo, MuteMe was approached by Staples, which agreed to distribute their button nationwide.
He and Davis launched their first iteration on Kickstarter, raising $150,000 in just three weeks. In September 2020 Dhoot, who has a history of concocting inventions on his home 3D printer, spooled out a prototype. “I needed a quick way to mute and unmute,” he said, admitting that he has often been caught taking notes and scrambling to unmute when asked a question. Davis lacks a dedicated home office and wanted a way to let his wife and children know when he was in a meeting.ĭhoot’s concerns centered around transition ease. “For us it was an indicator,” said Davis of his family. It gives you that extra sense of security.”ĭavis, Dhoot and their wives were all working from home when they began tossing around ideas for a mute button. “Not only is it listening to you, but it’s broadcasting your audio to their servers. “There’s a lot of research out there that says tech companies are actually listening to you even when you hit the mute button - like applications that tell you that you’re muted while you’re talking, which means it’s still listening to you,” Dhoot warned. “It doesn’t matter what program you launch, it detects when your microphone is being used,” said Dhoot, explaining that although many companies offer mute buttons, MuteMe is the only one that touts a double mute feature that works even during talk-to-text functions.
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