Feature-rich enterprise-level Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 carrier board by Uptime Lab for large companies or home labs.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Update #48
6 months ago
– Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 03:09:32 AM
Hello!
Let's get straight to the point. If you haven't been following the updates and how things are going on Discord, here are the numbers: 820 orders have been shipped in full. 651 remain, of which about 250 are partial orders where we need to ship a T-shirt, AI, or HSM module. This happened because after shipping a partial order, we created a new one so as not to lose what had not been shipped.
More details and current affairs: Over the past 5 weeks, we have collected data from pi3g and pishop, which, as you know, are currently handling orders worldwide. Now all the data is centralized. However, there are still some issues that need to be clarified, involving about 20-25 orders. This issue arose because orders are logged in different ways. However, the situation can be assessed fairly accurately using the graphs below. Just to be clear, about 1/6 of the unfulfilled orders at the moment are incomplete orders (i.e., most of them have already been shipped). Shipments to the UK began this week. DDP shipping turned out to be a difficult task after the confusion with invoices, the split of Uptime Industries, and the transfer of IP, which I discussed in the "previous series".
I can say that I was wrong about the timing again. I apologize. The pace isn't ideal, and we're running out of devices. According to the original plan, production should have already resumed. We're communicating with the current manufacturer, but they've become super slow, as I already mentioned (they have grown significantly over the past 2 years). Enterprise sucks. So I'll sign a couple of NDAs with other factories in Europe and ask them for quotes next week. Perhaps this will be a way out of the situation.
It turned out that we were short about 1500 latches for the next batch (5000 Blades + accessories), and it seems easier, faster, and even cheaper to print them, which is what I am doing now. 200 pieces can be made in about 15 hours:
In terms of finances and components for blades: I have parts for ~5,000 blades (except for 1.5 k latches) and critical components for another ~12,000. It costs around 200k euros. But I can't solder them by hand. Although it seems that if I had started three months ago, there would already be progress. The company has more than $150k in its account, which is also enough considering that I don't get a salary there. So, we can say that we are back to where we were a year ago, but now everything is much more stable and predictable (except for production at the moment). If you haven't read the previous updates, these figures will probably not be very relevant to you. The story is already worthy of a spin-off of the Silicon Valley series.
__________ Live long and prosper, Ivan
Update #47
7 months ago
– Sun, Sep 07, 2025 at 01:18:13 PM
Hello!
I will respond regarding shipments next week. At this time, I only have the exact figures for the US/CA, with 172 orders remaining in total.
But this update will be about something else. As I said in the last update, I needed to decide where to go.
I have decided. The master plan is as follows:
- Based on a partnership with Pishop.us - Next week, the components will be sent to production, and production will resume. This will be enough to cover the Kickstarter obligations - The AI and Zymbit modules will be produced based on the prototypes I have - At least one more person will join the support team. I can't handle it on my own
___ I believe that everything will work out now Ivan
Update #46
7 months ago
– Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 02:27:19 PM
Hello!
I'm late with this update. First, the numbers: US/CA: fewer than 230 orders EU/UK: 86 orders And 116 orders remain in the rest of the world.
Yes, progress is not as fast as I had hoped. But we already have enough 19“, 10”, and 4-node cases at the moment in distributors' warehouses. There were financial delays in restarting production (largely due to the high cost of shipping 19" enclosures by air). With limited funding, choices have to be made. But I am negotiating how I can finish the batch. I think I will tell you more in the next update.
There were also problems with the delivery of a batch of Blades to the US, as additional paperwork was required due to a change in the legal entity. The original commercial invoices included another company. After the transfer of assets, the name and address were changed. Customs authorities do not like this. We encountered a similar problem with a test shipment to the UK.
Well, that's all the news for now. It's difficult to report bad news. Nevertheless, overall, I can say that I currently have options available.
And, you know, I don't see anything wrong with sharing them:
1. The Orcestrator project has developed into an interesting pitch deck, in my opinion. I view it as a solid software project with clear monetization and attractive free plans. But what's even cooler is that it has unique features that no one else has yet. I plan to pitch it to investors in September. If you happen to be an investor and are interested, I would be happy to share.
2. Pishop.us is ready to become one of Compute Blade's investors, which will definitely save the project. But I haven't accepted their offer yet, because I would really like to combine it with point 1.
3. We could continue to use the money from sales to replenish Kickstarter, but experience has shown that this is slow. And as a manager, I burn out quickly (the last update was a month ago).
In short, in the next two weeks, I will decide on a plan, talk to some more smart people, and get back to you by September 7.
Ivan
This the way
8 months ago
– Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 04:53:39 AM
Hello everyone!
I want to mark a new beginning for the Compute Blade project with this post. Below, I will explain as much as I can about what has happened in the last month and what I plan to do next.
I'll start with the numbers, for many, this is the most important one:
Unfulfilled orders at the moment: 498 US/CA: 274 unfulfilled orders EU/UK: 116 unfulfilled orders
The rest of the world: 108 unfulfilled orders To be precise: Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago
There are also about 30 unfulfilled replacements. I can't tell you the exact number because I haven't sorted out all the requests yet.
The plan
pishop.us does a great job and will finish the shipments to US/CA pi3g.com is helping with the EU/UK shipments
The other countries are more complicated; and at the moment, I don't have personal contact with distributors there. But some of the shipments can be made from the US/EU, and some of them I will send manually from Germany to close the issue.
As for timing, I expect that we will be able to ship up to 400 orders in the next 8 weeks. I will be posting here more often and on Discord.
I won't overload this update with numbers. There are not enough Compute Blades, Fan Units, and enclosures in stock at the moment to fulfill all the orders (still over 1700 Compute Blades in the warehouses, though). We currently have around 100x 19“ enclosures in our warehouses. And another 800 in China, most of which will be shipped by air to the US and Europe in the near future. Unfortunately, the cheaper option of shipping by sea did not work out. We are also out of the add-on modules. But at the same time, we have enough parts to produce another batch of 5000 Compute Blades (and accessories for them) at the factory within a few weeks after my payment.
Here's a little backstory
As you may know, after completing the Kickstarter campaign (or rather in the process of completing the campaign), I created Uptime Industries Inc. with my partner.
Our manufacturing and logistics setup was:
A batch of Compute Blade, Fan Units, and heatsinks was ordered through Teltonika-EMS
All enclosures and latch molding were handled by Rapiddirect
In early 2024, we at Uptime Industries started the Lemony.ai project (Lemony secures $2M in seed funding round), where we put together a great team, and their focus of attention was shifted to Lemony at the request of investors. Nevertheless, we made good progress on the Orchestrator project, documentation, and various design elements.
Throughout 2024 and the beginning of 2025, we faced many challenges, but as it turns out, the main one is a management one. Problems in transparency, delegating, and trust within the company led to my decision to leave and drop Lemony in favor of working on Compute Blade by myself again. In mid-July 2025, I formally left Uptime Industries Inc. in exchange for everything related to Compute Blade and Uptime (including the name Uptime Industries Inc.) into a new company, Uptime Lab Inc. So Lemony.ai went its own way.
Compute Blade continues. I am coordinating with production and distributors. I’m also in the process of discussing with potential contributors for the continuation of the orchestrator project and its publication.
I can't tell you everything in detail, but I want to assure you that I have always been honest and shared with you all the information I received and was legally allowed to. And at the time, I had no reason not to trust the source of the information I had. And now I want to point out that I have no complaints about the companies we have worked with.
P.S. All links are not listed for advertising or any sneaky purpose, but simply as facts.
Hardware is hard, Ivan Kuleshov
Current status on project
9 months ago
– Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 12:56:21 PM
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