news.ycombinator.com• Dec 16, 2019• 1 min read
Launch HN: Got-it (YC W19) – Bluetooth labels for tracking things at workHi Everyone,It’s Brian and David here and we want to share what we’ve built — ultra thin Bluetooth labels called Got-it (https://got-it.com). It’s like Tile, but for B2B or Enterprise.Got-it is for tracking things at work as a team. Simply peel and stick, no different from a barcode sticker. But, these are active Bluetooth labels. They're flexible and roughly the size of a little Avery barcode label (28mm x 76mm) and less than 0.5mm thick. They communicate with the phones already in employee pockets, even in background mode. That means no scanning like RFID, and no readers or gateway infrastructure to install in the ceiling or the doorways.A few photos here: (https://imgur.com/gallery/rApt25P)We started Got-it as a solution for all that really simple stuff that went missing at home. There were loads of little things, like iPhone charger cables or even Chapstick, that when forgotten or went missing, made life a little difficult. Sure, I could put a Bluetooth tracker on everything… but t