In 2012, Chris Anderson left Wired, where he had been editor-in-chief for a decade to run a startup.

He had met someone online to help him run his company: Jordi Muñoz, a teenager in Tijuana, Mexico.

They unlikely pair met through a drone enthusiast blog Anderson started, called DIY Drones. Since Anderson's first private message to Munoz a few years prior, they had been building flying contraptions together. The devices were a hit: their side project generated $5 million by the time Anderson was ready to leave Wired.

The concept was proven, and it was time to form a venture-backed business, 3D Robotics.