Raspberry Pi: A Foundation Model in Your Pocket – Colossus
Raspberry Pi, founded by Eben Upton, began as an educational tool to inspire young people in computer science and has grown into a $1.5 billion industrial business with over 60 million units sold. The credit card-sized computers are now the third most popular in history and are used in diverse applications from space stations to AI development. Despite its widespread adoption, the company remains focused on accessibility, affordability, and fostering hands-on programming experiences.
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Interview A Foundation Model in Your Pocket Eben Upton built Raspberry Pi to get more kids into computer science. It’s now the third most popular computer in history, a $1.5 billion industrial business, and used everywhere from outer space to the AI frontier. By Terran Mott April 2026 PHOTOS BY DAVID LEVENE Subscribe to print for your office or home. Raspberry Pi is quietly ahead of the Silicon Valley zeitgeist. It is a computer company that exists to make people more creative programmers. It solved the automation challenges to reshore manufacturing over a decade ago. It has spent years making slightly sub-frontier technology more cost-effective to use. And it has built an ardent community around a rather bare metal platform.
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