Hi Everyone. First off, apologies for the longer-than-usual time between updates. It’s been a bit over a month, and we generally aim to post updates every 3 - 4 weeks. Let’s jump right in.

The headline for this update is that we’ve built the first production samples of the tables, and they’re looking excellent. These samples use the final components that we expect to use in the tables that are shipped to all of you. The final wood-shell supplier, the final bent sheet-metal parts, the final injection molded components, etc. I’ve got a couple photos and videos for you below.

We’ve got a few small things to clean up, but in general these first production samples exceeded even our high expectations. From here we’ll be working through several rounds of builds. The first build will be small, about 50 tables in total, and go out to beta testers as well as to regulatory agencies for certifications. That build is underway as we speak, and should wrap up within a week. Beta testers haven’t been selected yet, but they will be selected this week.

Typically the next build would be a bit larger and about 100 units in total. This would allow us to validate that all of our jigs and fixtures work repeatably and reliably. That said, we’re under a time crunch due to the 90-day tariff pause, so if everything looks good during beta testing we’re going to open up the firehouse and jump right into full production volumes.

My co-founder, Junior, has been onsite at our manufacturer in Vietnam, which has been very helpful in allowing us to move as quickly as possible in producing your tables. We currently expect to ship Oasis Tables in June and July. If you have any questions or need to make a change to your order, please reach out to our support team via support@grounded.so.

We’ve also been experimenting with a new accessory which is bar-style legs. A bar owner reached out a while back and asked if we could make a tall version of the coffee table that they could use as bar seating, so we went ahead and did it. We’ll make the tall legs available as an accessory once all of the tables have gone out. We still plan on doing shelving as well and might have the basic shelves available as an add-on around the same time as the tables are going out.

We’re doing everything we can to ship the tables before the 90-day tariff pause on Vietnam expires. That said, there is significant uncertainty here. No one is sure whether the 90 days applies to products that have left Vietnam or arrived in the US before the pause expires. It takes about 3 weeks to sail from Vietnam to the US. Today the administration indicated that many countries will not be able to negotiate during the 90-day pause and new tariffs would be imposed on many countries without negotiation.

I mostly mention this for the sake of transparency. No one can predict where things will land, and our team is mostly ignoring the background noise, working to get tables out the door as quickly as possible, and hoping that the tariff impact is relatively minimal when it’s time to import.

That’s all for this update! One thing we’ve been learning this week is that cats are weirdly obsessed with lying on the Oasis Coffee Table. Given that it’s a hard glass surface, none of us really understand why, but we’re curious to see if those of you with cats experience the same thing when you receive your tables. Talk soon, and by the next update we hope to have shipped some tables and received feedback from many of the beta testers!