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alberthyesterday at 11:26 PM3 repliesview on HN

Raspberry Pi as a company does ~$325M in annual revenue.

But I can’t understand what are the use cases to be selling 73M units.

Would anyone mind sharing what are the broadly applicable use cases, because selling 73M units is well beyond hobbyist fun.

https://investors.raspberrypi.com/


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justin66yesterday at 11:35 PM

They’ve been selling much more to industrial customers than hobbyists for the better part of a decade.

oehtXRwMkIsyesterday at 11:34 PM

off the top of my head: ip kvms, keyboards, 3d printers, home assistant, cameras, zwave or zigbee. Their moat is superb software support and established ecosystem. I think their most challenging competition would be ESP32s or mini pcs. Source: my ahh

echoangleyesterday at 11:33 PM

The next point under your quoted sales figure:

25% Enthusiasts and education 75% Industrial and embedded