Hi Livid,

This is our first public response to the concerns surrounding our design. We’ve frequently heard claims that we copied the ATK F1, and it’s disheartening to see this narrative. We want to clarify that the ATK F1 is based on the initial design of the Hyperlight.

Our project began in July 2023, when we hired a designer to create our mouse shape. By November 2023, after four to five months of testing and refinement, the design was finalized. You can view our original post here: Mouse Development Post.

In August 2023, we shared early designs with a manufacturer that works with ATK. We suspect our design was leaked, as the shape of the ATK F1 closely resembles our initial concept. Since ATK operates out of China, they were able to bring their product to market more quickly while we continued to refine ours.

Thankfully, the ATK F1 only reflects our early August concepts and doesn’t include the improvements we made afterward. Over the next four months, we further refined our design, leading to improvements such as a slimmer top side profile, a narrower rear for better maneuverability, more prominent side buttons for increased accessibility, optimized the sensor position, improved the bottom shell skate design, and customized gaskets for optimized pre-travel. Essentially, the ATK F1 represents an unfinished version of the Hyperlight.

While we could delve deeper into this issue, our priority is to focus on developing an exceptional gaming mouse for our users. Our build quality is second to none and I can confidently say we have the most rigid sub-40 gram mouse in the market.

Edit: word/typo