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Hi guys, I am here at Concepts 3D. We
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know of Concepts 3D. We're excited for
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the Athena 2. It is a different approach
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to resin printing to what all the other
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companies are doing. Very open. Lots and
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lots of of tech in there. Lots and lots
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of uh settings we can change. we can
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really do a lot with this printer. So,
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you obviously know Nico from my other
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videos and uh the the interview we did
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with him and you are the other half of
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Concepts 3D. So, who are you?
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Yeah. Uh I'm Pascal. I um yeah, pretty
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much the brain behind the electronics
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and a good part of the software of the
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Athena 2 uh and also of the Athena 1. Uh
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in addition, I'm running the operations
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here in Germany. So if you're getting uh
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a machine uh in Europe, it's pretty sure
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that I have had my hands on it. So
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Oh, fantastic. And I love that about you
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cuz you guys actually get every OB
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they're manufactured in China. You bring
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everything into your site and
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essentially QA test every machine before
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That's incredible. Do you get much
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Bless. So I've got to um say this is
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obviously the last day of the show.
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We're both tired. We're both exhausted.
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But if I can pray and ask you what
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what's what's new with Athena 2? So we
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obviously know about the Athena. Uh
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we've seen the Athena 2 now. Um are
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there any changes, any updates? What do
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Yeah, so uh one major thing that's uh
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been rolling out uh to the existing
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machines is the new Orion HMI which has
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been built together with the Open Resin
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Alliance people. It's yeah running on
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all machines here. So uh it's pretty
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much production ready. In addition,
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we've put a lot of R&D into improving
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resin calibration. So, uh getting more
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and more into the direction of an autoc
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calibration system somehow.
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Brilliant. to make your lives much
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easier especially when it comes to
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tuning all the motion parameters and uh
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another big thing uh we've just launched
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our resin database uh which is currently
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a standalone application uh but uh will
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be integrated into the machines directly
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with the next updates. So uh curated
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profiles tested every profile tested on
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each machine. If you are find a profile
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that is uh you have a resin that's not
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already in the database. Uh but you
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figured it out yourself, you can upload
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it. You get incentives from us to yeah
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submit working profiles and uh yeah
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that's coming along great. Uh we
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actually we already have uh your resin
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That's fantastic. Yeah. War Gamer by Pow
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hammer and yes that's 3D printed. So
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this is this is printed in this. Yeah.
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Apart from the the crystal here that's
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Fantastic. I love to see that and a lot
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of people are really loving the resin.
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Again I know it's expensive. If we could
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make it cheaper we would. But it is in
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my personal opinion the best water
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washable resin on the market. Great for
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miniatures. So it's nice to see that
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included. To be fair I did bully Nico
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into making sure that was in there. But
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no I think that's what's really good.
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like a lot of the a lot of the pain
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points in resin printing for the
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consumer are typically uh around setting
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up and and getting things set up. So, um
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it's one of the things that other brands
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have done with with a lock down
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approach. you're going with the more
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open approach. And not only are you uh
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open to all materials, but you're also
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open to users submitting those
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materials, similar way to how the to
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some slicer brands do it, but at the
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same time, you guys can then verify it
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and essentially go verified by verified
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by verified by. So people should,
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fingers crossed, be able to get their
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machine, pick a material, if it's in the
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database once it's connected to the
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printer, and select it on the printer
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and press go. Is that that really the
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Oh, fantastic. And then going on from
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there, I mean, that's what people want.
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They they don't want to muck around with
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settings. They don't want to do this.
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But it's also good that you're finding a
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way to build in the calibration of a
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printer to the machine itself as well.
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So that that's a really super thing that
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nobody else has even come close to. So
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before we even get on to the hardware, I
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know that a lot of people are excited
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about that and you're considering the
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user through the journey and essentially
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trying to be everything for everyone. Uh
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which which is perfect. It's it's
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affordable and it's brilliant. I'm also
4:38
noticing you've got a bit of a cleaning
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station thing going off here. Is there
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anything any other new features you've
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added to Athena or or what's coming next
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uh it is part uh of the portfolio now
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but um considering the size it aims at
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people operating print farms with 10
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plus machines because uh
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to be honest otherwise you won't need
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such a system. It comes also with it has
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the wash station here. We got a cure
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station. We got uh modules for waste
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management for yeah work preparation or
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you can set up your whole pre and
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postprocessing chain out of these
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modules and have them more or less
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dictate how the parts move along in your
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Oh, that's good. So that's all built
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into the software as G again something
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that other brands as far as I'm aware at
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least in the consumer space don't do but
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you've brought again you're a bit more
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proumer than consumer but it's still
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within the affordable realm for those
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power users who want to access it but
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building some farmlike utilities into
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the software side of things um is going
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to be incredibly useful for a lot of
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people. I'm looking around here and I'm
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seeing weird things plugged into your
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printer and I'll take some B-roll and
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stuff that people will be able to see
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and get a closeup. But is there anything
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else that like like what's going off
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there? What's going off there? So that
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that is a printer with a power cable in
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with another power cable sticking out.
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Exactly. So that's part of the Athena 2
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Pro uh which uh again aims more at the
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commercial side of things. So uh print
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farms, industry customers. What's nice
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about this is uh you can actually daisy
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chain the machines when setting them up.
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Which gives you the opportunity to hook
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up up to 10 machines to each other.
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Um from a single uh power outlet.
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Um of course this doesn't make sense for
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Home user. But uh if you're running a
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print farmer business with uh 20 10 plus
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20 plus machines Yeah. that that really
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helps a lot because let's be honest,
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power cable to each and every machine is
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that's it. And then you've got also the
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last ability, the part supply. So, I
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understand like you guys want to be
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talking to places like I don't know my
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mini factory just off the top of my head
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like they've got a print farm. Yeah. Um
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and you know they've they've certainly I
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know they've they've had challenges
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which they've managed to overcome.
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Really smart guys there. Um but this
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seems like a more versatile machine
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that's really aimed at the consu at the
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proumer the the industrial I say small
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industry market small to medium
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enterprise that sort of thing. um you're
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doing things that I've not seen any
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other brand do. Um but then you've got
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the benefit of the home user can also
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benefit from what you're doing. So a lot
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of what you do is really exciting,
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really cool. Um it it's certainly in a
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different realm to everyone else. It's
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it's probably not a machine for
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everybody, but it is a machine for
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I'm I'm always saying it's the as a
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consumer, it's the second printer you
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buy because once you figured out that
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resin printing is for you and that it
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solves your problem and you know what
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you dislike about the let's say Asian
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then you'll end up here because uh a lot
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of the things that bug you with your any
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cubic are solved here.
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No, that's that's a great way to put it.
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I want to say thank you, Pascal. I
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really do appreciate the time. Guys,
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check out the Athena 2. Uh again,
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available for order now. So, it's on
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order. Obviously, you're fulfilling as
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many orders as you can. Just be aware
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these guys are a smaller company, but it
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is a company that I think after you get
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to know the team and especially like see
8:21
the interview with Nico, you can
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understand the heart behind this brand
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and it's certainly one that I I
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personally want to succeed more than
8:30
many others. So, thank you again for
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your time. Uh I'll take some B-roll so
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people can get a bit of a closer look
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and I look forward to seeing what you're
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doing soon. So, thank you.
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